BGAII OT 4.40 reads:

Fools, faithless and doubtful persons in revealed scriptures fall down from the knowledge of Krsna consciousness and for them there is no good in this world nor in the next neither there is any happiness for them.

BGAII V1 4.40 reads:

But ignorant and faithless persons who doubt the revealed scriptures do not attain God consciousness. For the doubting soul there is happiness neither in this world nor in the next.

BGAII V2 4.40 reads:

“But ignorant and faithless persons who doubt the revealed scriptures do not attain God consciousness; they fall down. For the doubting soul there is happiness neither in this world nor in the next.”

BGAII proposed V3 reads:

Fools, faithless persons and persons who doubt the revealed scriptures fall down from the knowledge of Krishna consciousness. For them there is neither good nor happiness in this world or in the next.

BGAII 4.40 V1 & V2 differ from each other but both present the same defect.

“KRISHNA” is missing,

whereas in BGAII OT Srila Prabhupada uses the expression “the knowledge of Krishna consciousness.”

The same would have to apply to BGAII 5.12 where OT reads:

“The unflinching Krsna conscious person attains unadulterated peace because he gives up the results of all activities to Krsna, while a person who is not in Krsna consciousness, being greedy for the result of his work becomes entangled in that.”

whereas both versions 1 & 2 read:

“The steadily devoted soul attains unadulterated peace because he offers the result of all activities to Me; whereas a person who is not in union with the Divine, who is greedy for the fruits of his labor, becomes entangled.”

While “Krishna” is mentioned three times in OT, “Krishna” is conspicuous by His absence in version 1 & 2!!!

This is unacceptable!

We know that Bhaktisiddhanta Maharaja used to judge the quality of a lecture by the number of times the word “KRISHNA” was vibrated.

And above all we know the story of the incorporation of ISKCON in New York in 1966. When it was suggested to Srila Prabhupada that he name his society the International Society for GOD consciousness. Srila Prabhupada emphatically declined. “Krishna consciousness” it was to be.

“We shall call our society ISKCON.” Prabhupäda had laughed playfully when he first coined the acronym.

He had initiated the legal work of incorporation that spring, while still living on the Bowery. But even before its legal beginning, he had been talking about his “International Society for Krishna Consciousness,” and so it had appeared in letters to India and in The Village Voice. A friend had suggested a title that would sound more familiar to Westerners, “International Society for God Consciousness,” but Prabhupäda had insisted: “Krishna Consciousness.” “God” was a vague term, whereas “Krishna” was exact and scientific; “God consciousness” was spiritually weaker, less personal. And if Westerners didn’t know that Krishna was God, then the International Society for Krishna Consciousness would tell them, by spreading His glories in every town and village

Krishna consciousness” was Prabhupaada’s own rendering of a phrase from Srila Ruupa Gosvaami’s Padyaavali, written in the sixteenth century. Krishna-bhakti-rasa-bhavita: to be absorbed in the mellow taste of executing devotional service to Krishna.”

Srila Prabhupada Lilamrita by Satsvarupa Das Goswami. Volume two. Chapter “Breaking Ground.”

We estimate that BGAII 4.40 proposed V3 has good chance to be approved by Srila Prabhupada Himself and His representative authority the Governing Body Commission of ISKCON. We expect the other 699 verses of BGAII to undergo the same procedure. As the Chinese proverb goes:” The longest journeys start with one small step.”

Hare Krishna.

As I was scrubbing my oven tray with the stainless scourer and the water jet of the public showers at Byron Bay foreshore, a mid-aged lady approached at took advantage of the opportunity to clean her feet from the accumulated sands with the same jet of water, thus creating some sort of familiarity. It was about seven AM.

I greeted her: ”Good morning mam. How are you today?”

“We have just printed the cheapest edition of the Bhagavad Gita As It Is so that everyone can own a personal copy. They are only five dollars.”

“What’s Bhagavad Gita As It Is? I don’t read books at all!”

“That’s all right. Please don’t read books. If you only read this particular books, that’s all right.”

“I got to go to my yoga class now.”

“Oh, you are doing yoga as well? You must definitely get a copy of Bhagavad Gita As It Is. This is the most comprehensive presentation about all types of yoga”

“All right, let me have a copy.”

We completed the transaction within another minute or so.

I have grown neutral as to which of the two version of Bhagavad Gita As It Is I am distributing. It is perhaps a progressive step as Bhagavad-gita As It Is 6.9 states:

“A person is considered still further advanced when he regards honest well-wishers, affectionate benefactors, the neutral, mediators, the envious, friends and enemies, the pious and the sinners all with an equal mind.”

Version 1 or version 2, both have their good points. And I am looking forward to the introduction of version 3 of Bhagavad Gita As It Is, which hopefully will be the closest to what Srila Prabhupada wanted. But I must say that this Krishna Books Inc. pocket edition is an excellent presentation. It has all the marks of a best seller and the price is very democratic. Besides that I would take this opportunity to offer my humble congratulations to Krishna Books Inc. for finally correcting verse 44 of chapter 18, which now rightly reads: ”Farming, cow protection and business are the qualities of work for the vaisyas, and for the sudras there are labor and services to others.”

All glories to Sri Krishna’s and Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad Gita As It Is!!!

Srimad-Bhaagavatam (1.5.11):

tad-vaag-visargo janataagha-viplavo
yasmin prati-slokam abaddhavaty api
naamaany anantasya yasho ‘nkitaani yac
chrinvanti gaayanti grinanti saadhavah

“On the other hand, that literature which is full with descriptions of the transcendental glories of the name, fame, form and pastimes of the unlimited Supreme Lord is a transcendental creation meant to bring about a revolution in the impious life of a misdirected civilization. Such transcendental literatures, even though irregularly composed, are heard, sung and accepted by purified men who are thoroughly honest.”

Sunday, March 11 2018, about 9 AM, day light saving. On Krishna Book Distribution Sankirtan Mission in the Byron Bay area, NSW, Australia.

Byron Bay is the most easterly land-point of Australia and perhaps also the most alternative town in Australia. There are three Krishna related restaurants in Byron Bay. By  decreasing order of years of service we have

One. The longest established is The CARDAMON POD BYRON BAY, 7 Lawson st              Ph: 0412491521

Two. HEART OF BYRON. TASTE OF LOVE. Currently for sale. 4 / 14 Middleton st.

