Devotee: (leads chanting, etc.) Translation: "Just as springtime in the present indicates the nature of springtimes in the past and future, so this life of happiness, distress or a mixture of both gives evidence concerning the religious and irreligious activities of one's past and future lives."

Prabhupada:

vartamano 'nyayoḥ; kalo
guṇabhijñapako yatha
evaṁ janmanyayor etad
dharmadharma-nidarsanam
[SB 6.1.47]

By the symptoms of birth, one can understand, of course, through abhijña, those who are abhijña. And the word is used guṇabhijña, jñapakaḥ;. Guṇabhijña, guṇabhijñapako yatha. By the guṇas, one can—guṇa means quality—one can understand the past and future. Still in India there is an astrological system, it is called Bhrgu-saṁhita. According to that Bhrgu-saṁhita, the astrologer can say what the man was in the past and what he's going to be in future. And present also.

So, generally we can understand from the sastra that according to guṇa—sattva-guṇa, rajo-guṇa, tamo-guṇa—those who are in sattva-guṇa, they are going higher planetary system; rajo-guṇa, in the same platform; tamo-guṇa, going down. So the human endeavor should be how to increase the sattva-guṇa quality of the man. That is the duty of all guardians. State, king, government, everyone should. If you do not make such attempt to elevate your dependent towards the sattva-guṇa platform, simply lamenting, what will do good to you? "Our position is this, now it is uncontrollable, the things are going bad, there are problems." Yes, problem must be there. Because the aim of life should be known. They do not know. The modern civilization, they do not know what is the aim of life, how life is going on, eternally, how it is implicated, how to entangle. So many things are there, it is a great science.

So the Krṣṇa consciousness movement is trying to establish this science. Our real mission is how the human society will be happy. That is the duty of all saintly persons. The, according to our parampara system... Just like the Gosvamis, Rupa Gosvami, Sanatana Gosvami. They were very exalted personalities, minister in government. Still, they resigned from the service and joined Caitanya Mahaprabhu's movement. That is the history. All the direct disciples of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, they were very big personalities. Just like Rupa, Sanatana. They were minister. Then Bhaṭṭa Raghunatha, Dasa Raghunatha. Raghunatha Dasa, he was coming, more than minister. His father and uncle were the biggest zamindar, landlord, in those times. And he was the only son of the father and the uncle. Huge estate, beautiful wife, everything—he left and joined this movement, Caitanya Mahaprabhu's. Similarly, Gopal Bhaṭṭa Gosvami, he also coming from a very aristocratic brahmaṇa family in South India. And Sri Jiva Gosvami, the nephew of Rupa Gosvami, in the learned circle, still, in Bengal, they say such a big scholar and philosophy, there was none, and nobody expects a similar philosopher and learned scholar in the future. He was such a big personality, Jiva Gosvami. Big, big Mayavadis, they were afraid of Jiva Gosvami's logic and argument to establish the Vaiṣṇava philosophy.

So it is not... This Krṣṇa consciousness movement is for very intelligent, high-class, fortunate persons. Because they are going to guide the destiny of the human society. Nana-sastra-vicaraṇaika-nipuṇau sad-dharma-saṁsthapakau lokanaṁ hita-kariṇau. Their only endeavor is how people will be happy. This is their real mission. Just like Caitanya Mahaprabhu therefore asked to "Take this mission and go village to village, town to town, and spread My mission."

prthivite ache yata nagaradi-grama
sarvatra pracara haibe mora nama

So you young Americans, you have taken a very great mission, and the system we have introduced, to go in the vans, buses and village to village, town to town. And if you keep strictly on the principles and chant Hare Krṣṇa maha-mantra, then your mission will be successful. There is no doubt about it.

