Wedding of Taittireyā in Los Angeles

0:00[japa]

0:00Devotees: Jaya. [chants responsively with devotees] oṁ apavitraḥ pavitro vāsarvāvasthāṁ gato 'pi vāyaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṁsa bahyābhyantara-śuciḥ

Initiation and spiritual purification

1:00[Garuḍa Purāṇa]

1:00Prabhupāda: So your spiritual name is Taittireyā. [indistinct] Taittireyā. Taittireya Upaniṣad. One who know the Taittireya Upaniṣad. Chant sixteen rounds at least.

1:26Devotees: Haribol!

1:34Prabhupāda: Jaya. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

1:59Devotees: Haribol!

2:07Prabhupāda: Kīrtana.

Divine mercy and social orders

2:15[break] parama koruṇa, pahū dui jananitāi gauracandrasaba avatāra-sāra śiromaṇikevala ānanda-kanda[from Dhāmāli]

2:22Locana dāsa Ṭhākura, he sings that "This Nitāi-Gaura incarnation, parama karuṇa—very, very merciful." Parama koruṇa, pahū dui jana: "Two Lords, Nitāi-Gaura." Parama koruṇa, pahū dui jana. Dui jana means two.

3:00Parama koruṇa, pahū dui jana, nitāi gauracandra: "Nityānanda and Caitanya Mahāprabhu, or Gaura Hari." Saba avatāra, sāra śiromaṇi kevala ānanda-kanda: "There are many incarnation, but Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda—simply ānanda, bliss." Ānanda, bliss, kevala ānanda-kanda.

3:32Now, for spiritual advancement, generally according to the Vedic system, so one has to accept the order of renounced life.

3:50Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally taught it, but He never condemned gṛhastha life, householder life. He rather said,

Qualifications of the spiritual master

4:08CC Madhya 8.128কিবা বিপ্র, কিবা ন্যাসী, শূদ্র কেনে নয় ।যেই কৃষ্ণতত্ত্ববেত্তা, সেই ‘গুরু’ হয় ॥ ১২৮ ॥kibā vipra, kibā nyāsī, śūdra kene nayayei kṛṣṇa-tattva-vettā, sei 'guru' haya“Whether one is a brāhmaṇa, a sannyāsī or a śūdra — regardless of what he is — he can become a spiritual master if he knows the science of Kṛṣṇa.”

4:08One may be a gṛhastha or sannyāsī—it doesn't matter—but he must be kṛṣṇa-tattva-vit. He must know the science of Kṛṣṇa. That is required.

4:40So in our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, we have got four orders = brahmacārī, gṛhastha, vānaprastha, sannyāsa. Whichever position one can find himself suitable, he can accept that, and...

5:11But the main business is kṛṣṇa-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.

5:26ajñāna-timirāndhasyajñānāñjana-śalākayācakṣur-unmīlitaṁ yenatasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ[Gautamīya-tantra]

5:38Guru means one who can open the eyes of the ignorant by the light of knowledge.

Universal mission of Krishna consciousness

5:46He is guru. So our this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is all-round movement. All-round movement. Just like Kṛṣṇa, He took part in everything. Not that Kṛṣṇa simply was interested in Vedic ritualistic ceremony.

6:09Of course, everything is based on Vedic ritualistic ceremony. But Kṛṣṇa also took part in everything. He was a politician, He was a philosopher, He was a socialist, He was a communist—everything. That is Kṛṣṇa.

6:34That is Kṛṣṇa. So we recommend that in whatever position you feel comfortable, you can accept that, but, I mean to say, spread this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Parama ānanda-khanda. People will be happy.

7:01Our 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.

7:26Therefore we are trying to spread this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement that everyone will be happy. Su-sukhaṁ kartum avyayam BG 9.2In Bhagavad-gītā it is... Su-sukham. To execute this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is very easy.

7:47Kartum avyayam: and whatever you perform, it is permanent. Avyayam and su-sukham, very pleasing. There is nothing very painful in this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.

8:06Because Kṛṣṇa is ānanda, ānandamayo 'bhyāsāt [Vedānta-sūtra 1.1.12], we are going under the protection of Kṛṣṇa, there must be always ānanda. But people do not know how to enjoy ānanda. They have been put into ignorance.

Knowledge and purpose of scripture

8:24The 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.

8:46Lokasya ajānataḥ vidvān cakre sātvata-saṁhitām. Vyāsadeva compiled this Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam... SB 1.7.6अनर्थोपशमं साक्षाद्भक्तियोगमधोक्षजे ।लोकस्याजानतो विद्वांश्चक्रे सात्वतसंहिताम् ॥६॥anarthopaśamaṁ sākṣādbhakti-yogam adhokṣajelokasyājānato vidvāmścakre sātvata-saṁhitāmThe material miseries of the living entity, which are superfluous to him, can be directly mitigated by the linking process of devotional service. But the mass of people do not know this, and therefore the learned Vyāsadeva compiled this Vedic literature, which is in relation to the Supreme Truth.So people do not know it.

9:12So 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.

9:25Devotees: Jaya. Haribol. [end]