vande 'ham sri-guroh sri-yuta-pada-kamalam sri-gurun vaisnavams ca
sri-rupam sagrajatam saha-gana-raghunathanvitam tam sa-jivam
sadvaitam savadhutam parijana-sahitam krsna-caitanya-devam
sri-radha-krsna-padan saha-gana-lalita-sri-visakhanvitams ca

I offer my prostrations to Vaisnavas and all those gentlemen and ladies.

I have got human birth after so many births.

jalaja-nava-laksani
sthavara laksa-vimsati
krmmayo rudra sankhyakah
paksinam dasa-laksanam
trisal-laksani pasavah
catur-laksani manusah

Now, they are the forms we have taken. Now, we, these several boys, our guards. And not only we, even the beast, the cat, the dog, other beasts they also get their children. Other birds also, beasts, birds, animals - they love their children. So, to love a child is not a great deed that we have done in this human body. Because what is that girl? Everybody kissing his boy, everybody loving his boy. We love. But we are having human forms not for kissing. We kiss the boy - if he's grown up we don't kiss. We don't love so much and he also wants to be independent. He wants to see income. Using his sources of income he will find out. He will go away everywhere. No more mother and father. Then he will have marriage with some lady, young lady. He will have the love while walking, while talking and in public places also. That is not done in India. Indian culture is different. They won't behave like beasts with their children. When grown up the boy will go away to seek his fortune, seek a job and he will earn and he will marry and nothing to do with. But ours is different. Ours is valuable. They, the parents … that the age boy got her married. We have proper...... And then they give the children education. You also give education. As long as you give education you will control the boys. And after, gradually this link will be reduced. And they will look after their own. These old father and mother, they have property. The property they .......... And after that they get their children married and see some source of income. But the link is always there with boys and daughters and granddaughters and grandsons. Same affection they carry. You don't find in western countries that. The boys and girls attain education, they don’t go away from their parents, they don't go away. They are not like Indians. They like to be under their parents. Now, our teachers, religious teachers and our fathers and grandfathers. Varnasrama, it is varnasrama dharma, continuous - the father, mother, mother and father, and father and mother and father. They all never leave that dynasty. And they will be in that dynasty. Marriage is also in that dynasty. Not as the life in western countries. So, the beasts and birdlike, the western countries civilization. They have no civilizations. Except constructing a building. You construct buildings. The boy, some income is there, he gets that but he has no hold upon the relationship. They don't do. Those they maintain, those that preserve them, boys, young boys and girls, but when the, this passes then, when they become guardians, prepared to be guardians they marry. They may ask father and mother but it is not important. But in our culture it is important. So in the world throughout this is the culture. These our Mahabharata and Ramayana, great epics. The people, those, they are beastlike, yet they follow Ramayana. Now also they follow Ramayana. They very much like to hear Ramayana and Mahabharata. Now, others, no reason to them. Now, from boyhood you will have to teach them. From boyhood.

Rama, the Lord, he was the emperor of Ayodhya. He was first son of Dasaratha Maharaja.

gurv-arthe tyakta-rajyo

To obey the order of his father when he was .. sitting on the throne, incarnation ceremony. His guru also has selected. But now, Dasaratha Maharaja has three queens. He likes very much Kaikeyi. Second one. … days he promised two boons to Kaikeyi. Kaikeyi till now did not ask any boon. It was some happening, some 20, 30 years back. Now, when Kaikeyi heard that throne will become Ramacandra's. Ramacandra is not her son. He is the son of Kaushalya. Now she asked two boons. Kaikeyi asked two boons from Dasaratha. My son will sit on the throne. My son. Kaikeyi's son on the throne of Ayodhya. For fourteen years. Those fourteen years Rama will reside in the forest leading the life of person who lives in forest. It is not like today. He doesn't care, now he doesn't care. Yes, I will go and live in the forest. Dasaratha Maharaja would have given some property or regularly some monthly bring something, by nearby place. No. They have come to Dandakaranya far away. 12(15) hundred miles. And now when he went, Ramacandra to take the blessings of his father, father is lying senseless. Mother says, Kaikeyi says, you are satya-sandha boy and now you should know that your father has given me two boons. One boon is that Bharata will rule fourteen years Ayodhya and you will go to forest for fourteen years. Rama never felt sorry for that. No, he said yes I will do it.