Three. The latest creation is CURLY KALE in the Byron Arts and Industrial Estate,                12 / 74 Centennial Circuit.   0415912 310  &. 0423034584. Funny thing is that the owner is an old acquaintance, whom I haven’t met for perhaps twenty years. What is more is that his initiation name into the Gaudiya Vaishnava Sampradaya is Yadavendra Das. We wish him all success.

I decided to empty my bowels before accepting breakfast prasadam and was walking towards the brand new Exeloo toilets on the Byron Bay foreshore, in front on Beach Hotel Byron Bay. These toilets have welcoming message, back ground music, push button automatic doors, laser beam controlled water taps, ten minutes performance deadline indeed and many other such “modern” features. On the way, I loudly vibrated “Hare Krishna” to whom seemed to be an Indian gentleman. He replied “Radhe, Jai Radhe!” with a slight inclination of the upper part of the body. Just see how famous the divine couple Sri Sri Radha-Krishna is!

When I got closer to the toilets, there was an Indian lady, taking pictures of the toilets. I assume this lady was the  wife of the gentleman I just greeted. I said smilingly and a little sarcastically: “Nice toilets huh!” She smiled and shook her head approvingly.

This is material, so-called modern advancement, an illusion of advancement of a time-stealing civilisation. The toilet business i.e. discharging stool and urine remains the same for the last millions of years but the execution may change according to time, place and circumstances. We should not confuse technology-enhanced goods and services with advancement of civilisation. Real advancement of civilisation is advancement on the path of self-realization. Real advancement is to make sure that at least we shall not have to accept an animal form of life in our next life. Real advancement is at least to make sure we shall get a better existential position in the next life to execute self-realization again. “Now all your so-called rascal nationalism go to hell. You become a dog. Finish.” That is nature’s course. You have treated your life like cats and dogs. You did not take advantage of your human life. Now nature will give you, “All right, again you become cats and dogs.” Punar muusiko bhava. They do not know. They do not know the secret science of nature. You may be a very great leader, prime minister, now. Next life you are going to be a dog in Scandinavia. [laughter] You see?” 740314SB.Vrn (c) Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

Here is Srila Prabhupada’s own presentation on the dichotomy modern and ancient. This is a lecture on Bhagavad-Gita As It Is 4.15:

“ Now, in this verse three times, four times, the word has been used, puurvataram, puurvatamaih. Kuru karmaiva tasmaat tvam puurvaih puurvataram kritam. Puurva, puurvataram, puurvatama: comparative, superlative and positive. So this is the process that we have to follow the previous acaryas. That is Vedic system. In the very beginning of this chapter Krishna said, evam paramparaa-praaptam imam raajarshayo viduh [Bg. 4.2]. We haven’t got to make any research, modern understanding. There is no question of modern understanding. We are all following the old, ancient understanding. Now, even from ordinary platform, the eating, sleeping, mating and defending, is that modern? It is not modern. Formerly also, all living entities were eating, they were sleeping, they were having sex intercourse and they were defending. The main business is… Nothing is modernized. You can say modernized, but the principle is the same, old system. Nobody can change. The people are dying also, janma-mmrityu-jaraa-vyaadhi [Bg. 13.9]. That is also the old system. Everyone is taking birth, everyone is growing, everyone is falling diseased and everyone is dying. Can the modern system stop this? The modern system can say, “Now you do not require to eat, you do not require to sleep,” or “You do not require to have sex,” or “You do not require to defend”? No. The same system. “The old wine in a new bottle.” Similarly, janma-mrityu-jaraa-vyaadhi, five thousand years before, Krishna said… This is real problem: janma-mrityu-jaraa-vyaadhi-duhkha-doshaanudarshanam. The same problem is still going on.

So it is useless to say that modern time, modern ways, modern things. There is nothing modern. The old thing is going on. So if we follow systematically the previous acaryas, previous system, as Krishna is advising… Krishna does not advise, “Modern.” Five thousand years ago He instructed Bhagavad-gitaa. Still, He was saying puurva puurvataraih, puurvatamaih. Evam parampara-praaptam imam raajarshayo viduh [Bg. 4.2]. This is intelligence. We have to accept the real truth and follow it. It does not mean modern age or previous age, past age. That is not Vedic system. The old system is going on, everything. The sun is also the old. The sun is rising as it was doing in olden times. The moon is also rising. The years and season are changing. Everything is going on. Why we should not accept the system of Vedic knowledge, the oldest of all in the world? There is no history. That is intelligence.” 740404BG.Mum (c) Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

Byron Bay foreshore also offers a panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean, along with the rest of the curved coast line, including Mt Warning, where Sri Sri Radha Govardhanadhari, Sri Sri Gaura Nitai and Krishna Balaram reside. The Krishna conscious person will remember Sri Krishna’ s word in the Bhagavad Gita As Is It 10.24: “sarasaam asmi saagarah” or in English language “of bodies of water I am the ocean.” Sri Krishna repeats and confirms the same in Srimad Bhagavatam 11.16.20 in His conversation with Uddhava.

The easiest, specifically times-designed and most authorized way of self-realization in this age, is the chanting of the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra as much as possible as in

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA

KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE

HARE RAMA HARE RAMA

RAMA RAMA HARE HARE

The expert sages of India, the spiritual center of this planet earth, have designed it for the people of this age. Just like government men design plans for assisting the people in general, similarly experts in self-realization design mantras and other practices to make self-realization possible for the mass of people.

His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada is one of these experts, also called “Acaryas.” He explains the science of self-realization here www.prabhupadavani.org. For the spiritually inquisitive, it will be extremely rewarding to listen to His classes at http://www.prabhupadavani.org. One can hear the class. The class has also been transcribed, so that one can follow His words on the computer screen. The combination of these two sensory function i.e. hearing and reading the same message is didactically speaking, very effective and powerful. It also helps if one has a little difficulty to understand His English tinged by a Bengali accent. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

To follow the regulative principle of yogic life i.e.

No illicit sex

No meat no fish and no egg-eating

No gambling

No intoxication.

will greatly facilitate the process.

If we follow these six rules, we surely will promote ourselves to a much better condition of life, if not the best condition i.e. going back home back to Godhead.

This represents real advancement of life. To reclaim our lost position of eternity, knowledge and bliss represents real advancement of life. Hare Krishna!

HERE IS SRILA PRABHUPADA’S OWN ANSWER AS TO THE POSITION OF THE MISREPRESENTING EDITOR:

“He is a liar!”

