The Nature of Godhead

Spiritual reality and material illusion

0:03Chaitanya-charitāmṛta lecture, evening, 6th January 1971. Gorakhpur, Bombay. Mahāprabhu-bhakta. This visheṣa, as a business make... ya and cut. Whoa, bhautika viśeṣatā. All bhautika viśeṣatā. What, uh, pāya pāramārthika?

1:29Viśeṣatā kī tanā, rājakiya viśeṣatā. Caitanya-caritāmṛta, jaisā dhārā hai, satya-yuga. Hai, janmādy asya yataḥ. Ah, brahma-vastu, sat-vastu, jis se itanā janma. Yan na khalu. Siddhasāmi jaisā path jaisā sattā.

2:21Mithyā viśuddhā padārtha mālum hotā hai. Yah sattā kudarat sarvadeśa aur marīcikā in a marubhūmi, me pāni kā tyāl hotā hai. Pāni ek vastu sattā hai. Parantu jahā pratīti hotā hai.

3:02Isi prakār duniyā me jitne rasa hai, ye rasa all kahī sattā-rūp se prakāśita hai, but idhar uskā vikṛta pratiphala yamant.

3:21Vedādi śāstrome, Upaniṣad me, jo Para-brahman, uh, nirākāra nirviśeṣa svarūp se pratīyamāna karne ko prayatna ho rahā hai, uskā matlava ye hai, jo apratīta ākāra ukyā śi hai, us vakt samajhne.

Divine form and the supreme cause

3:52Svarūpa sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha. Cid-ānanda-rūpa kis sarīkā hai, vo ham log abhī anubhava nahī kar sakte.

4:43Sabhi cit, Bhagavān kā nāma, Bhagavān kā rūpa, Bhagavān kā guṇa, Bhagavān kā aiśvarya, sabhi apratīta cinmaya siddha-sattā. Bhagavān sarvaiśvarya-pūrṇa. They say in English: "God is great."

5:23Ah, some of this greatness, sattā-dvārā, uskā ham vistāra anubhava karte hai, nirākāra greatness anubhava karte hai. Ham log bhāratīya isko mānte hai. Jo ek vyakti agar dhanī hai, usko baṛā mānte hai.

5:49Bahut balavān hai, usko ham baṛā mānte hai. Ek vyakti bahut baṛā jñānavān hai, usko ham baṛā mānte hai. Ek vyakti bahut baṛā rūpavān hai, jaisā śruti-jalpita nirviśeṣa. Vedādi śāstrome jahā nirākāratā vivaraṇa.

7:05Glass ko ham kah sakte hai, which many baki, vo kyā siddha hai, vo vibhūti kā sattā hamārā kalpanā. Pūrṇa hamārā ākāra śarīra din.

7:29Kriyā-kāra hai, sab log samajh rahe hai, that the baby safety Bhagavān bi la karha, Bhagavata me. This is one kind of junko Johubar Kumara, even hamara janma hochjuka or wosanjanma kajo kram.

9:14Īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ anādir ādir govindaḥ sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam. The sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam janmādy asya yataḥ. Uh, it is a kar.

9:36So just santana hai, uskai bi akara hai. So Bhagavān mi rakata, Bhagavat, yhang bhidja pradhapita, mah, shamte bhidha pradataap pita, parampita. So parampita, nyakar Keshawa, niraka sakar Keshaya, yza bhita.

10:03So jahan niraka kampanan hai, sakama bhicharu joghi satihant praya bhiva sabi samima. Yakarke, manuhotah jabhana, shapara, Bhagavān vigraha, sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha.

10:42Vaikuṇṭha vigraha amarei shinayha Brahmā tishiwa say Brahmā for punafi high jay Lord. Ah, Brahmā is kadi karam. A Brahmā kadi karan hai Bhagavad, Bhagavad Gītā, Brahmā ahumpra Sītā Brahmā atha Brahmā diggyata.

11:53Brahmā vasukyas, a dharma sajata, dhada sabjita janvata. A bhaktiat, uh, it's not the sad, he's out there. Oh nee, be says Brahmā.

12:14Unko bikara Krishna brāhmaṇa hampravi, isliasha, isaram Bhagavān, Īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ anādir ādir govindaḥ sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam, sabkaranka karam, Brahmā khikara Bhagavān, Sikhish.

12:38Sabrahma hite janma bhish sabrama is how do that? How do that? Very thought. Or Brahmā main skript tityya.

