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Today reading from.

Bodies. Today we'll continue our reading from street to what section? So those who carry the burden of external rituals and Salagrahi, those who drink the essence, those who are engaged in pageant are divided into two categories. That is, some are bara Vahi and some are those who desire enjoyment and liberation and are attached to the material material world are burdened with the weight of Dharma, religiosity and artha. Well, Kama sense gratification and moksha, liberation. They cannot understand that the essence is love. Therefore, the Barabbahi does not make progress in Bhajan with many attempts. Even after much effort, the Sara Grahis aiming towards the principle of love attain the desired state very quickly. They are Prema Rurukshu who are eager for love. They are the ones who quickly become Prema ruddha, who have reached love or become natural Paramahamsa.

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If ever the Bharavahi learn to appreciate the essence in the Sadhu Sangha, then they too quickly become Prema ruddha. So Prabhupada wanted you all to be Paramahamsa. So in order to do that you have to drink Saragrahi. Drinking the essence. I have some of the essence. Grima is asking for some Bhajana. Bharavahi and Saragrahi are absorbed in Dharma Artha Kama Moksha and they do not have love for Krishna.

Sahar. Aiming for love.

The Saragrahis are aiming for love.

They obtain perfection very quickly and they.

Obtain perfection very quickly. They are natural paramahamsas.

If ever I learn to appreciate the association of the devotees, the sadhus.

If ever the Bharavahi learn to appreciate the association of the devotees, they too can quickly achieve. They too can also quickly achieve Prema. So.

During this festival we are having Sadhu Sandala.

So in this festival we are having Sadhu Sangha. Note Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 2 7:46 surrendered souls even from groups leading sinful lives such as women, the labor class, the mountaineers and the Siberians, or even the birds and beasts, can also know about the science of Godhead and become liberated from the clutches of the illusory energy by surrendering unto the pure devotees of the Lord and by following in their footsteps in devotional service, faith and association with saints. Sadhu Sangha.

Prabhupada said in the ninth Canto of the Srinagar so Prabhupada said.

In the ninth canto of the Srimad.

Bhagavatam that when it comes to Krishna consciousness.

When it comes to Krishna consciousness, man, woman, sudra, whatever. Whether man, woman sudra, they're all equal. Anyone here from Siberia?

No, I was there.

I went there.

And the winds are split. It freezes the right hands around in.

The winter when you spit, it freezes before it touches the ground. Hits the ground.

And the earls and then.

So there's the earls and then Siberia. I was going from.

The earls.

The capital of the earls.

Revolves, huh? And it's only sun. Drive. If your car stops, you'll die.

Yeah, I was coming from there and they told me, don't stop the car because I'll drive. Oh, don't drive. The car may stop, the car may stop and then you might die.

Go by train.

Go by train.

So I went from Ekenberg to turn by train.

So I went from Eckhartenburg to Perm by train.

Colonel.

And then there was one colonel in the army. She was a lady. I have. She said, I have a picture of your God. And she showed me a picture of Sai Baba.

I taught her how to chant Hare Krishna mantra.

Anyways, I taught her how to chant Panchatatva mantra and Hare Krishna mantra.

She was in charge of one missile. Look who I want.

She was in charge of one initial nuclear warhead.

So.

Yes, on the strength of many lifetimes of sukriti inclined towards devotion Bhakti unmukhi one develops faith in the path of devotion. This faith gives a taste for the association of devotees. Engaging in bhajan with pure devotees gives rise to sadhana. Bhakti inclined towards love. By accepting the method of sadhana from the mercy of pure devotees, one soon becomes Premarukshu. One who is eager for love. By learning bhajana from mixed devotees or those only appearing as devotees. Bhakta abhas love remains distant and cannot become pure. Unalloyed in this condition, obstacles anartas remain strong and do not allow one to appreciate devotees. Crookedness enters the heart, making it deceitful. Practitioners in this condition often spend many lifetimes as Kanishta adhikaris, neophytes. The faith of a neophyte is very tender and always guided by fickleness. They receive some type of guru or same type of guru in sadhu Sangha with and saints is necessary to eliminate the restlessness of their hearts. To remove the restlessness of their hearts. They receive instruction in archana from the guru according to the path of the scriptures. Through prolonged Practice of Archana faith in the Holy name develops. When faith happens in the Holy name, then inclination for Nama Bhajana in the pure Sadhu Sangha happens.

So they are.

Today they were discussing Sadhana Bhakti.

Becomes spontaneous.

And they said that eventually Sadhana Bhakti becomes spontaneous.

But here you see different kinds of Sadhana bhakti.

But here we see different kinds of Sadhana bhakti. One.

Sadhana Bhakti para Krishna.

One who does Sadhana Bhakti towards Krishna.

They're called Bhakti and Mukti Bhakti.

They're called Bhakti and Mukhi.

