680904 - Lecture Excerpt - New York

Lectures by Date, 1968

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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680904LE-NEW YORK - September 04, 1968 - 15:38 Minutes

Prabhupāda: (maṅgalācaraṇa prayers)

oṁ ajṣāna-timirāndhasya

jṣānāṣjana-śalākayā

cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena

tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

śrī-caitanya-mano-'bhīṣṭaṁ

sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale

svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ

dadāti sva-padāntikam

(Śrī Guru Praṇāma)

vande 'haṁ śrī-guroḥ śrī-yuta-pada-kamalaṁ śrī-gurūn vaiṣṇavāṁś ca

śrī-rūpaṁ sāgrajātaṁ saha-gaṇa-raghunāthānvitaṁ taṁ sa-jīvam

sādvaitaṁ sāvadhūtaṁ parijana-sahitaṁ kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devaṁ

śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pādān saha-gaṇa-lalitā-śrī-viśākhānvitāṁś ca

(Maṅgalācaraṇa)

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale

śrīmate bhaktisiddhānta-sarasvatīti nāmine

śrī-vārṣabhānavī-devī-dayitāya kṛpābdhaye

kṛṣṇa-sambandha-vijṣāna-dāyine prabhave namaḥ

mādhuryojjvala-premāḍhya-śrī-rūpānuga-bhaktida-

śrī-gaura-karuṇā-śakti-vigrahāya namo 'stu te

namas te gaura-vāṇī-śrī-mūrtaye dīna-tāriṇe

rūpānuga-viruddhāpasiddhānta-dhvānta-hāriṇe

(Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Praṇati)

ājānu-lambita-bhujau kanakāvadātau

saṅkīrtanaika-pitarau kamalāyatākṣau

viśvambharau dvija-varau yuga-dharma-pālau

vande jagat priya-karau karuṇāvatārau

(CB Adi-khaṇḍa 1.1)

namas trikāla satyāya

jagannātha sutāya ca

sa-bhṛtyāya sa-putrāya

sa-kalatrāya te namaḥ

(CB Adi-khaṇḍa 1.2)

ānanda-līlā-maya-vigrahāya

hemābha-divyac-chavi-sundarāya

tasmai mahā-prema-rasa-pradāya

caitanya-candrāya namo namas te

(CB Madhya-khaṇḍa 28.200)

namo mahā-vadānyāya kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te

kṛṣṇāya kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nāmne gaura-tviṣe namaḥ

(Śrī Gaurāṅga Praṇāma)

yaṁ brahmā varuṇendra-rudra-marutaḥ stunvanti divyaiḥ stavair

vedaiḥ sāṅga-pada-kramopaniṣadair gāyanti yaṁ sāma-gāḥ

dhyānāvasthita-tad-gatena manasā paśyanti yaṁ yogino

yasyāntaṁ na viduḥ surāsura-gaṇā devāya tasmai namaḥ

(SB 12.13.1)

he kṛṣṇa karuṇā-sindho dīna-bandho jagat-pate

gopeśa gopikā-kānta rādhā-kānta namo 'stu te

(Śrī Kṛṣṇa Praṇāma)

bhaja śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya

prabhu-nityānanda

śrī-advaita gadādhara

śrīvāsAdi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda

(Paṣca-tattva Mahā-mantra)

hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare

hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare

jayatāṁ suratau paṅgor mama manda-mater gate

mat-sarvasva-padāmbhojau rādhā-madana-mohanau

(Sambandhādhideva Praṇāma)

dīvyad-vṛndāraṇya-kalpa-drumādhaḥ

śrīmad-ratnāgāra-siṁhāsana-sthau

śrī-śrī-rādhā-śrīla-govinda-devau

preṣṭhālībhiḥ sevyamānau smarāmi

(Abhidheyādhideva Praṇāma)

śrīmān rāsa-rasārambhī vaṁśī-vaṭa-taṭa-sthitaḥ

karṣan veṇu-svanair gopīr gopīnāthaḥśriye 'stu naḥ

(Prayojanādhideva Praṇāma)

hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare

hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare

On the subject—absolute truth and the yoga system. In continuation of the same subject matter. And just time to see, why Arjuna the great hero of Mahābhārata declined to accept this system. And Therefore today's subject matter is: Arjuna declines.

Now, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa while instructing on the yoga system to Arjuna. And he had only . . . (indistinct) . . . to the last point of realization. It is called samādhi. And the symptoms of such samādhi is explained in this way:

yatroparamate cittaṁ

niruddhaṁyoga-sevayā

yatra caivātmanātmānaṁ

paśyann ātmani tuṣyati

(BG 6.20)

Now by the progress of yoga one should appreciate. One should know himself. There is no necessity of recommendation by others, whether I am a great yogī or not. My advancement does not depend on the appreciation of others. But I must not cheat myself. I must not think myself as the Supreme Lord, without having the qualifications. That is a self-cheating process.

Now here it is said, yatroparamate cittaṁ, niruddhaṁyoga-sevayā. By yoga-sevayā, means by the practice of yoga one should find that he has no more disturbing mind for material hankerings. It is just like this, that a man, hungry man, is given foodstuff to eat. And if he eats properly and if the foodstuff is just to his taste. He will feel three things simultaneously. And what are those three things?

He will feel satisfaction, his hunger subsided, and he will feel strength, completely. He will feel satisfaction, good tasting food will give him satisfaction that I am eating something substantial. At the same time he will feel that my hunger is being gradually subsided. And the third thing, he will feel bodily strength. And out of this feeling . . . (break) (end)