“The spiritual master is the representative of Krishna. How he becomes representative? What is the test? The test is… Just like anyone can understand, representative. Suppose a business firm’s representative is going to canvass for business, what is his business? He will take the interest of the firm, not his personal interest. He will try to secure business for the firm he’s working, not for his personal… That is perfect representative. And if he goes, in the name of the firm’s representative, and he does his own business, then he’s a liar.
Similarly, Krishna’s representative means one who speaks about Krishna as Krishna speaks. And if he adulterates, he’s a liar; he’s not representative. He’s not representative. Krishna says, man-manaa bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaajii maam namaskuru [Bg. 18.65], and if the representative says, “Just become a devotee of Krishna. Just worship Krishna. Just offer your obeisances to Krishna,” he is representative.”721213BG.Ahm

That means Bhagavad Gita so called “As It Is” Version 2 (V2), “Second Edition Revised and Enlarged” is a lie.

And if ISKCON follows and is built on Bhagavad Gita so-called “As It Is” Version 2 (V2), “Second Edition Revised and Enlarged”, it is a lie as well. In that case, ISKCON is a hugely misled and misguided institution, ISKCON is under the nefarious influence of the mystic power production of a great liar. Iskcon please beware: The world is not a fool and will fight back!

Totally fasting till full-moon rise, as per the scripture’s injunction, I entered the jewelry shop and in the left hand back-corner, behind a counter, there was a lady dressed in immaculate white garments. There certainly were plenty of glittering lights and pieces of jewelry to be seen! I greeted her and offered “With Love” by Her Grace Rajeswari Devi Dasi, (Jolanda Sloderbach), the most successful cookbook I have ever sold for Krishna. Raje’s cookbook “With Love” came at the right historical point of time. All over the world, veganism is in full upswing. Out of the goodness of their hearts, people are very much concerned about animal cruelty and consequently about animal welfare. We may therefore confidently assume that the publication of “With Love” is a representation of Lord Krishna’s special wish and arrangement, a very distinguished credit to the author.

After some short time, she seemed to accept the idea of buying “With Love” by Raje. I acted on the assumption that this lady was Hindu and in a second move, I offered Srila Prabhupada’s hard bound, one volume, Krishna Book that I was still holding in my left hand. Perhaps I asked her three times maximum to please buy Krishna Book as well. She surrendered and gave me the appropriate amount for the two books. This represents a significant sale. Cookbooks are really some sort of a Trojan Horse and cookbook distribution should therefore not be neglected at all. They provide the book distributor preacher inroads for the real business. Cookbook distribution also represents easy practice for the beginner, because of the public’s natural attraction for cookbooks and the established image of charity-selling-cookbooks everyone can relate too. The real business however is the promotion of Krishna consciousness in the form of Srila Prabhupada’s own books. Very recently, I met for the second time another young lady, Sara of the Sunshine Coast, to whom I had sold Adiraja’s “The Hare Krishna Book of Vegetarian Cooking” perhaps two or three years ago. This time she declined to buy another cookbook, but instead, on her own volition, she purchased a copy of Srila Prabhupada’s hard bound Bhagavad-Gita As It Is. Her justification was: ”It feels right!”

I was a little perplexed at the situation in the shop, because the lady’s husband name on the business card sounded rather Moslem. So I ventured:” So you are Hindu?” The reply came as: “No, I am Moslem.” I mentioned: “O, you are very wise Moslem family. Thank you very much”. Let us not forget that Shri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, Whose birthday it was on the day, five hundred years ago, in Bengal, India, elevated the Moslem born Haridas Thakura to one of the highest distinction of Acarya of the chanting of the Holy Name, or Nama-Acarya Hari das Thakura. And let us not forget either, that both Sanatan Goswami and his younger brother Rupa Goswami were both totally ostracized by the brahmin community, because of accepting positions of ministers in the Moslem government of Nawab Hussein Shah. “Sanatana Goswami, was formerly finance minister in the government of Nawab Hussein Shah.“ Srila Prabhupada in “Journey of Self-Discovery.” “Srila Rupa Goswami was the chief minister of the government of Nawab Hussain Shah.” 750419Let.G.L.Nanda. Shri Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave both of them the positions of most important ministers in His Sankirtan movement!

Additionally in Caitanya Caritamrta, Adi Lila 17.148, purport,  Srila Prabhupada writes the following about past relationship between Hindu and Moslem communities:

“In India, even in the interior villages, all the Hindu and Muslim communities used to live very peacefully by establishing a relationship between them. The young men called the elderly members of the village by the name chacha or kaka, ”uncle,” and men of the same age called each other dada, ”brother.” The relationship was very friendly. There were even invitations from Muslim houses to Hindu houses and from Hindu houses to Muslim houses. Both the Hindus and the Muslims accepted the invitations to go to one another’s houses to attend ceremonial functions. Even until fifty or sixty years ago, the relationship between Hindus and Muslims was very friendly, and there were no disturbances. We do not find any Hindu-Muslim riots in the history of India, even during the days of the Muslims’ rule over the country. Conflict between Hindus and Muslims was created by polluted politicians, especially foreign rulers, and thus the situation gradually became so degraded that India was divided into Hindustan and Pakistan. Fortunately, the remedy to unite not only the Hindus and Muslims but all communities and all nations can still be implemented by the Hare Krishna movement on the strong basic platform of love of Godhead.” (written in the nineteen seventies)

Little time later the shopping centre co-manager personally came and asked me to leave the premises. In such situations, it is regrettably my turn to surrender. But I suppose Krishna’s main purpose had been served by then. We did have a short discussion about book distribution conditions. Shopping centre managers are generally inclined to give us a paying book distribution table. Shop to shop distribution is generally not allowed. We prefer the shop to shop distribution, as the more dynamic form of book distribution. I assume that for quite some time the security guard could not find me, so he called his boss for help. I had seen the security guard looking for me and I am pretty confident he had seen me in my Vanaprastha saffron garb. He probably thought I was some sort of a shopping monk, but definitely not the rule breaking book seller he was looking for. But I kept distributing, as if everything were all right and I was fully authorized by the shopping centre management. That is a very important psychological point for the distributor. Actually, we are fully authorized by the Supreme Controller, the Supreme Owner and the Supreme Authority, Shri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and this should be actualized by the fact that as agents for Shri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we should factually be allowed by worldly authorities to go wherever we judge it required to execute our book distribution preaching business, without any hindrances whatsoever, as is the case for sadhus in India. Of course, no need to say, we don’t intend to intrude into national security sensitive areas or such other facilities, unless special permission is granted by the relevant authorities. We are transplanting a very ancient, very respectable and simultaneously very wise culture, the Vedic culture!

