Six Principles for Advancing Consciousness

0:00[Prabhupāda chants along Govindam prayers]

0:00Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Opening prayers and devotional chants

0:42Devotees: Hare Kṛṣṇa.

1:25Prabhupāda: Everything all right?

1:26Devotees: Jaya.

1:27Prabhupāda: Chant Nṛsiṁha mantra. CC Antya 16.52নমস্তে নরসিংহায় প্রহ্লাদাহ্লাদদায়িনে ।হিরণ্যকশিপোর্বক্ষঃশিলাটঙ্ক-নখালয়ে ॥ ৫২ ॥namas te nara-siṁhāyaprahlādāhlāda-dāyinehiraṇyakaśipor vakṣaḥ-śilā-ṭaṅka-nakhālaye“ ‘I offer my respectful obeisances unto You, Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva. You are the giver of pleasure to Mahārāja Prahlāda, and Your nails cut the chest of Hiraṇyakaśipu like a chisel cutting stone.

1:57CC Antya 16.53ইতো নৃসিংহঃ পরতো নৃসিংহো যতো যতো যামি ততো নৃসিংহঃ ।বহির্নৃসিংহো হৃদয়ে নৃসিংহো নৃসিংহমাদিং শরণং প্রপদ্যে ॥ ৫৩ ॥ito nṛsiṁhaḥ parato nṛsiṁhoyato yato yāmi tato nṛsiṁhaḥbahir nṛsiṁho hṛdaye nṛsiṁhonṛsiṁham ādiṁ śaraṇaṁ prapadye“ ‘Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva is here, and He is also there on the opposite side. Wherever I go, there I see Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva. He is outside and within my heart. Therefore I take shelter of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, the original Supreme Personality of Godhead.’ ”

2:04tava kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-śṛṅgaṁdalita-hiraṇyakaśipu-tanu-bhṛṅgamkeśava dhṛta-narahari-rūpa jaya jagadīśa harejaya jagadīśa hare jaya jagadīśa hare

2:47** [O Keśava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of half-man, half-lion! All glories to You! Just as one can easily crush a wasp between one’s fingernails, so in the same way the body of the wasplike demon Hiraṇyakaśipu has been ripped apart by the wonderful pointed nails on Your beautiful lotus hands.] **

Divine protection and the mission of Vishnu

2:51Nṛsiṁha-deva may save you. Lord Nṛsiṁha, prahlāda āhlāda-dāyine. And to the Hiraṇyakaśipu, śilā-ṭaṅka-nakhālaye. Both ways Kṛṣṇa is protecting. And Viṣṇu, you see He has got four hands.

3:27In two hands He's carrying śaṇkha, cakra, and in two hands gadā, padma. This śaṅkha and padma is for the devotee, and gadā and cakra for the demon.

3:54Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, yadā yadā hi..., paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām Bg. 4.8. He has got two business: to give protection to the devotee and to kill the demons. But the result is one.

4:17He does good to the demons by killing him, and He does good to the devotees by giving him protection.

Global expansion and temple establishment

4:33So Nṛsiṁha-deva will give you protection in my absence. I am now going to Japan to get some books printed personally, and after that my program is to go to India. Maybe I shall be able to establish some temples there.

5:09Of course, in India there are many temples, but it does not mean that I shall not also establish some temples. Just like there is overpopulation, it does not mean that one should not beget child.

5:34Similarly, there may be many hundreds of thousand temples in India, still our this Society, ISKCON, should have their own temples. That is the way since time immemorial. There are hundreds and thousands of temples.

Principles for advancing in spiritual life

6:02So my advice to you: I am old man. So even I may not return, you shall continue this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.

6:22This is eternal, and I shall request you to keep the standard as I have already given you the program: the Deity worship, the kīrtana, the street saṅkīrtana, distribution of literature, books.

6:42You should carry on this program with great enthusiasm. That is my request. In the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness the first principle is enthusiasm. If you lack enthusiasm then other things will not happen.

7:07And you can keep enthusiastic if you follow the rules and regulation and chant regularly Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. Otherwise that enthusiasm also will dry. So six things are required for advancing Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

7:38The first thing is enthusiasm. Utsāhān dhairyāt. And patient. And niścayād, with conviction, firm conviction.

7:52Utsāhān dhairyāt niścayād tat-tat-karma-pravartanāt [NoI 3]: following the rules and regulation, chalked-out plans.

Maintaining integrity and devotional standards

7:58And sato vṛtteḥ, dealing very straightforward. No diplomacy, no politics, no duplicity. That will not help you. Sato vṛtteḥ. Vṛtteḥ, his profession, should be very straightforward. No underhand dealings.

8:19Sato vṛtteḥ and sādhu-saṅga [Cc. Madhya 22.83], and in the association of devotees.

8:26Six things: enthusiasm, patience, firm conviction, following the rules and regulations, dealing straightforward, no duplicity, and in association of devotees.

8:44If you can keep these six principles always in front, then your progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is sure. There is no doubt about it. So as far as possible I've tried to train you, and you are doing nice. I'm satisfied.

9:08So keep the standard and go on. March forward, and Kṛṣṇa will bless you. Thank you very much. Hare Kṛṣṇa. [devotees offer obeisances] Chant. [end]