All these American, European boys and girls, young men and women . . . first i taught them these four regulative principles. These people are accustomed to eating meat and drinking alcohol, tea, coffee their whole lives, they are now totally bereft of all these kinds of sinful activities. That's why they are brāhmaṇas. The symptoms of brāhmaṇas are honesty, kindness, austere, cleanliness, truthfulness, controlling the senses, controlling the mind and cleanliness. You all know its all mentioned in Bhagavad-gītā. Therefore chanting of Holy name is surely effective, you will surely get purified, there is no doubt about it, but if you willingly . . .
Just like . . . if the wood is not fully dry it takes time to burn, it gives lots of smoke, slowly it will burn but it will consume lots of time but the dry wood will burn faster. Bhagavad-gītā is stating the same thing, yeṣāṁ tv anta-gataṁ pāpaṁ one whose sinful actions are completely eradicated. Yeṣāṁ tv anta-gataṁ pāpaṁ janānāṁ puṇya-karmaṇām (BG 7.28).
That's why we recommend pious activities. When we act piously, we are freed from all kinds of sinful reactions and its stopped . . . you can do only one thing at a time. If you are engaged in one thing you can not simultaneously do another thing. So Bhagavad-gītā states:
- yeṣāṁ tv anta-gataṁ pāpaṁ
- janānāṁ puṇya-karmaṇām
- te dvandva-moha-nirmuktā
- bhajante māṁ dṛḍha-vratāḥ
- (BG 7.28)
Persons whose sinful actions are completely eradicated, they can engage themselves in transcendental loving service with determination. We should try hard to reject all four kinds of sinful activities. Pānaṁ striyaḥ sūnā yatrādharmaś catur-vidhaḥ (SB 1.17.38).
We must get rid of that. This is the subject matter of our preaching and everywhere we are preaching this. The community you have can continue chanting along with this also stop these sinful activities and spread this message. Then you will achieve perfection quickly and this very life you will go back to Godhead. You don't have to wait for another life. But it is not so easy to get unalloyed devotion unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- bahūnāṁ janmanām ante
- jñānavān māṁ prapadyate
- (BG 7.19)
After many births doing austerity and following rules and regulations. If I can go back to Godhead in this very life then, why wait for another lifetime? If in this life we can attain the Lord then why not? Who knows if I will get human birth next life.