gurv-arthe tyakta-rajyo

But now no father can command like this. When he heard he said, yes I am going now. I will go. So he went and told his mother Kausalya. They wept for it. And then he told all that, I am going to forest. Even his wife he told. Sitaji, you should remain here till I return, for fourteen years. No, I will never remain here. I am your wife. I must leave with you. I must serve you. What service you can do there in the forest? No water, no food, no bed, no house. Only the leaves to prepare thatched houses. There are heavy rains and in that rain that have to sit. Bharata was not there, he was in his grandfathers. He returned. … Now, he heard that Rama has gone to forest with Laksamana and Sita. Laksmana said I must be there to help you. Nobody will be there to help you to get your daily food. Now, Bharata came to Ayodhya and told all the people that I am not going to sit on the throne of my elder brother. He must sit. Not I. I will not sit. Then they said, Rama is staying in Citrakuta. Very near place. We must go there and tell this to Rama. What Rama says you have. So, many people, they went there. And told Rama, yes, I offer my prostrations to you. I am not going to occupy your place. You are the legitimate king and you must sit on the throne. Not I! I will never sit. But Rama slowly said: Who has ordered? Who has ordered you? It was your father. Then father said that you must here sit on the throne for 14 years. Those 14 years Rama should go to the forest. Whose order? Now, who can alter the order now? Because father died. And he is no more. What will you do? Then he said, Rama, by your order I will sit, not on this throne, another separate throne and I will take the food you will eat. And you have no clothes, you have no food, you will eat roots and fruits. I also will take like this. Without shaving, jata – I will have jata. I will never sit on your place. You must sit. And I want to see that you must return here at the end of fourteen years. Next morning you must be here. If not I tell you I will leave my life. There Hanuman. And now Sita was taken away by Ravana to prison to Lanka. They went to Lanka. Now, how can you go to Lanka now and get there fight? All monkeys, now they all combine and they will help you. And how can they help? There must be a bridge. How can they construct bridge? Very deep sea. Very difficult. Big, full force. So, Nala, that ministrator and all the monkey said: you bring stones. I will write on it Rama. Then allow it, the stone to float on sea. They did like that. Millions of monkeys they brought for that. Because very deep sea. Now a floating bridge is wanted. Nowadays they cannot do here floating bridges. Writing the name of Rama on the stone they allowed the stone to float. This is how they have constructed. And above it the monkeys traveled, stones on their head. And there Sita was taken away by Ravana. Now to kill Ravana they laid the bridge and after that the army came. Hanuman detected where Sita is in Ashoka-vana. They have prepared. Indra has given his viman to Rama to sit and fight with Ravana. Because Ravana is sitting on his chariot. Rama has no chariot. Chariot was supplied by. Now they fought and killed this, Ravana's brothers, son and those who were warriors. They are all dead. Rama killed these Ravana's. Then Sita was brought and Rama wanted, Sita must be tested. A pit was done, and in it firewood was thrown and burned, burned. Sita jumped in it and left there. Two hours and then Sita came out. Now this demigod brought out Sita, very beautiful Sita. And on that night only they drove several thousand miles by aeroplane and they have crossed and came. Next morning they came to. On that day inauguration was held. And Rama has went with Ravana's brother Vibhisana, an emperor. Become emperor. Then finished. Now demons all died. So this is how Rama obeys parents. Ideal. Ramacandra was an ideal person. You'll never find in history of any country, who has suffered so much, overcome so many difficulties but he maintained his word. So, now Ramayana. They want to read Ramayana, the … were fond of Ramayana. And when he hear the government print Ramayana and all people were. It is only the nation to establish idealism. Noone else. So education. What this education now, whereas in the name of science, the … . This is not the way we have to learn. But how can they learn? People must be allowed to read. In India everybody is allowed freedom of education. Even all source of foreigners, they maintain their own religion and they learn when they stay here. But you were not allowed. Now they are allowing. No use. No use. Now we must see – life is very precious if it is utilized for the service of the Lord. The service of the Lord is service of humanity. If no Lord is there, no service of humanity is there. With the Lord is. If we follow the Lord under his guidance we follow the religion. No godless religion we ... All are godless religions. We have seen very, very good. It was churches, near America, Mexico. Very fine, very fine, very big. But nobody goes to the church. Nobody goes to the church. Is there any temple in India empty? No. Many people they come. Indian people, they go to temple. They worship. Some worship Vishnu, some worship Shiva, some worship Durga. … maybe but they worship. People of present only engage to drink and sleep and saw religion, it is no religion. You have a religion. Our religion