So vartamano 'nyayoḥ; kalo, there are three different features of time—past, present, and future. So those who are learned scholars, from one point, they can calculate what is the past and what is the future. Evaṁ janmanyayor etad dharmadharma-nidarsanam. There is astrology, there are experienced persons, they can say what was the past, what will be the future, this is one side. But Caitanya Mahaprabhu's movement is, even without any knowledge of the past, without any knowledge of the future, if you take the present opportunity, then your life is successful. The present opportunity is that in this age, Kali-yuga, Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared. Anarpita-cariṁ cirat karuṇaya... What? Anyone knows this verse?

anarpita-cariṁ-cirat karuṇayavatirṇaḥ; kalau
samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasaṁ sva-bhakti-sriyam
hariḥ; puraṭa-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandipitaḥ;
sada hrdaya-kandare sphuratu vaḥ; saci-nandana

Saci-nandana. This is Rupa Gosvami's blessings, that "Within your heart, let Saci-nandana be seated." Sada hrdaya-kandare sphuratu vaḥ; saci-nandanaḥ;. Then everything will be adjusted. He has appeared for this cause (indistinct). Anarpita-cariṁ cirat karuṇayavatirṇaḥ; kalau samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasaṁ sva-bhakti-sriyam. He is personally, Krṣṇa personally is giving Krṣṇa. Namo maha-vadanyaya krṣṇa-prema-pradaya te krṣṇaya krṣṇa-caitanya-namne gaura-tviṣe namaḥ; [Cc. Madhya 19.53]. These are the verses composed by Rupa Gosvami, that "Here is most munificent incarnation. Because He's giving Krṣṇa. Not only Krṣṇa—Krṣṇa-prema, love of Krṣṇa, what was very, very difficult to understand." Manuṣyaṇaṁ sahasreṣu kascid yayati siddhaye [Bg. 7.3]. To understand Krṣṇa is not so easy, but Krṣṇa Himself is giving Himself: "Take Me." That is Caitanya Mahaprabhu. So future, past, present, future, whatever it has been, our past, or what is present, it doesn't matter. But if you take to Krṣṇa consciousness movement, then our present and future, both are bright, undoubtedly.

So we should take the instruction of the Gosvamis, Rupa Gosvami, Sanatana Gosvami... Vande rupa-sanatanau raghu-yugau sri-jiva-gopalakau. Krṣṇotkirtana-gana-nartana-parau premamrtambho-nidhi dhiradhira-jana-priyau priyakarau nirmatsarau. Nirmatsarau, this movement, there is no distinction. No matsarata. Matsarata means to be intolerant for other's advancement. Nobody's... This is material nature. Nobody wants that his friend or his son, or, of course, the father likes, the son is increasing in opulence, he likes, but sometimes he does not like. So this world is full of envy. But Caitanya Mahaprabhu's movement is for the paramahaṁsa, who is not envious. Paramo nirmatsaraṇaṁ sataṁ vastavaṁ vastu vedyam atra. Nirmatsara [SB 1.1.2], when one is not envious of others. That is called nirma..., Because in the material world, everyone is envious of another person. That is the nature. Therefore there is so much fight. Everyone is envious. Nation is another nation's against, envious, even person to person, brother to brother, family to family, community to community. Everywhere, matsarata. Para-utkarṣaṇam asahanam (indistinct). Matsarata means one cannot tolerate other's flourishing condition. Immediately envious. But this system, Krṣṇa consciousness, is meant for paramo nirmatsaraṇam. One who has learned this art not to become envious. Tolerant. That is the qualification of saintly persons. Kind. Tin... Hm? What is that? Titikṣavaḥ; karuṇikaḥ;. Those who are preachers, they should be titikṣava. Titikṣava means titikṣa, tolerance. There will be so much insult, inconveniences, against party, everything. We have to tolerate. Titikṣavaḥ; karuṇa. At the same time, we have to distribute the mercy of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Titikṣavaḥ; karuṇikaḥ;. Suhrdaḥ; sarva-bhutanam, and friend of everyone, there is no distinction. Friend of everyone. Ajata-satravaḥ;. By their action they'll not create any enemy. Ajata-satravaḥ; santaḥ;, peaceful. Ajata-satravaḥ; santaḥ; sadhavaḥ; sadhu-bhuṣaṇaḥ;. These are the decoration of sadhus, saintly persons. Titikṣavaḥ; karuṇikaḥ;. I think this sloka is there in the Kapila's teaching to His mother. Titikṣavaḥ; karuṇikaḥ;, ajata-satravaḥ; santaḥ;, sadhavaḥ; sadhu-bhuṣaṇa [SB 3.25.21].