All glories to Lord Caitanya’s Sankirtan Movement!

All glories to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself, as the most munificent avatar!

“Amongst the ants, they are very intoxicant; therefore they find out sugar. The all kinds of liquor preparation is made from sugar. You know that? Sugar is fermented with acid and then distilled, it becomes liquor. And the ants are very much fond of sugar. You keep up one piece of sugar candy, then the news will be immediately spread, and all the ant class will go there: “Here it is, sugar.” Yes. Gold rush. [laughter] You see?” 740120SB.Hon

In this 1974 Srimad Bhagavatam class in Honolulu, Srila Prabhupada explains that ants like sugar very much because sugar is the basis for intoxicants. These magnificient parrots seem to follow the same principle. They steal sugar from restaurant tables. First they expertly open the paper bags with their beaks. Then they eat the sugar grain by grain and must get high. They have no worries in the world and neither do they mind being photographed in the act. This is Australia, the no-worries, Vaikuntha country. :):):)

The following text is from Back to Godhead (BTG) magazine and composed by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Founder-Acarya of the the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), Institutor of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT), Founder of the Back to Godhead magazine (BTG) in 1944, and translator  and commentator of the Bhagavad-Gita As It Is (BGAII), Srimad Bhagavatam (SB) and Caitanya Caritamrta (CC)!

Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita is the record of immortal activities of the Lord. In the first part 9th chapter of the book the welfare activities of the Lord is described in nutshell.

According to Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, everyone who is born in the holy land of Bharat Varash or India must engage himself in the welfare activities for the human society. He says that one desirous of doing welfare activity must implant in his own life the real ideas of welfare. For without knowing the art of doing such welfare activities nobody can do real welfare to the human society.

Why he has stressed on the point of taking birth in the land of Bharat Varash. Because Bharat Varash is the land of real culture. The sages and Rishis of India cultured very gravely the problem of life and all of them agreed in one point that no permanent welfare can be done so far the material body and mind is concerned.

Lord Buddha renounced this material world to practice the means of attaining Nirvana or the ultimate annihilation of all distress. He preached the cult of non-violence.

Sree Sankaracharya preached that this material world is non-reality and the spirit Soul is the Supreme Truth. He stressed on renunciation and culture of knowledge as the means to attain to the highest stage of realisation.

None of them however preached that a material plan, under the guidance of modern scientific and experimental thought, can bring in real happiness to the human being. Both of them preached different patterns of ultimate voidness and stressed on the point of renunciation. In other words both of them stressed only on the point of uselessness of the material world. But none of them gave any positive information of the life in eternity.

In the Bhagwat Geeta the living entity has been described as the eternal or Santanam. And actually we want from the very core of our heart an eternal life. We think so because actually we are eternal. We want eternal life not as an ideal but actually there is eternal life and eternal enjoyment without (?) labour.

(?) present status of life (?) to labour hard for a (?) happiness. And (?) endeavour nobody (?) rid of the four (?)of material existence (?)the distress of (?), the distress of (?), the distress (?) and the distress of diseases. We can falsely claim advancement of scientific knowledge but with all we are unable to overcome all the above distresses by any welfare thought. The Nirvana idea is an idea of suicide and the renunciation idea is an idea of negation only of the above mentioned distresses.

The positive life and happiness is the real reality that we want. Without such positive knowledge, we are apt to utilise this present temporary life for all sorts of material happiness in terms of the philosophy of Charbaka. Charbaka did not believe in the eternity of life. He believed in Hedonism and therefore recommended an irresponsible life of eat, drink, merry and enjoy. He advised there is nothing after death ? And Buddha and Shankara advised there is practically voidness after death. Voidness is another name of nothingness. People therefore took up the idea of nothingness after death and they clinged to the everything of this present world. To save them from such hopelessness of Voidness and nothing after death, the message of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has to be propagated all over the world. Lord Jesus Christ also promised kingdom of heaven and the fatherhood of the Almighty God but nothing in detail. So also preached His Holiness Hazrat Mohammed. But none of these great prophets of the world preached the idea of a life of planning only for material enjoyment which is never to be perfected.

According to Vedanta Sutras or Vedanta philosophy Brahman or the Supreme Truth is by nature ‘anandamoya’ or full transcendental bliss and happiness. And the living entities have been identified with the nature of the Supreme Truth. Apart from the controversies of dualism and monism of the Vaishnava and Mayavada schools of thought we can practically experience that every living entity is fond of a jolly or merry life and his only struggle for life is to attain to a perfect stage of happiness. But nobody finds that perfect stage of happiness in this material world because according to the experience of Brahma or the original father of the human race everybody in this material world has to work very hard for the ideal of happy life. Labour, anxiety and happy life all these go ill together.

Happiness minus labour is the standard of happiness. This idea of happiness in the material world has created the classes of haves and haves-not. The haves class or the capitalist class have created an artificial way of happiness by material adjustment with the help of modern scientific thought but they have to maintain the status quo, which is always tottering, with the greatest caution. The haves not class or the labour class is trying to reach the status quo of so-called happy capitalist class and as a result of such perpetual struggle for attaining happiness without labour is going on in this material world. The labour class leader leaves the labour party when he is exalted to the position of an earldom. That is the practice in the material world. So everyone has to create his position of earldom from the position of serfdom and nobody is free from it in the interim period of labour between the positions of the earldom and that of serfdom.

There are different grades of planets all over the universe. And in all the planets there are different grades of life. In the upper regions which are known as Bhuba Loka, Swaraga Loka, Jana Loka, Tapa Loka, Maha Loka and Brahma Loka situated above the planet called the earth or the Bhoo Loka, life is comparatively good. But persons who have no information of such Lokas are busy in the matter of adjusting things in the Bhoo Loka or this earth. The recent adjustment of welfare activities have been started in this matter of Bhoodan Janjna (?) which is a plan of adjustment between the classes of haves and the haves not. So there is also labour and struggle and therefore there is no chance of unhampered life in these got up happiness.