is Ramayana. You have now Ramayana. Because the student was not taught Ramayana. They are allowed to read Ramayana, just like government course with Ramayana. Now we must think of the religion first. Dharmam eva jayate. Dharma is truth. If there is no truth? Untruth you can not live long. Untruth will never survive and the truth will survive everywhere. Someday nobody knows what is truth. Nobody knows what is truth. And our religious leaders, they talk of truth. Harinama satya he, even they have taken the corpse, the burial ground, many people say harinama satya he also ... he. Truth is harinama. ... Not necessary untruth. You follow truth? Who is that truth? Rama namam satya he. Rama's namam is truth. Now, no religions says like that. Because they have got money. With that money they get, but actually what religion is they do not know. Now, big people, the scientific people, they want to develop a science. How, what type, sort of science? How they can kill easily. Like that. All aeroplanes, and not only aeroplanes and they will fight. They fight. But our religion is Lord Krishna. Lord Krishna who was for 12 years in Vrindavan. Always, always playing, playing. In playing he, many demons were killed, many demons. Playing. Krishna never used any weapon. No, no weapon. Without any weapon. He threw Dhenukasura who was destroying the food of others and killing others. Krishna and Balarama, they thought Dhenukasura must be killed. So he was killed. When they played, …10 year. Serpent king was there. Terrible. That terrible serpent was killed by Krishna. Krishna. Hundred hoods and he stood on those hoods and danced. While dancing he vomited blood and died. Not died, he said, you should not stay here because all the people who come here, the birds the beasts that come here this time, all die. Because you have got terrible poison. So like that. Bakasura, Baka, a crane was devouring the boys. As playing with the boys he was devouring. Though he devoured, he killed and removed from their, stomach, Aghasura, serpent. Many, many hundreds of boys, Krishna went to forest. He was playing. Aghasura opened the mouth. It is like a big cave. Very big. The boys thought, was the road, very sharp road has been laid by somebody. Now he … that tongue here. They walked and entered. Krishna was there. He never told anything. Then if he says, if that fellow Aghasura heard he will devour whatever is …. So that Aghasura was waiting till Krishna comes. When Krishna came now he could not able to devour Krishna. And Krishna became big. Very big. So he can not enter the throat. Now he died. Then all the boys came up. They were some died. And Krishna saw that with nectar sight they all got (…?). This is how all play. Play. He is a player. Not using so many weapons. Never this modern weapons. Those were sleeping. Now they should think, speak about Lord Krishna, later, in 18 days, Kuruksetra war, completed in 18 days. Several millions of army were. Some sitting on the chariot, some sitting on the elephants, some standing on foot. In 18 days kauravas war took place. Kauravas had hundred brothers and Pandavas had five brothers. But in the war hundred brothers died. And 5 remain. With those, Aswathama, now commander in chief, he was very good commander in chief, he went. Duryodhana asked him to kill Pandavas. But where pandavas, 5 children like Pandavas. Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, Shadeva. Same. They are only 14, 15, 16 years, they fought in the war, they killed. Now this fellow, he cut the heads, 5 heads and brought to Duryodhana and said, yes, I have killed. And he saw that. These are not Pandavas. You fellow, you have committed very, very sin. Now, you should not be given any post. Go away rascal. Don’t… Then he sent brahmastra. Arjuna have fought with brahmastra. Krishna said: brahmastra for brahmastra. And now Arjuna brought that Aswathama, tying the rope on his neck, there to mother. Now, mother Draupadi, 5 children and Draupadi says, stop with a brutal treatment. He is our Guru and the Brahmin. He need not be treated like a goat. You open. And Bhima said no, no, he should be killed. ……(verse 44:00)……. He has killed young boys. While sleeping he cut their heads. He should be killed. Now, I am weeping and you want to make weeping of mother, their mother is Kripacarya’s, mother. What benefit you get by that. It is not a solution. My boys were killed. They won’t come back. Now, if you do this to Aswathama, if you kill Aswathama then Kripacarya will weep and his wife will weep. The greatness of the ladies of India is though five children were killed she said you should not kill him. Then Arjuna saved him and … Then he opened his … and released. Who is Abhimanyu’s …………. But he never went. He was alive. He begot Pariksita who was in Mahabharata, Bhagavad-gita in it from Krishna. And Vyasadeva wrote that and it was given to his son, Sukadeva acarya. Sukadeva went, and he has done, he saved, saved. So pandavas 5 were saved. Kauravas hundred brothers died. And 11 millions died and these people are 7 they also died. This is Krishna's guidance. Krishna was guiding them with their uncle. Now, all this sort of training cannot be had anywhere else. In India. India, they followed dharma. Always dharma. They never gave up dharma. Yes. We must follow dharma. Dharma. But this is Kali-yuga. This is kali. Those who follow dharma they suffer. And now they are suffering.