14:20Or kiddhyakadajavlaya saragunya, bhoti java, you see māyā he challahya, but tapulya Brahmā sa maha, Brahmā is siti hai Brahmāya. So apadam koron odhikuran karaktien Bhagavānes sabisa eightinsi.

15:16This this year bhishat patiata wokaranva. Or this means Siddharth wok adikaranva. Ajahn sata a padam.

16:03Bhagavān yev yabishabhant sijan kira sandan sijatabhattani bhutan bhabang jaca bhidav bhadanti dasman may sṛjati bhīṣamitā sviṅ chan or māyā saṅgyā upaniṣad bhūtān».

Vedic understanding of divine energy

16:30Or as it is: «Yato vā imāni bhūtāni jāyante, yena jātāni jīvanti, yat prayanty abhisaṁ- viśanti, tad vijijñāsasva tad Brahma». Isi Brahma ka paricaya Vedānta-sūtra samagra vivṛti karke kahti: «Janmādy asya yataḥ».

16:58Aur usī kā bhāṣya Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam me: «Janmādy asya yato 'nvayād itarataś cārtheṣv abhijñaḥ svarāṭ».

17:37So ekataḥ, shama anek-hone ki icchā se pṛthak-pṛthak-bhāva se prādurbhūta hote hain, prācīna garbhāṅka are an bohuhaite jabed koilāmon prakāśitā śakti, tab koilā vila vinop. Prakāśitā śakti.

18:12Anek prakāśa-śakti kā pūrita hai. Uska vicār, sambandha-śakti, tīn śakti vikhāyī paṛtī hai: ek hai prākṛta-śakti, ek hai aprākṛta-śakti, aur ek taṭasthā.

18:28The prākṛta-śakti, the Bhagavān, sa-aikata, aikṣata: «mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram», unke bahu, jīva kā jab Bhagavān vilokan kiyā, se khāḍā tattva.

19:00Prākṛta vastu kahī̃ maujūd nahī̃ thā, isliye Bhagavān to the vilokan hai, unka vah aprākṛta, aprākṛta vastu siddhānti, Bhagavān bhikṣā, dṛṣṭi-pāta se jagat utpatti huī.

19:26God said, "Let there be creation," and there was peace. So God says, "Let there be creation." Aprākṛta bhāvan. Pizzlip aprākṛta bhāvan hai. Siddhānta. Caitanya-mātra.

20:11Caitanya vah, jab Bhagavān sṛṣṭi-kriyā avalokan kiyā, us samay prākṛta vastu koī sṛṣṭi nahī̃ huī thī, Bhagavān kā jo avalokan, but then jo hai vah parā-pak. Brahma-netram.

21:55If ye vicār hota, to Bhagavān kā jo netra hai, Bhagavān kā jo mana, Bhagavān kī jo icchā hai, vah aprākṛta. Why sit down on the biddha?

22:11So Bhagavān, uh, nirākār me, ya, parantu Bhagavān kā aṅga, jo pratīta hota hai, vah karma hai. So, sat-cit-ānanda-vigraha hai. Bhagavān kā śarīr hai, vah hamāre śarīr kā sadrṛśa nahī̃. Oh, it's lady. Oh, I said some day.

22:46Ki Bhagavān kā śarīr aprākṛta. Prākṛta bhūlya bhābi viṣṇu kalevara. Aparādha nāhi. Ye aparādha.

23:00Ek hai aprākṛta Brahmā, Brahmā vastu, unkā jo netra hai, unkā jo mana hai, unkī jo jīhvā hai, unkā jo kāya hai, ye sab aprākṛta hai. Mantra: Brahma sabda hai pūrṇa vastu. Pūrṇa vastu. Apūrṇa vastu saṅga vā. Saṅga vāvam.

Stages of God realization

23:33Brahma, Paramātmā. Parantu Bhagavān hai pūrṇa, brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate. Vah tattva hai, usko ek Brahmā, koī ek Paramātmā, Bhagavān.

24:15Vah aneka dharma paścāt, jñānī ca cakṣuṣā kṛte, vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti, sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ. Vāsudeva, Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa, pūrṇa-puruṣa, ādi-deva so is anubhava jab, is prakār anubhava kiyā jātā hai.

24:45Jab tak vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti nahīṃ samajhtā hai, tab tak uskā jñāna pūrṇa nahīṃ. I said mahātmā. Vah apne ko mukta mānte. Mānte hai, bagal me hai, is śabda kā prayoga huā hai. Yah uskā mānyatā hai, aviśuddha-buddhayaḥ.

25:46Jab tak Bhagavān kī upalabdhi nahīṃ hai, tab tak unkī buddhi viśuddha nahīṃ hai, aviśuddha, aviśuddha-buddhayaḥ. Kṛṣṇa-smaraṇa, sādhana-bhakti. Muktānām api siddhānāṃ nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇaḥ.

26:20Aneka siddha muktoṃ ke bhītar me koī vyakti nārāyaṇa. Nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇa, nārāyaṇa-bhakta, nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇa, and nārāyaṇa-bhakta.

26:34So Brahma śabda se vahī pūrṇa saṅga Bhagavān ke brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti. Brahmā, brahma-bhūta hai, brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu mad-bhaktiṃ labhate parām.

27:06Brahma-bhūta hone ke paścāt. Brahma anubhava hone ke paścāt. Paramātmā anubhava hone ke paścāt, Bhagavān anubhava. This is the aim. Caitanya Mahāprabhu kā Brahma śabda jahāṃ vah Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa kā Para-brahma.

27:29Paraṃ dhāma pavitraṃ paramaṃ bhavān, puruṣaṃ śāśvataṃ divyam ādi-devam. Ādi-deva, ajaṃ vibhum. Pūrṇasya bhāvaḥ. Pūrṇatā. Brahman ka pūrṇatā hai. Uhwan. It could distance the ayaḥ.

28:07Durje pahar the key, malunhuta, there's a bhagal kala kalakusa malu. All dul trajaye to maluhuta uh the kiye there's a... But

28:34I said for strī-śūdra-dvijabandhūnāṁ, strī-loka-mā, sab-loka-mā, sarva-loka-mā, śabda-brahma, Bhagavad-gītā say, nitya-vidyā, nitya-vidyā say, viṣaya-malina... as a coach, yeah. Baka ye, it's about business.

29:52Svayaṁ Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa śāstra-pramāṇa. Caitanya Mahāprabhu ka sab śāstra-pramāṇa. Toh Bhagavān Caitanya Mahāprabhu ka sab śāstra-pramāṇa. Aur Bhagavān saṅga because the... bhed-buddhi, adharma, ye sab bīta jo hai.

Purpose and classification of Puranas

30:42Jo sūtra hai, mantra hai, bhakti-gambhīra, sabko, samajhne ke liye, isliye usko vyākhyā karne ke liye, Purāṇādi śāstra ko Vyāsadeva banāyā. Supplement. And this is sūtra. Dharma-sūtra.

31:08Ek sūtra so Caitanya-kathā, you be car this uh uh bath de Mahārāja Ratanakiti, kis liye? Ah, strī-śūdra-dvijabandhūnāṁ trayī na śruti-gocarā. Ya strī-śūdra-dvijabandhūnāṁ, unkā buddhi kā gocara nahīṁ hotā hai. Veda-śāstra.

32:13Bhagavad-śaraṇamā, śaraṇāgata ho jāne, sab bheda-siddhānta. Veda nigūḍha arthā bhū-jānayā. Purāṇa banāyā aur Purāṇa kā hita, Purāṇa kai prakāra kā hai: sāttvika-purāṇa, rājasika-purāṇa, tāmasika-purāṇa.

32:35Tāmasika-purāṇa, rājasika-purāṇa, ana-ghibit, uh we saw hair, jagad-uddhāra karne ke liye, uh jo, jis kavitā sānta-bhāga, Mahā-purāṇa kahā hai, uske bād Bhāgavata-upāsanā.

32:58Satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi, Vyāsa-deva, Bhāgavata, Bhāgavata Purāṇa saṅkalana karnā, pahile maṅgalācaraṇa likhā, usme kahā, «satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi», parama-satya, uh uskā maiṁ dhyāna kartā hūṁ.

33:15Dhīmahi, ab nāt-chāhit, bowish so Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Purāṇa bhakti-śāstra yathā-kora and niścaya.

33:25Kyoṅki Veda kā sarva-siddhānta can be says that strī-śūdra-dvijabandhūnāṁ aur strī-loka aur śūdra jo hai, unkī buddhi kama hotī hai aur isī prakāra dvijabandhu, dvijabandhu kā artha brāhmaṇa kā dharma kṣatriya-kula, Veda ke, Veda-sad-vaya, ahaṁ vidham.

35:06Bhagavad-sammatam. Bhakti nimna vikarma hai, tathā sattva-guṇa, raja-guṇa meṃ bhakti kaise hai? Uska rūpa nek hai. Dviṣatām svabhāvena, ye sab jo hai, bhakti yadi sarvapi upādhi ke sāth hai.

Purifying the heart through hearing

37:25Ab tak Bhagavad... yah Bhagavad-gītā meṃ sarvopādhi-vinirmuktam, tat-paratvena nirmalam. Bhakti sādhanā meṃ bhakti hai. Bhakti meṃ apanā bhāva banakar vah sambandha hotā hai. Aur mad-sevā, I think it's inclination.

38:26Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam meṃ: «Śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ». So uske hṛdaya meṃ jo amala hṛdaya meṃ tasthau hy abhadrāṇi vidhunoti śama-kaśmalam, vaha abhadra jamā hai.

39:28So yah puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtana ye hone se turaṃta Bhagavān svataḥ hṛdy antaḥ-stho hy abhadrāṇi vidhunoti suhṛt satām. Bhagavān svayaṃ hī suhṛt hai vah abja. So unko āptum kā mānasa dīvān milā, ab unko āptum kā bhāra milā.

41:39Kar, keep for kar-karī. Ah, usko pakaṛ ke rakhalā, usko dhakā dū, usko pakaṛ kar, usko pakaṛ kar nise tu māra kyā hai? Toh Bhagavān kā, Bhagavad-bhakti pūtanā, ye Bhagavān kā ek kām hai.

42:05Bhakti Bhagavān-kathā-rasa, jo mahān kathā, Bhagavān kī upaj, jo Bhagavān jaisā kā sevā-dharma hai, tathā janma-sad-guru. Purāṇa-bhakti se hṛdaya kā kalmaṣ.

42:44Iti vidā... jaise vidā de sake, jaise pūrā dīkṣā se nyāya, sab kā jīvana saphala hotā hai. Aur apanā jīvana saphala kaise? Duniyā meṃ sab bhūlā huā hai. Kṛṣṇa bhūlyā jīva, bhagavān se kārī, vah tamas, vah pukkara.

43:10So, the ho jātā, jab rāga paidā ho jātā hai, because the bhoga kā jo points of chori, uh, chorī-chorī jab miltā hai tab rāga hotā hai. Ham kahate haiṃ Bhagavān kī vastu churā ke maiṃ sukhī ho gayā.

43:29Ye hamane, iske liye Bhagavān kā bahut officer Yamarāja hai, ye sab sambhālane ke liye. Ye sab choṛ kar ke bhāgavata-dharma meṃ śraddhā ho. Sat māne jo sat-samaya rathā aur cit-bāde, jñāt-mān, jñāt-ja. Yah cetanā hai.

44:28I will let you jump out. Jīva upamā jo ānanda hai. Alag-alag āśā, tathā hamārā antar-hṛdaya. I saw anything you say with the khā-khā so Bhagavān. Sorry. Ambi Satinha Ansi. Sorry. Agni that Pudding. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

47:37So this other whether we start the it Pramana. Yes, I'm anybody. But about a mahana look, I thought the sun is a Mali hai or so. Usi putar Mahlena uh Uskomarne say Ariabh Sataya. Ram subit particular Ramante yogino 'nante.

48:48Ya yogihota hai ananta Jo Anandaya Usmay Ramankata Pikanamayada. Parabrahma Parabrahmaitya Vidya. Ramante yogino 'nante satyānanda-cid-ātmani.

49:09So para-brahmaitya vidya, rampa sataya, adjustes sampares a caval ananda kal anandi puhu. But Shiddh Gunaskada. But you should draw Shuddhila. Kamira Hegi. Okay, Brahmā.

Service and the path to liberation

51:06I was going to need a giria and the Sukha Gas Megirya to Uda Jacobi of Nijala. Or Jamin Megirya to thore there bath who we buja. Uska teen guṇa se sampar pota. Tamoguṇa, rajoguṇa or sattva.

51:37Sattvaguṇa magaruska samparprata hai Sutra Gan Minta Brahmā Ganhuta. Yeah, Sasameh, Yi Padati, but I have Sinnathan Satha Krishna Punasavana Sitana Sinthish and this and this and this and this Pir was janasu.

52:19This is the drying process. The Bhitawa Latrian. Sabsubhya, Bhikkhul Sajya, Abhirvi Nipita Chamin Apita Kavya. Sabsukhya. Abjalta. Abhiggya bhoganka shi Saksaraha. Abjalta jalta ja pura jaljaya Sama. Come Bandya. Peace.