The life in the other Lokas are better than the life in this Loka. For example, the duration of life in the Swaraga Loka is many many times more than the duration of life on the earth. It is said that one day in the Swarga Loka is equivalent with the period of six months on the planet of earth. People live there for ten thousands years of such six monthly days and the standard of life is far superior than what we can enjoy in the very best life here. And the standard of life and existence period is still more higher and higher in the other planets mentioned above. In the Bhagwat Geeta the standard of life and duration of existence in the Brahma Loka i.e. the highest planet in the universe is described. It is said there that the sum total of one thousand grand yugas is calculated to be twelve hours in the life of the people in the Brahma Loka. The sum total of one grand yuga is calculated to be 4300000 solar years. Multiply these years by 1000 and thus the 12 hours of Brahma Loka is equivalent to the solar years of this earth to the extent of 430,00,00000 i.e. four hundred and thirty crores of solar years. That makes the day of 12 years and there is the night. The people in Brahma Loka live to such 100 years of life. And in proportion to this age, the standard of life also is higher than what we have got here.

Can any plan maker bring in the type of Swarga Loka or Brahma Loka on this planet of earth? No it is never possible.

[There seems to be some text missing here-Ed. note] be of different nature and different quality, is always existent in all the above Lokas.

In the Bhagwat Geeta [Bg. 8.15-16] therefore it is described as follows:

(in Devanagari:)

mam upetya punar janma
duhkhalayam asasvatam
napnuvanti mahatmanah
samsiddhim paramam gatah

a-brahma-bhuvanal lokah
punar avartino ‘rjuna
mam upetya tu kaunteya
punar janma na vidyate

Wordings

Mam, Upetya, Punah, Janma, Dukshalayam, Asashyatam, Na, Apnubanti, Mahatmanah, Samsidhi, Paramum Gatah.

Abrahma, Bhubanan, Lokah, Panarabartina, Arjuna, Mam, Upentya, Tu, Kaunteya, Punah, Janma, Na, Vidyatey.

Synonyms

Mam=Unto Me, Upetya=Attaining, Punah=again, Janma=Birth, Dukshalyam=The abode of distresses, Asashwatam=Non-permanent, Na=Do not, Apnupanti=Attain, Mahatmanah=The great devotees, Samsidhi=Perfection, Paramam=Of the highest quality, Gatah=Having obtained, Abrahma=Up to the planet of ‘Brahma Loka’, Bhubanan=All the planets, Lokas=The abode of the living being, Punarabartina=Revolving, Arjuna=Oh Arjuna, Mam=Unto Me, Upetya=Attaining, Tu=But,Kaunteya=Oh the son of Kunti, Puna=Again, Janma=Birth, Na=Never, Vidyate=Takes place.

Translation

“After attaining Me, the great devotees do not any more take birth in this non-permanent abode of distress because by such attainment one attains perfection of the highest quality,”

But Oh Arjuna! Life even in the ‘Brahma Loka’ is revolving. Oh the son of Kunti, by attainment of My abode one is freed from the cycle of birth and death.

Purport

Herein we get the information of a life where there is no struggle for existence i.e. where there is no labour, neither there is the distresses of birth, death, old age and diseases. This stage of life is called Paramam Samsidhi or the highest quality.

Buddhadeva and Sankaracharya propagated the distressful nature of the existence in the material world. Sripad Sankaracharya gave a little information of the nature of spiritual life in full cognizance. But Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu not only gave the spiritually cognizant life but its full varieties of spiritual bliss. Other Vaishanaba Acharya such as Sri Ramanujacharya, Madhyacharya, Vishnuswamy and Nimbarka also gave such spiritual existence but not to the limit of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

Spiritual life, that exists beyond the reach of the highest planet of ‘Brahma Loka’ is the highest attainable perfection. We get this information from Bhagwat Geeta. And this perfection is attained by the great devotees who have been described here as theMahatmas. The Mahatmas are only the unalloyed devotees and not the mental speculators or the hard labourers. The hard labourers or the Karmis can reach utmost the Swarga Loka. The empiric philosophers can reach utmost the ‘Brahma Loka.’ The highest Vedantist is Brahma himself and he lives in the Brahma Loka. The Janany or the empiric philosophers after many many births when he is able to surrender unto the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord, then there only he can attain to the highest perfection of life in the abode of the Supreme Lord. The Supreme Lord is all spirit, the life there is all spiritual and the varieties all there are spiritual methods. None of them are comparable to the material varieties which are full of miseries, distress and are of the non-permanent nature, may be in the highest region of the ‘Brahma Loka.’

Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s welfare activities were concerned to take the people ‘Back to Godhead’ by the simple devotional activity of ‘Samkirtan.’ His method of welfare work is not only simple but also applicable universally. Shri Damodar Swarup Goswami rightly appreciated the welfare activities of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and described it as follows:

(In Devanagari:)

heloddhulita-khedaya visadaya pronmilad-amodaya
samyac-chastra-vivadaya rasadaya cittarpitonmadaya
sasvad-bhakti-vinodaya sa-madaya madhurya-maryadaya
sri-caitanya daya-nidhe tava daya bhuyad amandodaya

Wordings

Heloddhulita, Khedaya, Bishadaya, Pronmilat, Amodaya, Shamya, Shastra, Vivadaya, Rasadaya, Chittarpitata, Unmadaya, Saswat, Bhakti, Vinodaya, Sa, Madaya, Madhurya, Sri Chaitanya, Dayanidhe, Taba, Daya, Bhuyat, Amandodaya.

Synonyms

Heloddhulita=Driven out with ease, Khedaya=All distresses, Bishadaya=All embracing, Promilat=Vividly exhibited, Amodaya=Transcendental bliss, Shamya=Equibalanced, Shastra=Revealed scriptures, Vivadaya=Arguments, Rasadaya=Full of mellows, Chittarpitat=Encouraging the heart, Unmadaya=forgetful of materialism, Saswat=Permanent, Bhakti=Devotional activities, Vinodaya=Favourably pleasing, Sa=with, Madaya=Intensely madness, Madhurya=Sweetness of happiness,Marayadaya=To the utmost, Shri Chaitanya=O my Lord Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Dayanidhe=Oh the ocean of mercy, Taba=your, Daya=Welfare activities, Bhuyat=be it so, Amanda=Non-corrosive, Udaya=giving rise to.

Translation

Oh my Lord Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the ocean of mercy! Let it be so that my heart may give rise to such non-corrosive welfare activities which are freed from all varieties of diffidence, which are completely pure and stainless, which are full of transcendental bliss, which stop all varieties of arguments of the revealed scriptures which turn the heart into intense madness, which make the devotional activities favourably pleasing and which bring in the real sweetness of happiness.

