Prabhupada, Johannesburg, October 22, 1975: […] Don’t think that “I am very learned scholar. I can manufacture my own way how to find out God,” or “I am God,” and so on, so on. This practice should be given up. Just become humble and meek. Jnane prayasam udapasya namanta eva. “Then what shall I do, becoming humble and meek?” San-mukharitam bhavadiya-vartam. You try to understand about God from a God-realized person. That you do. That will help you. Sthane sthitah. There is no need of changing your position. You remain wherever you are. Sruti-gatam tanu-van manobhih. Just lend your, this aural reception and try to hear about God from the self-realized person, from mahatma. Then one day it will become so, that although God is unconquerable, you will conquer Him. Prayena ajita jito ’py asi. You’ll conquer over God. You cannot conquer God, but God agrees to be conquered by His devotee. This is the indirect meaning, to become devotee. This is the way.
And what is the devotional way? Sravanam kirtanam visnoh [SB 7.5.23] Just try to hear about Visnu, the Supreme Lord. sravanam. The first is that you have kindly come here; you are trying to hear. This is very good. This is the beginning of process. Then kirtanam, sravanam kirtanam. Whatever you hear, you discuss amongst yourselves. That is called kirtana. Sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam. Remember about the topics of God. sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam pada-sevanam arcanam vandanam. There are nine methods. Arcanam, temple worship. So any one of these methods will help you. If you take the nine methods, that is very good. If not, take eight. If not, take seven. If not, take six. Take five, four, three, two. Take at least one. That one is very easy—sravanam. We are opening several centers of Krishna consciousness movement. Not only we are… There are many other centers also to hear about God. That is very essential. sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam pada-sevanam. So this process can be practiced even at home. There is no necessity that you have to change your place, you have to give up your business, you have to…, occupation, or you have to give up your family relationship. No. You remain in your… But practice this sravanam. Just like you are hearing here in this hall, you can do it at home. These books are there. I am speaking from the book. You can speak also from the book, and sit down amongst your family members and chant Hare Krishna.
So the aim should be how to become friend of God. It doesn’t matter whether you remain at home or out of home. Narottama dasa Thakura says, grhe ba vanete thake, ‘ha gauranga’ bale dake. Either you remain at home or outside home, you chant sri krsna caitanya prabhu nityananda sri-advaita gadadhara srivasadi-gaura-bhakta- vrnda. This is the process, very simple process. And Hare Krishna. And if you want Of course, knowledge will come automatically. If your heart is purified by this sravanam kirtanam method, ceto-darpana-marjanam [Cc. Antya 20.12], then the heart will be purified. And God is situated within your heart. Then, as soon as your heart is purified, you’ll be able to see God within yourself, within your heart. That is called meditation. You see God within yourself and see constantly: “Here is God. Here is Krishna.” That is meditation. […]
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