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Why you should chant Hare Krsna? Where is Krsna? Where is God? - This is the atheistic temperament. They'll simply defy God, or Krsna. So the atheistic and the theistic persons are always there. But the theistic persons, they see always God

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"Why you should chant Hare Kṛṣṇa? Where is Kṛṣṇa? Where is God" |"This is the atheistic temperament. They'll simply defy God, or Kṛṣṇa" |"So the atheistic and the theistic persons are always there. But the theistic person, they see always God"

Lectures

Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

"Why you should chant Hare Kṛṣṇa? Where is Kṛṣṇa? Where is God?" This is the atheistic temperament. They'll simply defy God, or Kṛṣṇa. So the atheistic and the theistic persons are always there. But the theistic person, they see always God.

In this way the living entity becomes entangled, and his sense of aham, "It is my . . . it is . . . I am this body and this property is mine," this sense increases, moha. It is called moha. Moha means actually nothing belongs to him. As soon as death will come, he has to change this body. Tathā dehāntara-prāptiḥ (BG 2.13). He has to change the body. As soon as he changes the body, then everything is finished. His property, his wife, his children, his country, his society—everything—mṛtyuḥ sarva-haraś ca aham. Kṛṣṇa comes as mṛtyu. Kṛṣṇa comes as Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Śyāmasundara, dvi-bhuja Muralīdhara. He comes occasionally, yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata (BG 4.7), for the devotees. The devotees want to see Him; therefore He comes. But for the nondevotees, He also comes, but they cannot see. But Kṛṣṇa comes as death. Then they can see, "Here is Kṛṣṇa." Mṛtyuḥ sarva-haraś cāham (BG 10.34). They're . . . like Nṛsiṁha-deva. Nṛsiṁha-deva . . . God was challenged. Prahlāda Mahārāja was devotee. He was chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, and his father revolted, "Why you should chant Hare Kṛṣṇa? Where is Kṛṣṇa? Where is God?" This is the atheistic temperament. They'll simply defy God, or Kṛṣṇa.

So the atheistic and the theistic persons are always there. But the theistic person, they see always God. Premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu vilokayanti (Bs. 5.38). That is the theistic. Santa, those who are theistic, advanced in devotional service, they are called santas, saintly person, premāñjana, because they have developed love of Godhead. In the previous verse it has been described, sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhokṣaje (SB 1.2.6). That culture required. You may belong to any type of religion. It doesn't matter. You may become Hindu, Muslim, Christian, or brāhmin, kṣatriya . . . whatever you may be, it doesn't matter. But if you are a religious person, the test is how much you have developed love of Godhead. Then it is tested, "Yes, you are nice." Sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmaḥ. That is the test. Otherwise it is useless. You may be Hindu, Muslim or . . . whatever stamp you like, you can have it. But real test is whether you have developed love of Godhead. That is wanted.

Page Title:Why you should chant Hare Krsna? Where is Krsna? Where is God? - This is the atheistic temperament. They'll simply defy God, or Krsna. So the atheistic and the theistic persons are always there. But the theistic persons, they see always God
Compiler:Anurag
Created:2022-10-09, 08:47:35
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1