Purport

That is the picture of the welfare activities of Lord Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. People misunderstand Him because He did not open any hospital, because He did not canvass for the undertakers or because he did not labour for any so-called social welfare work. But in fact what He did, that include all varieties of social, political, humanitarian, altruistic, moral and spiritual work.

So far social work is concerned, He gave everyone equal chance to rise to the highest order of life. Shri Haridas Thakur was born in the family of a Mohammadan but Lord Shri Chaitanya gave him the highest position of a Brahmin and was declared as the Acharya of the transcendental Holy Name. He delivered Jagai and Madhai from the lowest stage of falldown and He turned to Vaisnavite cult Sarbabhowma Bhattacharya and Prakashanand Saraswati the two great stalwarts of the Mayavada cult. He engaged the services of Rupa and Sanatan Goswamis in the culture of devotional science from their political activities as ministers of Nawab Hussain Saha.

Therefore, He gave equal chances to all classes of people, namely, the politician, the scholars, the fallen, non-Hindu and the atheist, the women, the child, the cats and dogs, the beast of the jungle and who-else not. That is the universal application of the common cult and the standard of real welfare work.

Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu never meant to elevate His own position. According to the revealed scriptures, He brought with Him His eternal associates and energies with Him to make a propaganda work for the welfare of all. He is not a staticBhajananadi or the saint satisfied with his own devotion-but He was a dynamic force for the upliftment of all concerned. His associates Shri Nityananda Prabhu and Shri Adwaita Prabhu practically declared a non-violent peaceful war against the fruitive worker, so-called religionists, mundane welfare workers or the salvationists. There are different stages of stumbling (?) the path of the highest (?). The ideals of (?) is given above as (?) of Bhagwad Geeta (?) Mahaprabhu (?) easy to such (?) by His novel method of arts and music.

He asked everybody to help in the propagation of His cult and He asked specially the citizens of India to help Him.

India is now free to act in the cultural field. The people outside India are all really anxious to receive the message of peace and happiness from the land of India. Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindra Nath Tagore, Vivekananda Swami, Sri Aravinda etc. tried to give the message in a mixture of material activities and therefore the same could not be assimilated. The message of peace and happiness in its pure form which delightens the heart to the transcendental happiness is the message of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. When one is able to study this message dispassionately, one is able to appreciate the Lord as the highest benefactor.

His ideals of welfare work were meant for this life as well as for the life after death. This life is simply a preparatory stage for the next life. One who does not know this has no knowledge of practical life. This life will be finished today or tomorrow like the life of a cat or dog but before the death overtakes us, we must be prepared for the next stage. Shri Chaitanya makes this preparation to the highest perfection and if at all any welfare work has to be done, the standard must be taken from the revealed scriptures and as demonstrated by the Lord. (c) Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

Through the treacherous intervention of His editors, both version 1 (V1) AND version 2 (V2) of Srila Prabhupada’s exalted Bhagavad-Gita As It Is (BGAII) have become sexist! Srila Prabhupada Himself however, being fully Krishna conscious, is NOT sexist. As always, Srila Prabhupada is fully situated in transcendence. But due to His editors’ betrayal, He sometimes and unjustly becomes the subject of criticism in this respect. I clearly remember an instance on Book Distribution Sankirtan, where a lady accused Srila Prabhupada of sexism. I was both surprised and disappointed for such an unfair accusation. But now I begin to understand the dynamics at  play.   

Here is the evidence:

Srila Prabhupada’s own typing of the Original Transcript (OT) of Bhagavad-gita As It Is 4.23 reads:

“Work done in full Krishna consciousness by a person who is unattached to the modes of material nature, fully situated in transcendental knowledge, merges entirely into transcendence.”

Let me fist of all say that, to our great loss, there are many passages in the OT that have been plainly massacred by stupid, unqualified and petty editors. “Stupid” is a strong word, yes. But the last word of Original Transcript page 136 is a good example. It has been crossed out to the point that it has as become illegible. There are many more such examples. I would call such action stupid at the best and malevolently treacherous at the worst. Offensive to Srila Prabhupada’s intelligence in any case. And radical offensiveness demands more radical countermeasure, whence “stupid.” If any of you, my dear readers, manage to decipher this word please report your finding at “ajm108@gmail.com.” That shall represent a valuable and highly appreciated contribution. Thank you very much!

The punctuation is difficult to decipher in this passage, as it has been scribbled upon. The expression “by a person” has clearly been crossed out. An editor’s hand written attempt to restore “by a person” after “work done” is clearly visible on the left hand side.  The end result in both versions one and two is however “man.” This is sexism at its best and a gross and offensive misrepresentation of both Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita As It Is and Srila Prabhupada Himself, the person . Thank you very much Mr. Editor(s)! And please let us know what happens to a lady advanced in Krishna consciousness and the work she is performing. What could happen to her anyway? She is already a non entity as per this verse BGAII 4.23 V1 and V2. A non-entity remains a non-entity, remains a non-entity, remains a non-entity, is it not!

Additionally, one may not only question, but thoroughly condemn all unnecessary and whimsical changes introduced to this verse BGAII 4.23. Srila Prabhupada’s rendition is just fine. It should therefore be left alone. Let the ignorant exercise some circumspection and show some respect to the extremely and superlatively learned and qualified! It is symptomatic that the most important element of the verse 4.23 of Srila Prabhupada’s exalted Bhagavad-gita As It Is i.e. “in full Krishna consciousness” has been dropped in version 1 (V1) and version 2 (V2). It would seem that the ultimate goal of the editor (s) is not “full Krishna consciousness.” If the editors’ ultimate goal is not “full Krishna consciousness”, then what is? And why mislead and waste the time of the whole world in this manner?  Please beware the word is no fool and will fight back! The Supersoul is present in the heart of all living entities, including hogs and dogs. That does however not mean that Vishnu becomes hoggish or doggish. Similarly Srila Prabhupada, although a very great personality, is very kind and makes Himself available to us. Let us never  forget His exalted position. And let us remember the position of Guru, especially the position of Guru of the caliber of Srila Prabhupada, the Founder-Acarya of ISKCON, the institutor of the BBT, the Founder of BTG in 1944 and finally translator and commentator of Bhagavad-gita As It Is, Srimad Bhagavatam and Caitanya Caritamrita. Here is the quote from 730505SB.LA:

“Then is spiritual master as good as God? The next line is, kintu prabhor yah priya eva tasya. A spiritual master is not God. He is… The distinction is sevya-bhagavaan. Sevaka-bhagavaan. Sevya means one who is worshiped, and sevaka means one who is worshiper. The spiritual master is God and Krishna is God, but Krishna is worshipable God and spiritual master is worshiper God. He’s God, but he’s worshiper God. That is explained.”  (From this perspective, it will be easy to understand the Christian statement that Christ is God.”  

On Youtube.com, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NXRHNXd2_w&t=172s., Her Grace Jahnavi Jivana Devi Dasi so gracefully, uniquely and intelligently relates a conversation between Srila Prabhupada disciple, HH Bhakti Bringa Govinda Swami Maharaja (BBGS) and Srila Prabhupada God-brother, HH Ankincana Krishna Das Babaji Maharaj (AKBM), who gives also a nice estimate of Srila Prabhupada’s exalted position.

AKBM: I would like to tell you something.

BBGS: What is that?

AKBM: I am an old man. I have had a lot of experience in this world. From my experience I can honestly tell you there has never been a greater Acarya than your spiritual master.

BBGS: When he said that I became stunned, because he was a disciple of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Maharaja. Then he looked up and said:” There has never been an Acarya in history who performed miracles like your spiritual master.”

Then he posed and looked at me. He said:” Do you know why?” I was stunned. I could not say anything. He said:” Because in history there was never a greater servant of Sri Krishna’s Holy Name than your spiritual master. Because your spiritual master had so much absolute understanding of Sri Krishna’s Holy Name and so much absolute faith in Krishna’s Holy Name that he personally carried Sri Krishna’s Holy Name throughout the length and breadth of the world. Therefore he is the greatest Acarya who has ever existed.

BGAII V1 & V2, 4.23 coincide and unfortunately read as follows :

“The work of a man who is unattached to the modes of material nature and who is fully situated in transcendental knowledge merges entirely into transcendence.”

We have here on display, the undue pride of being covered by a male human body, whereas to be covered by any type of material body is an embarrassment for the soul, the soul proper being spiritually constituted. The pure existence of the soul is fully independent from any material covering and simultaneously blissful, eternal and full of knowledge or in Sanskrit language respectively: ananda, sat and cit. There is however no sexual activity in the spirit soul, whereas sex is considered the highest bliss in the conditioned stage. The conditioned soul is situated in a state of rebellion against and competition with God. Its condition is characterised by suffering, impermanence and ignorance. The intelligent and informed person will therefore ask the questions: “Where is the interest in staying in the prison house of the material world, covered by a material body? Why not adopt the pre-fabricated and authorised path of escape from this material world, Krishna consciousness as presented by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada?” 

Besides that Srila Prabhupada clearly states that there is only one purusha, enjoyer, and that is Krishna. All others are prakriti or female, to be enjoyed by The Adi Purusha, Krishna.

The same reasoning would have to apply to Bhagavad-gita As It Is 4.18. The Original Transcript (OT) by Srila Prabhupada Himself, with minor adjustments, reads:

“One who sees inaction in action and action in inaction is intelligent in the human society and he is in a transcendental position although engaged in all sorts of activities.”

Whereas the sexist editor (s) want (s) us to believe that:

“One who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, is intelligent among men, and he is in the transcendental position, although engaged in all sorts of activities.”

There is here clearly at work on the part of the editor(s), a policy of embarrassing and perpetuating prejudice against women. No need to say, this must be rectified at all costs back to Srila Prabhupada’s original, pure and non-discriminatory Bhagavad-gita As It Is message. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

The Original Transcript (OT) can be found here: http://bookchanges.com/bhagavad-gita-as-it-is-manuscript/.

As per His Grace Sriman Dravida Prabhu’s authoritative statements, we assume and accept that Srila Prabhupada personally typed the first five chapters of the Original Transcript (OT) of Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, that chapters 6 to 11 are a transcription of Srila Prabhupada’s lost tape dictation and that chapters 12 to 18 are a one time edited version of Srila Prabhupada’s words.

In other simple words, for the first 5 chapters of Original Transcription (OT) of Bhagavad-gita As It Is, we are right with Srila Prabhupada. Chapter 6 to 11 we are separated from Srila Prabhupada by one brain. That’s one brain to many. And assuming that chapters 12 to 18 went through the same process of dictation and transcription we are here two brains away from Srila Prabhupada. That’s two brains too many!

This is, by Lord Krsna superior arrangement, the closest we get to Srila Prabhupada’s original rendition of Bhagavad-gita As It Is.

PS Another instance of sexism on the part of the editors.

BGAII OT 3.18:

Text No.18

A self realized person (in Krsna consciousness) has no purpose for acting the prescribed duties nor has he any discrepancy for not acting such work. Neither he has any purpose for taking shelter of any other living being.

Purport

A self-realized Krsna conscious man has no more any obligation to any prescribed duties (unreadable 3.8, whether plural or singular cannot be seen positively, but because of the length, we may assume plural) save and except the activities in terms of Krsna consciousness. Such Krsna consciousness is not inactivity also as it will explained in the following verses. A Krsna conscious man has nothing to do with any person-man or demigod-for taking their shelter. Whatever does he do in terms of Krsna consciousness is sufficient in the matter of discharging his obligation.

BGAII V2. 3.18

TRANSLATION

A self-realized man has no purpose to fulfill in the discharge of his prescribed duties, nor has he any reason not to perform such work. Nor has he any need to depend on any other living being.

PURPORT

A self-realized man is no longer obliged to perform any prescribed duty, save and except activities in Krishna consciousness. Krishna consciousness is not inactivity either, as will be explained in the following verses. A Krishna conscious man does not take shelter of any person—man or demigod. Whatever he does in Krishna consciousness is sufficient in the discharge of his obligation.

President Lincoln in November 1863

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States of America, who sacrificed his life for national service, allegedly said:

“NEARLY ALL MEN CAN STAND ADVERSITY. BUT IF YOU WANT TO TEST A MAN’S CHARACTER GIVE HIM POWER.”