One who is eager to achieve Bhakti.

One who is eager to achieve Bhakti Inclined towards devotion. Inclined towards devotion. So.

If one is inclined to the ocean, then one can quickly rise to the leveling the ocean level.

So if one is inclined towards devotion, one can quickly rise to the loving devotional level.

Challenge all the other day hitting.

So like that Prabhupada gave us Sadhana. Chanting Japa every day, reading the Srimad Bhagavatam, the Gita or chanting the Holy Land or chanting the Holy Name on.

This right, one elevated towards Bhakti.

So in this way one can be elevated towards Bhakti.

Doesn'T achieve Bhakti. The Anarthas unwanted habits are very strong.

So if one doesn't achieve Bhakti then the Anarthas the unwanted habits are very strong and one can become very crooked in the heart.

Deceitful.

Deceitful by the deity worship one can achieve pure chanting.

The holy name then Mount Badhana in the pure shadow.

When one has faith in the Holy name, then Nam Bhajana and pure Sadhu Sangha happens.

Okay.

So this is from Bhakti Sundarbha Anu Cheta 284. The substance of all the Vedic mantras is the chanting of the holy name of the Lord. Every mantra begins with the prefix Nama Om and eventually addresses by name the supreme personality of Godhead by the supreme will of the Lord. There is a specific potency in each and every mantra chanted by great sages like Narada, Muni and other Rishis. To chant the holy name of the Lord, one need not depend upon other paraphernalia for one can immediately get all the desired results of linking with the supreme personality of Godhead which is the ultimate and supreme goal of life. Although the chanting of the holy names of the Lord is more capable than the mantras, nevertheless generally a devotee is addicted to many abominable material habits due to material contamination from his previous life. In order to get quick relief from all these contaminations, it is required that one engage in the worship of the Lord in the temple. The worship of the Deity in the temple is essential to reduce one's restlessness due to the contaminations of conditioned life. Thus, Nrada in his Pancharatrika Vidhi and other great sages have sometimes stressed that since every conditioned soul has a bodily concept of life aimed at sense enjoyment, to restrict this sense enjoyment, the rules and regulations for worshipping the deity in the temple are essential. Sri Rupa Goswami has described that the holy name of the Lord can be chanted by liberated souls. But almost all the souls we have to initiate are conditioned. It is advised that one chant the holy name of the Lord without offenses and according to the regulative principles. Yet due to their past bad habits, they violate these rules and regulations. Thus, the regulative principles for worship of the deity are also simultaneously essential. So.

Liberated souls can chant all the names.

Really? So liberated souls can chant the holy names purely. So how many, but how many are liberated?

So all the conditions, salts.

And so all of the conditioned souls that chant Hare Krishna and are initiated.

The worship of the deity and the devil is also very.

The worship of the. So the worship of the deity in the temple is also very important.

There are all the rules, many rules.

So in the temple there are other rules, many rules. And.

This is like chanting haram, the 10 offenses to avoid.

So just like chanting Harinam, there are a ton of fences to avoid. But in deity worship there's like 64 offenses to avoid.

Avoid the 10 offenses holy name.

So deity worship helps you avoid also the 10 offenses to the Holy name. So taking shelter of the feet of guru who knows the tattva of the Holy Name. For those fortunate individuals who have exclusive faith in Krishna's holy name from the very beginning, for them the process is different. By KA's mercy, they take shelter of a guru who knows the tattva of the Holy Name. So Prabhupada, he says in a prayer that he offered when coming to America when coming to America that.

He had.

No education, that he had no education.

But he had faith in the Holy Name.

But he had faith in the Holy Name.

He had the tattva of the Holy Name. He knew the tattva.

So he knew the tattva of the Holy Name.

How? When he was taking sannyas, devotees were chanting Hare Krishna.

So when he was taking sannyas, there were devotees who were chanting Hare Krishna.

And someone told them go away.

And someone told them to go away. But he put his hand and said, keep going, keep going.

Because he had so much faith in the Holy Name.

Because he had so much faith in the Holy Name.

So on the world our Lord established His Son and great faith and the Holy Name and part of the process.

So around the world, Prabhupada installed many temples in great faith in the Holy name.

At least 16 rounds of hare Krishna.

And everyone who takes initiation has to chant at least 16 rounds of hare Ka.

All right?

Right. So we're giving the same process. Next, one who can recognize a Vaishnava guru, teacher of knowledge, to be like Vishnu and worship him with one speech, mind and body is a knower of Shastra and a Vaishnava. Even if he speaks a quarter of a verse, he is certainly to be worshipped always. How much more this is so of the one who spreads Lord Vishnu's Swarupa. The Swarupa herein is His Name form qualities and pastimes, all of which are transcendental. Lord Sri Mahprabhu has determined the qualifications of the Guru who knows the science of Ka. So.

Krishna is stating.

