Srila Prabhupada's Lecture - FOLKNet

"The same thing" does not mean that as God is powerful, I am also powerful. No. Youare qualitatively the same thing. That's all right. But if you claim quantitatively that youare the same powerful as Krishna, then you are mistaken. Krishna can lift, when He isseven years' old boy, the whole mountain. And a seven years' boy, when he is here,he cannot even seven kilo. So you cannot compare with Krishna potencies yourpotency. But as Krishna, when you are out of this material conception of life, bodilyconcept of life, sarvopadhi-vinirmuktam tat-paratvena nirmalam [Cc. Madhya 19.170],when you become purified by giving up these all designation...Designation... What is that designation? "I am Hindu," "I am Muslim," "I am Christian," "Iam African," "I am Indian," "I am European," "I am woman," "I am man," so manydesignations. So you have to give up these designation. You have to give up thesedesignation. "Then, if I'll not remain African, then I'll become Indian?" No. That is alsodesignation. "I am Hindu. I become Muslim?" No, that is also designation. You have tobecome purified. Sarvopadhi-vinirmuktam [Cc. Madhya 19.170]. All kinds ofdesignations.. All kind of designations. You have to give up this designation that "I amHindu," "I am Muslim," "I am Christian," "I am African." No, no designation. Simplybecome pure Brahman, then pratijane. That is called pratijane, not that "I remain aChristian," "I remain a Hindu," "I remain black," "I am white," and "I am Brahman." No,not that. You have to give up your designation. That requires practice. And thatpractice means this, param vijayate sri-Krishna-sankirtanam. Simply by chanting, you'llbe purified. Ceto-darpana-marjanam [Cc. Antya 20.12]. Go on chanting Hare Krishna.And the beginning will be ceto-darpana-marjanam, because we have got our heart.Everyone—we are living entity—we have got heart that is full with dirty things. Thatdirty things is "I am this, I am that, I am that, I am that," that dirty things. So we have tocleanse these dirty things, that "I am European," "I am American," "I am Hindu," "I amMuslim," "I am this," "I am that." These are all dirty things. You have to simply think, "Iam eternal servant of Krishna." Jivera 'svarupa' haya-nitya Krishna dasa [Cc. Madhya20.108-109]. When you think like that, that "I am eternal servant of Krishna," then allthese dirty things will automatically vanish.That is brahma-bhutah stage. Brahma-bhutah prasannatma [Bg. 18.54]. As soon as youbecome realized soul, that "My position is that I am eternal servant of Krishna." I amnobody's servant. But if one becomes Krishna's servant, he becomes everyone'sservant. That is the Krishna consciousness. Why you are trying to preach Krishnaconsciousness all over the world? Because we have accepted this principle, that "I amKrishna's servant. Krishna wants to deliver these rascals from this misconception of life,so let me do something for Krishna." This is Krishna consciousness. And if you areservant of Krishna, if you actually realize, then you have to do something on behalf ofKrishna, what Krishna wants. The first-class servant of he when he serves the masterwithout asking for it. If he understands that "Master is now in need of this thing," if he3 www.folknet.in