Revatīnandana: "Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the perfect stage, being freed of all contaminations. This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā. After many, many births in execution of pious activities, when one is completely freed from all contaminations and from all illusory dualities, one then becomes engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord."
Prabhupāda: Yes. Yeṣāṁ anta-gataṁ pāpam. The exact verse in the Bhagavad-gītā is yeṣāṁ anta-gataṁ pāpam (BG 7.28).
Pāpam means sin. One who has completely ended sinful activities, janānāṁ puṇya-karmaṇām—persons who have simply executed pious activities—such person becomes fixed up in Kṛṣṇa consciousness without any dualities. Because our mind is flickering, so dualities will always come: "Whether I shall accept it or not?" "Whether I shall become Kṛṣṇa conscious or another conscious?" These problems are always there.
But if one is advanced by pious activities in the previous life, then he is fixed up steady, "I'll become Kṛṣṇa conscious." So this method, this chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa method, even in your previous life you did not act very piously or in this life, it doesn't matter. If you kindly take seriously this simple method, Hare Kṛṣṇa chanting, you become immediately pure—but with the determination that you'll not contact any more impious activities.
Just like in our Society we make four restriction. Anyone who desires to be initiated in our Society, we put four principles. No illicit sex life. We don't say that don't have sex life. No illicit sex life. You get yourself married, and for children you can have sex life; not for another purpose. So, no illicit sex life, no intoxication.
Our students, they do not smoke even, they do not take tea even, coffee, so what to speak of other things. So they are so pure. No gambling and no animal food. That's all. If you simply follow these four principles, then you become immediately uncontaminated. Immediately, without any further endeavor.
So Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is so nice that as soon as you join, you become immediately uncontaminated. But do not contaminate again. Therefore these restriction. Because our contamination begins from these four kinds of bad habits. But if we check, then there is no question of contamination. As soon as I take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness I become free.
Now if I become cautious not to accept these four principles, then I am free; I am continuing uncontaminated. This is the process. But if you think that, "Because Kṛṣṇa consciousness makes me free, so let me indulge in all these four principles and I will get free after chanting," that is cheating. That will not be allowed. Once you are free, but don't do it again. But if you think, "I shall do it and make myself free . . ."
Just like in some religious process it is said that you commit all kinds of sins and go to the church and simply confess—you are free. So this doing and confessing, doing and confessing is going on. But here, no. If you are freed, that's all right. But don't do it again. That is the purpose of confession. Confession, if you confess that, "I have done these sinful activities," so why should you do again?
If you confess that it is sinful, pick-pocketing is sinful, take for example, so by confessing you are freed, then why shall you do it again? It requires little intelligence. It does not mean that because by confessing I become freed, I shall go on continuing this and again confess and become freed. No. That's not good. If it is not good—you have confessed that it is not good—then you should not do it again. That is the purpose. Not that you do it and confess, do it and confess, do it and confess. This business is not good.
So we should be careful, the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, that these four principles, if you indulge in unrestricted, then you become contaminated. But if you take precaution in executing these four principles . . . we don't say that you don't have sex life. You have. But for this purpose, not for this purpose. Similarly, you eat, but you eat this way, not that way. So defend . . . Kṛṣṇa also advised Arjuna to defend. So defend is also not prohibited, provided it is for right cause.
So in this way if we can come to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, immediately we become free from all contamination. And if we take precaution of these four principles, then our life is pure. And if we can continue this pure life till the time of death, you are sure to be transferred to the kingdom of God.