yada yada hi dharmasya
glanir bhavati bharata
abhyutthanam adharmasya
tadatmanam srjamy aham

When dharma-glani, when people forget dharma, do adharma always, then it is too much and the Lord himself comes in his appearance and he kills the demons. Who are demons? Man is a demon, man is a demigod. If he does the activity of dharma he is demigod. If he doesn't follow dharma he is demon. They are two brothers. But. The Lord takes his appearance. Kills all the demons and protects all demigods. They are called devatas. Now, devatas are there in the world in India only. Nowhere else. Nowhere else. Nowhere else. Because to India, many people, they help India. ….. wrong, long(?) war for India's kind they propagate this dharma(???). This is dharma. Pandavas five brother, they were in the forest. And in the forest, Yudishtira, elder brother, the eldest one feeling very much for water. And he requested Nakula to go and search for water. Bring water. Last brother Nakula went. So, a crane is sitting by the lake. Water is sufficient. But, don't drink water. If you drink water without replying my questions you will die. I am very thirsty. Please allow me little water, I drink and then I will tell. Died. Elder. Then Sahadeva was sent. He also did the same thing and died. Then Bhima, Arjuna also. They also died. Now Dharmaraja himself came. Yudishtira maharaja. What is? They all died. What is this? He saw the crane. A crane now says are you going to follow your brothers or you give correct answer to my questions? Very good. He asked 100 questions. Though he was thirsty he obeyed. And give water. Then he said I bless you. I will give you a boon. Among these 4 your brothers who are dead, I will make one alive. One. To whom? Then immediately he said, the Nakula. You save Nakula. Give life to Nakula. What Nakula will do, tomorrow there will be a great war when you and Kauravas? What Nakula will do? He has no capacity. Bhima or Arjuna must be there at least, to help you. Then he said no, not necessary. My father has two wives. One wife I am hers. Nakula is Madri's I am Kunti's. I am the son of Kunti. And people may not find fault with me saying that he saved all of Kunti's sons. Not sons of Madri. So, people may not find fault with me. … correct. … repeat I will save all your brothers. And he saved all his brothers. … This is test of dharma. Not only here, many places. Their children were given to them, to the demons. Dharmaraja was the king of dharma, world, oh he was a king of dharma. So that Dharamaraja was the king of the world then. … Now such education is not found. Hundred questions and, hundred questions. Very easy questions, correct answers. He gave correct answer to hundred questions. First hundred then you can drink water now. Yes, now you are drinking water. What can I do? I will save one. And when he saw that correct answer he gave that only Nakula, not others, Bhima? He doesn't care. He says no, Nakula is sufficient. Because his mother is Madri. My mother is Kunti. Two mothers and two children, sons. If you save my Bhima and Arjuna people will say: it is not correct … dharma, but I am Dharmaraja. Always. Now we should. This sort of talks you don't hear anywhere else. Nowhere. In India also nowhere. Nowhere. We were even young. I used to sit with my mother and hear. There were recitations Purana, Mahabharata and Ramayana. Nine to eleven. Now, Mahaprabhu came. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu came. He taught harinama. How many of us devotees are doing harinamam? We have got no faith in that. Because this is Kali-yuga. No devotion. No faith. It is waste of time. Waste of time. So, this is Kali. Wrangling, age of wrangling, fight. So now it is a history. Ramayana and Mahabharata. Epics. Great epics. Hundred years back all Indians they heard of Ramayana.