53:11Lakri Hotha. Uh Pilate Jalana Kakos isiski a dhani karta. Feed a dhaza agni kalta. Adja agni nikalda. Agni sa jagakalisyye, Rosika Lizye, Happa Indin Chalali, Jokuttaya Kalali. But Bhogni Jalana Kili eh, Pala Samalakan. Right.

54:33Is it a sabha or, yeah, center, kendra, amlu banate, ara, Europe, America? You pranna, uh, chalu midnight. This is a whole juna. Sunte sunte sunte sunti satsu chod. After, so we they can we laugh agree for your. This

56:47is a criminal, jo dosi nayah, which police come on. Police? Police station viraya. So if it's the highs up, he's a chore. Well wanka seed cook hot, what wanna angle the gun. Tamla chor chory chordi. I've said one.

57:41I'm taking up an electric light, huh? Bhagavān made that we couldn't come as we come in, I but tax not the over the chosen.

58:49Jagga, jagavidi, jaggyana kanmanasruka, jaganakara, yajña, yajña saṅkīrtana, yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair yajanti hi sumedhasaḥ. Yajña. Yajñārthāt karmaṇo 'nyatra loko 'yaṁ karma-bandhanaḥ. Or made the maid.

59:19I think you did it. Maybe so angle has to happen in hand. Bhuñjate te tv aghaṁ pāpaṁ ye pacanty ātma-kāraṇāt. Pakata goya who cable papa to gribih. Yajña is to see much. It's the paplaskanwala.

1:01:15But the karma-bandhanaya, karma-bandhana hai, āhāra-nidrā-bhaya-maithunaṁ ca sāmānyam etat paśubhir narāṇām, eh? Bhāva. Bhāva. Bhāva-Kṛṣṇa concept. Budhā bhāva-samanvitāḥ.

1:01:50Murkalai mate samasatta, jvaki intelligent, buddhi, bhāva-samanvitāḥ, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, bhāva sabkan. Show me sad makes a read yet. The bhakti hai nate of church nikaj. So it's a tyājya. Yeah, bhāva-kāmita.

1:02:30I was going to kiss you. So we have to go, I've done the ahaṅkāra, yeah, uh, some high is me. I'll look at my bhakti to see what you're doing. Maya-yoga. Aham-asmi. Janasyo moho 'yam, ye moha hai. Ahama.

1:04:07So duniya sab kuch, ye moha hai. Hamara desh, hamara stri, hamara putra, hamara, hamara ye, amara amara. I was going to put me. It's an amara.

1:04:24Isliye maya ka prabhava, usse mukti hone utkantha hai. Mukti, ya jaba samajha re, hamara nahi hai, sab hi Bhagavan ka. Tab us mukti. Svarupa. Sab chiz Bhagavan ka. Main bhi Bhagavan ka. Ye svarupa-upalabdhi hoti hai.

1:04:48Uska nam mukti. Mukti-akasha is name. Mukti-hitvanyatha-rupam svarupena vyavasthitih. Sab chiz hamara, ab svarupa mein jab sthiti hoti hai, tab samajha ki ye hamara nahi hai, Bhagavan ka, wo mukti.

1:05:12Mukti ka arth ye hai, jab ye deha, main. Hamara kuch chiz nahi hai aur hamara Bhagavan dasa-rupa chorkarke alag hamara jo duniya samajha, to mukta. Bhakti-maya, akri usko bhakta, na to main Bhagavan.

1:05:50To ye sara yantra hai, isko chorna nahi hai, I will put the name some of them may have Bhagavad-maya, Bhagavan-maya, Bhagavad-maya ka, I tell me, sattva nahi hai.

1:06:47Ab bhakti hai, sab samadhi hamara jo hai, but shuddha-vastu bhi to sattva nahi hai, so maya. Sadam-adin, I think I'm saying vishva bad dena hai main, usko taha ki taj-janaka-dana-dana.

Faith and following spiritual authorities

1:08:03Shrunvati shraddhaya, I say satam. Satam prasangan mama virya-samvido bhavanti hrit-karna-rasayanah. Satsanga hone se. Adau shraddha tatah sadhu-sango 'tha bhajana-kriya tato 'nartha-nivrittih tato nishtha ruchis tatah.

1:09:48Ukova panthah, mahajano yena gatah sa panthah. Jaise hamare mahajana log, haridasa thakura isha log. Kaliya, kamba-janas. Sab ke liye to bhakta. Jati-adi prasna nahi tha. Church, I'm thinking about that, yes, the body-bhakti.

1:12:07Yeah.