Wedding of Bali-mardana and Initiation of Taittireyā dāsi

Prabhupāda: [japa]

Devotees: Jaya.

Pradyumna: [chants responsively with devotees]

oṁ apavitraḥ pavitro vā sarvāvasthāṁ gato 'pi vā yaḥ smaret puṅḍarīkākṣaṁ sa bahyābhyantara-śuciḥ [Garuḍa Purāṅa]

[Either pure or impure, or having passed through all conditions of material life, if one can remember the lotus-eyed Kṛṣṅa, he becomes externally and internally clean.]

Prabhupāda: So your spiritual name is Taittireyā. [indistinct] Taittireyā. Taittireya Upaniṣad. One who know the Taittireya Upaniṣad. Chant sixteen rounds at least.

Devotees: Haribol!

Prabhupāda: Jaya. Hare Kṛṣṅa.

Devotees: Haribol!

Prabhupāda: Kīrtana. [break]

parama koruṅa, pahū dui jana nitāi gauracandra saba avatāra-sāra śiromaṅi kevala ānanda-kanda [from Dhāmālī]

[Lord Nitāi and Lord Gauracandra are very merciful. They are the essence of all incarnations. The specific significance of these incarnations is that They introduced a process of chanting and dancing that is simply joyful.]

Locana dāsa Ṭhākura, he sings that "This Nitāi-Gaura incarnation, parama karuṅa—very, very merciful." Parama koruṅa, pahū dui jana: "Two Lords, Nitāi-Gaura." Parama koruṅa, pahū dui jana. Dui jana means two. Parama koruṅa, pahū dui jana, nitāi gauracandra: "Nityānanda and Caitanya Mahāprabhu, or Gaura Hari." Saba avatāra, sāra śiromaṅi kevala ānanda-kanda: "There are many incarnation, but Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda—simply ānanda, bliss." Ānanda, bliss, kevala ānanda-kanda.

Now, for spiritual advancement, generally according to the Vedic system, so one has to accept the order of renounced life. Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally taught it, but He never condemned gṛhastha life, householder life. He rather said,

kibā vipra kibā śūdra nyāsī kena naya yei kṛṣṅa-tattva-vettā sei guru haya [Cc Madhya 8.128]

[Whether one is a brāhmaṅa, a sannyāsī or a śūdra—regardless of what he is—he can become a spiritual master if he knows the science of Kṛṣṅa.]

One may be a gṛhastha or sannyāsī—it doesn't matter—but he must be kṛṣṅa-tattva-vit. He must know the science of Kṛṣṅa. That is required. So in our Kṛṣṅa consciousness movement, we have got four orders: brahmacārī, gṛhastha, vānaprastha, sannyāsa. Whichever position one can find himself suitable, he can accept that, and... But the main business is kṛṣṅa-tattva-vettā, and preach the cult all over the world, sei guru haya. Guru means preacher, to enlighten. One who can enlighten, he is guru.

ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur-unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ [Gautamīya-tantra]

Guru means one who can open the eyes of the ignorant by the light of knowledge. He is guru.

So our this Kṛṣṅa consciousness movement is all-round movement. All-round movement. Just like Kṛṣṅa, He took part in everything. Not that Kṛṣṅa simply was interested in Vedic ritualistic ceremony. Of course, everything is based on Vedic ritualistic ceremony. But Kṛṣṅa also took part in everything. He was a politician, He was a philosopher, He was a socialist, He was a communist—everything. That is Kṛṣṅa. That is Kṛṣṅa.

So we recommend that in whatever position you feel comfortable, you can accept that, but, I mean to say, spread this Kṛṣṅa consciousness movement. Parama ānanda-khanda. People will be happy. Our mission is to see sarve sukhino bhavantu: everyone become happy. We don't want to see that we exploit somebody else and I become happy. No. We want to see everyone happy. But they do not know how to become happy. Therefore we are trying to spread this Kṛṣṅa consciousness movement that everyone will be happy.

Su-sukhaṁ kartum avyayam [Bg 9.2].

[This knowledge is the king of education, the most secret of all secrets. It is the purest knowledge, and because it gives direct perception of the self by realization, it is the perfection of religion. It is everlasting, and it is joyfully performed.]

In Bhagavad-gītā it is... Su-sukham. To execute this Kṛṣṅa consciousness movement is very easy. Kartum avyayam: and whatever you perform, it is permanent. Avyayam and su-sukham, very pleasing. There is nothing very painful in this Kṛṣṅa consciousness movement. Because Kṛṣṅa is ānanda, ānandamayo 'bhyāsāt [Vedānta-sūtra 1.1.12],

[By nature, the Supreme Lord is blissful.]

we are going under the protection of Kṛṣṅa, there must be always ānanda. But people do not know how to enjoy ānanda. They have been put into ignorance. The so-called leaders, so-called politicians, so-called philosophers, scientists, they are simply keeping the people in darkness.

So we want to counteract this action of keeping people in darkness. Lokasya ajānataḥ vidvān cakre sātvata-saṁhitām. Vyāsadeva compiled this Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam...

anarthopaśamaṁ sākṣād bhakti-yogam adhokṣaje lokasya ajānataḥ vidvān cakre sātvata-saṁhitām [SB 1.7.6]

So people do not know it. So we are trying to spread this knowledge, that how to become happy. So everyone should come forward and cooperate with this movement.

Thank you very much.

Devotees: Jaya. Haribol. [end]