So Krishna here is stating who can be a guru. Lord Chaitanya is stating Kiva vipra Kiba nysi Sudra kena nay ye Krishna Tatta vaita se Guru hoi. Whether one is a Brahmana, a Sannyasi or a Sudra, regardless of what he is, he can become a spiritual master if he knows the science of ka. Chaitanya Charitamrita Madhya 8, 128. So this is from R. Caitanya Caitamrita Madhya Leela 15, 110. The holy name of Lord Krishna is an attractive feature for many saintly liberal people. It is the annihilator of all sinful reactions and is so powerful that save for the dumb who cannot chant it, it is readily available to everyone, including the lowest type of man, the Chandala. The Holy Name of Ka is the controller of the opulence of liberation and it is identical with Ka. When a person simply chants the Holy Name with his tongue, immediate effects are produced. Chanting the Holy Name does not depend on on initiation, pious activities or the Purusharya regulative principles generally observed before initiation. The Holy Name does not wait for any of these activities. It is self sufficient. This mantra, merely touching the tongue yields results being composed of Sri Krishna's name said by Sridhar Swami, the ancient commentator on the Srimad Bhagavatam Scroll.

Scroll.

Even though in the science of the Holy name Nama Tattva there is no necessity for a DK Guru, the Nama Tattva Guru, the guru of the science of names is naturally established. One may receive the syllables of the name everywhere. However, the profound truth contained within the name is revealed only by the mercy of a pure devotee. Pure devotee Guru. It is only by the guru's mercy that one transcends the Namapphasa stage and is protected from offenses against the Holy Name.

So we chant the holy Name and we go up step by step.

So we chant the holy Name and we go up step by step.

Chanting the holy name states it is clearing away all of that habits.

So while we're going up, there's the Anarta Navritti stage where we're clearing away all the bad habits.

Just like in the four initiation, people chant Hare Krishna.

So just like before initiation people chant Hare Krishna.

Then take shelter of a guru.

We say you should chant for six months and then take shelter of a.

Guru and chant for six months under shelter.

And then chant for six months under shelter.

Then you can take initiation.

And then you can take initiation.

Some course a chart of things and Haram.

So for first initiation there's some Purushacharya things and Harinam.

Even as one is chanting before initiation, perhaps also plural.

So even if one is chanting before initiation, that is also powerful.

So chant all our life.

So we should chant all of our life. So the name and the named are non difference.

States and chant the holy name.

So one who transcends the Namabas stays and chants the holy name purely free of offense.

So even in the Namabas straits on God's blessings.

Even so even in the Namaba stage one gets blessings.

Can raise you above.

But the pure devotee guru can raise you above Namabas.

It's like story about.

So just like someone told the story about Haridas Thakura, how an envious person.

Sent a prostitute to mary Lola, One.

Envious person sent a prostitute to try to make him fall down and cause.

Him all that.

And cause him a bad name.

What? He chanted all night, told that it'll satisfy you.

But he chanted all night and he told the lady, I'll satisfy you but after I finish my rounds. And then he chanted all through the nights and he's still chanting the lady, you're still chatting and the lady asks you're still chanting.

Oh, this is today.

Oh, this is. No, he said this is today's rounds.

Yesterday.

That was yesterday's.

All right. I finished these rounds.

So he said.

So he was chanting like 300,000 a day.

So he said to the prostitute, you wait. And then after I finish these rounds he was chanting 300,000 names a day. A day, every day.

That's 12 times more than we chant.

That's 12 times more than we chants. 12 times more than 16 rounds.

So she started to chant with him.

So she started to chant with him thinking about. So she started chanting with him to show that if she's favorable she might be able to convince him to fall down.

But by her chanting she became purified.

But by her chanting she became purified.

And then the third day she was hooked.

And then by the third day she was hooked up.

Shall not quarrel. In three days he turned a prostitute into a pure devotee.

So Harida stalker was so powerful that in three days he could turn a prostitute into a pure devotee. Hare Krishna.

I think that today how chanting of the holy name is more powerful in Hyrule Naodendharma so I was.

Thinking today that how chanting is more powerful.

He brought this holy name from the spiritual world.

But Lord Chaitanya, he brought this holy name from the spiritual world. Any question?

Announcements. We have some announcements tonight.

Announcements. Any questions? One question.

When should a devotee start worshipping deities at home?

When should a devotee start worshiping deities at home?

When you wake up in the morning.

The point is that worship deities you have to be clean, follow all the rules.

I mean the point is that when you worship deities you have to be clean and follow the rules. But it depends what deities you worship. Radhakrishna in Radhakrishna Radharani is very strict But Nitai Guru they are very merciful. So Chagannath Balade Subhatra they are somewhere in between. Okay. Guru Mahaj is blessing all of you. Krishna.

So Northumber.

Is here. Thank you.

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