So, so far the Kali-yuga is concerned, the future is very dark. There, everything is described in the Srimad-Bhagavatam. The future of this Kali-yuga, as it will advance, Kali-yuga... We have only passed five thousand years out of thirty-two hundred thousands of years. We have only passed five thousand years, and the miserable condition, situation, will degrade more and more, more and more. So if you have to take again birth in this material world, then we'll have to suffer more and more. Best thing is that let us finish our business of Krṣṇa consciousness and go back to home, back to Godhead, so that we haven't got to come again to this nonsense material world. That is wanted. Yad gatva na nivartante tad dhama paramaṁ mama [Bg. 15.6]. This should be the aim of life, that we are not going to take advantage of this so-called advance of material civilization. We have no business. Ara nare vaka (indistinct). We should make it a determination that we have enough of this material civilization; we are not any more concerned about it. We are interested in Krṣṇa, how to go back to home, back to Godhead, Krṣṇa. This should be the determination. And if we think, "Let me taste this also and taste that also..." In Bengal it is said durakhai tanakakai (indistinct). Not like that.

Caitanya Mahaprabhu has warned very seriously:

niṣkiñcanasya bhagavad-bhajanonmukhasya
paraṁ param jigamiṣor bhava-sagarasya
viṣayiṇaṁ sandarsanam atha yoṣitaṁ ca
ha hanta hanta viṣa-bhakṣanad apy asadhu
[Cc. Madhya 11.8]

For a person who is going back to home, back to Godhead, he should be niṣkiñcana. Niṣkiñcana means no more any material necessities. Niṣkiñcana. Niṣkiñcanasya bhagavad-bhajanomukhasya. One side, this is nirvaṇa, finished. And the other side positive. Negative side, no more material, and positive side, Krṣṇa. Bhagavad-bhajanonmukhasya. How to go back to home, back to Godhead to serve Krṣṇa—this is one side. And one side—nil, we don't want any more anything. Niṣkiñcana. For such a person, viṣayiṇaṁ sandarsanam atha yoṣitaṁ ca [Cc. Madhya 11.8]. For such a person, if he has become captivated by the material attraction, means money and material comforts... Woman and material comforts. This is material civilization. Everyone is after woman. Woman or men, the... It is not that woman means the form of woman and man is the form of man. Woman means enjoyable and man means enjoyer. So here in this material world everyone is enjoyer. Everyone is enjoyer. Not only the man thinks "I shall enjoy the woman," the woman thinks, "I shall enjoy the man." The spirit is now to become enjoyer, Therefore sometimes the living entity is described as puruṣa. Actually every living entity is prakrti. Prakrti means enjoyable. So everyone is to be enjoyable by Krṣṇa. But thinking, "I am enjoyer." That is maya. So everyone is thinking of enjoying this material world. Viṣayiṇaṁ atha yoṣitaṁ ca. Viṣayiṇaṁ sandarsanam atha yoṣitam. So for any person who is serious about going back to home, back to..., for them these things are abominable, more than drinking poison. This is the verdict of Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

So we have... This is the idea. So we must be serious. It is not that in one day we, all of us, we become paramahaṁsa. That is not possible. Don't try to imitate, but follow the rules and regulation with vow that "This life I shall go back to home, back to Godhead, with determination." Then Krṣṇa will give you intelligence. That is promised by Krṣṇa in the Bhagavad-gita. Teṣaṁ nityabhiyuktanaṁ bhajataṁ pritiḥ;, satata-yuktanaṁ bhajataṁ priti-purvakaṁ dadami... If you are serious, then Krṣṇa is within everyone's heart, He'll give you intelligence. But we must be very serious. Then past, present, future will be clear before us, and because Krṣṇa is personally directing, buddhi-yogaṁ dadami. So what knowledge is wanting there when Krṣṇa...? In another place Krṣṇa says,

teṣam evanukampartham
aham ajñana-jaṁ tamaḥ;
nasayamy atma-bhavastho
jñana-dipena bhasvata
[Bg. 10.11]

For a sincere devotee, Krṣṇa says: "To show him special favor, even though he is rascal, I'll make him intelligent."

Thank you very much. (end)

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