We are going tomorrow. Now we request you that you remember Lord Gauranga and harinama. Those who have taken harinamam they must repeat how many namams? 16 hundred namams. Two hours. Daily two hours you chant. Two hours. When 24. Two hours. 22 hours you can sleep(laugh). In two hours. In these two hours everybody should do. Till you have time. That time you misuse. But, this is namam, harinamam. The sublime, the surest way, simple, it is harinamam. Do harinamam.

harer nama harer nama
harer namaiva kevalam
kalau nasty eva nasty eva
nasty eva gatir anyatha

There is no other way, no other path except harinama.

Those boys here repeating, he doesn't know the meaning of it, he doesn't know, not necessary, yet unknowingly they repeat namam, they will get benefit. They will get. So all of you, just we request all of you to repeat namam. Even our brahamacaris have not today taken harinamam. And diksa. Even in diksa mantra they get harinamam. Hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare. Diksa mantra is separate. Yet it is included, Maha-mantra is included. Pancha-tattva and maha-mantra also. So that people unwillingly they will repeat namam.

Harer nama harer nama
mahaprabhu kahe, kahilama ei mahamantra
iha japa giya sabe kariya nirbandha
iha haite sarva-siddhi haibe sabar
sarva ksana bala ithe vidhi nahi ara
ki bhojane ki sayane kiba jagarane
aharnisa cinta krsna balaha vadane …………..

No other way except by repeating namam. So you repeat namam. Mahaprabhu said do namam, I say do it. So if we do not obey Lord Gauranga then our life will be ruined. When he have got useless. So, we also will be useless unless we repeat namam. I will be useless. So, I repeat every, you have to increase. Now you expanded and you will go to work, business. Good. But harinamam, we will do harinamam. 24 hours harinamam in it they should do, … on ekadasi day. Every ekadasi no. Every ekadasi you can do and you will do. You can do and thereby, one year, you can do ekadasi, 24 ekadasis, 24 hours. I have no sleep. Do that. If not, one in kartika, Radha-Damodar month. You must have attachment towards namam. Not towards (shows gesture of eating). We can always be alive. In life you get eating and sleeping. Don't do that. Ekadasi. One ekadasi in a month you have moonlight, no, that light, moonlight, Krishna will be. So many talks, so many things useless. ... My dear sir, we beg you to repeat namam. You will get mercy. Hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare.