London Address March 1975

Spiritual protection through holy names

0:00Prabhupāda: So how many devotees are there now?

0:04Haṁsadūta: Eighty.

0:06Prabhupāda: Eighteen?

0:09Haṁsadūta: Eighty.

0:10Prabhupāda: Eighty.

0:10Haṁsadūta: Yes.

0:12Prabhupāda: That's nice. So Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura has sung, jay sakal bipod... [aside:] It is going now.

0:36Jāy sakal'bipod, gāi bhaktivinod, jakhon ami o-nām gai, rādhā-kṛṣṇa bolo bolo, bolo re sobāi. The Caitanya Mahāprabhu's preaching is to request everyone to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa or Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa.

1:01So Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura said that "When I chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, then all dangers go away." So this place, this material world, is a dangerous place.

Navigating dangers of material existence

1:30Padaṁ padaṁ yad vipadām. Vipad means danger, and padaṁ padam means every step. In the material world you cannot expect very smooth, peaceful life. That is not possible.

1:53And the only remedy is to take shelter of the lotus feet of just Murāri. Murāri means Kṛṣṇa.

2:18SB 10.14.58समाश्रिता ये पदपल्लवप्लवंमहत्पदं पुण्ययशो मुरारे: ।भवाम्बुधिर्वत्सपदं परं पदंपदं पदं यद् विपदां न तेषाम् ॥ ५८ ॥samāśritā ye pada-pallava-plavaṁmahat-padaṁ puṇya-yaśo murāreḥbhavāmbudhir vatsa-padaṁ paraṁ padaṁpadaṁ padaṁ yad vipadāṁ na teṣāmFor those who have accepted the boat of the lotus feet of the Lord, who is the shelter of the cosmic manifestation and is famous as Murāri, the enemy of the Mura demon, the ocean of the material world is like the water contained in a calf’s hoof-print. Their goal is paraṁ padam, Vaikuṇṭha, the place where there are no material miseries, not the place where there is danger at every step.

2:33So there is always, if you stay in a very good boat, still, because the platform is water you cannot think that the boat is always very smooth and without any trouble. So material world is always full of troubles.

3:04So if we keep ourself in our standing..., in our standard, chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa regularly, then the dangers will be over.

Tolerance and caution in practice

3:22Dangers, they are not also permanent. They come and go like the seasonal changes. Sometimes it is very hot; sometimes it is very cold. So Kṛṣṇa has advised that āgamāpāyino 'nityās tāṁs titikṣasva bhārata BG 2.14

3:49So don't be diverted from the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, and don't be afraid of because there is some danger and danger.

4:08Take shelter of Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet, chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, and dangers will be over. But we should not create such position, dangerous. It is already dangerous.

4:30Because Caitanya Mahāprabhu was also very cautious about spiritual life.

4:45Sannyāsīra alpa chidra bāhu kori mane. Others may violate the laws, and so many sinful activities they are doing, but nobody takes very serious care.

Overcoming opposition to spiritual preaching

4:59But when a religious group or a sannyāsī commits little offense, it is magnified a thousand times. Therefore we should be very careful not to make anything which may be magnified to the eyes of the public.

5:28Because we are preaching. We are preaching, and there is always demonic party who want to put us in difficulty. That is natural.

5:42Even Hiraṇyakaśipu, being the father of Prahlāda Mahārāja, he was also putting him into difficulty. But if we remain sincere and go on chanting, these dangers will be over. Don't be afraid.

6:02Don't stop your regular regulative principles and regular activities, program. Go on with it. Depend on Kṛṣṇa, and gradually everything will be all right. So I think we shall this much today. Now it is time over.

6:29The Deities should go to rest. We should not detain. That's all right. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

6:34Devotees: Jaya Prabhupāda. [end]