The characteristic of the living entity is service. In Sanskrit language the nomenclature for “characteristic” is “dharma.” One could say “service” is one’s true, inseparable religion, much more than some religious rituals. Everyone is performing service at all times. Service to the family, service to the boss, service to the nation, service to one’s own body and senses, answering the call of nature, etc.. etc.., these are all services that we may and in some cases MUST perform. But service to God, Shri Krishna, as per standards established by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupa, the Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, is super-excellent service because it professionally and scientifically deals with the very essence of things, the individual soul, as well as the soul of souls, Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is all encompassing and is based on authorised books such as Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, Srimad Bhagavatam and Caitanya Caritamrta. Non-God or non-Krishna service mostly deals with the body, which is temporary and secondary to the soul. Non-God or non-Krishna service is limited as well. Whence the superiority of Krishna service.

The Honourable MALCOLM TURNBULL MP

29 th PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA.

Part of the headline of The Australian, the national Australian newspaper, dated Friday February 16^th 2018, reads:

“……PM IMPOSES SEX BAN”.

In human society, sex life is strictly meant for procreation, within the ties of the institution of marriage! Marriage and child rearing are very serious business lasting a very minimum of twenty years, if properly executed. Why should there not be a contractual arrangement, like any other business in life? The alternative is lust only, as the ruling principle and the devastating consequences, as we see in modern society. This is demoniac! And why should the state have to come to the rescue?

Sex life is NOT meant for whimsical, recreational enjoyment or otherwise. So the creator, Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has ordained and decreed! The animals naturally and intuitively follow this regulation. So should the human animal and, with his higher intellectual faculties, devote his recreational time for the pursuance of self-realization instead. “Athato brahma jijnasa.” Sanskrit for: Now, in this human form of life, the opportunity for enquiry into the Supreme Absolute Truth presents itself. Please take advantage of the opportunity or you may come to regret such neglect, just as the criminal regrets his misbehaviour as soon as the prison cell door shuts on him.

Prime Minister Turnbull has imposed an immediate and total ban on sex between ministers and staffers. Thank you very much Mr. Turnbull, for your bold, loud and straightforward stance in these matters! I am confident that Shri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has noticed your no-nonsense move with satisfaction. Please make this a rule for ALL Australian citizens to follow. At least in this particular respect, ALL Australian citizens deserve the same degree of respectability as government ministers. As a direct consequence, Australia will greatly advance on the path of strength, economic efficiency, morality, health, family stability, innocent children’s happiness and divine life. Australia will become a great world leader in divine life! Hare Krishna!

The last verse 18.78 of Bhagavad-Gita As It Is reads:

yatra yogeshvarah krishno
yatra partho dhanur-dharah
tatra shrir vijayo bhutir
dhruva nitir matir mama
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SYNONYMS
yatra—where; yoga-ishvarah—the master of mysticism; krishnah—Lord Krishna; yatra—where; parthah—the son of Pritha; dhanuh-dharah—the carrier of the bow and arrow; tatra—there; shrih—opulence; vijayah—victory; bhutih—exceptional power; dhruva—certain; nitih—morality; matih mama—my opinion.

TRANSLATION
Wherever there is Krishna, the master of all mystics, and wherever there is Arjuna, the supreme archer, there will also certainly be opulence, victory, extraordinary power, and morality. That is my opinion.

This is private secretary Sanjaya speaking to King Dhritarastra.

All glories to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Founder-Acarya of the international Hare Krishna movement (ISKCON), Institutor of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT) and Founder in 1944 of the Back to Godhead magazine (BTG)!

Addendum:

Strictly speaking, to be the world leader in divine life, one must follow three additional live style rules as follows:

2) No meat, fish or egg eating.

3) No gambling.

4) No intoxication. Includes abstention from coffee, tea and cigarettes etc…

These are the rules of brahminical life. These are the rules of the most advanced Aryan civilisation, originating in India, the land of spirituality par excellence. Anyone, from any ethnic background is welcome to join, provided he / she is willing to follow these four regulative yogic principles. Advancement of civilisation is not a matter of advancement in material sophistication. All material manifestation systematically undergo six kinds of changes: they appear or they are born, they grow, they stay for some time while producing by-products, they dwindle and ultimately disintegrate and disappear. Finished! All gone for ever! Why concentrate on the impermanent- ASAT? It will only bring frustration, nothing more. Why not concentrate on the permanent-SAT- instead? Advancement of civilisation is a matter of advancement of consciousness. Advancement of consciousness culminates in the development of spiritual consciousness. The ultimate spiritual consciousness is full God or Krishna consciousness.

Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, uses this word “arya” in Bhagavad-Gita As It Is 2.2. Under the circumstances, He uses the negative form of the word-anarya- best translated in English as non-aryan or as per the following word for word translation “persons who do not know the value of life”:

Shri-bhagavan uvaca

kutas tva kashmalam idam
vishame samupasthitam
anarya-jushtam asvargyam
akirti-karam arjuna

SYNONYMS
Shri-bhagavan uvaca—the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; kutah—wherefrom; tva—unto you; kashmalam—dirtiness; idam—this lamentation; vishame—in this hour of crisis; samupasthitam—arrived; anarya—persons who do not know the value of life; jushtam—practiced by; asvargyam—which does not lead to higher planets; akirti—infamy; karam—the cause of; arjuna—O Arjuna.

TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna, how have these impurities come upon you? They are not at all befitting a man who knows the value of life. They lead not to higher planets but to infamy.

In this age of Kali, or age of quarrel and hypocrisy, spiritual consciousness is best developed and cultivated through the chanting of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra as in:

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA

KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE

HARE RAMA HARE RAMA

RAMA RAMA HARE HARE.

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, New York City, 1965, the very best expert in the matter of self-realization, recommends the daily chanting of a minimum of 1728 mantras or “sixteen rounds” on japa mala beads. This takes about two hours. This represents two hours of one single person Krishna meditation. Krishna meditation can also be practiced in groups with melodious tunes and musical instruments, such as cymbals, in Sanskrit, “kartals”, and drums, in Sanskrit, “mridungas”. Other instruments are welcome. There are plenty of illustrations of the congregational chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra on youtube.com. A note of warning though: This form of congregational Krishna meditation is highly addictive and tends to be very, very blissful, very quickly. For the serious follower however, the latter cannot replace the former. It will represents the best investment of your time and energy you will ever make. Invoice value is zilch, nothing, zero. Please read His Divine Grace’s books for further information.  You will find a list of books on this particular website as well, http://www.krishnaculture.org, Book Store tab, https://krishnaculture.org/store/. Thank you very much.