HG Chaitanya Charan das You Can make Your Life Glorious UPASANA YOUTH FESTIVAL

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Today’s speaker is Chetan Eswaran Ruh. He is a very famous speaker. I would like to introduce him to you.
He has come here from Chowpatty, Radhagopriya temple to give a lecture. I would like to give him a small introduction. He has completed Electronics and Telecom from Govt.
of College Mumbai. He has topped the GRE exam in Maharashtra. He also holds very good positions in ISKCON.
He is a member of ISKCON’s top most intellectual body. He is also a member of Shastric Advisory Council. He is also an editor of ISKCON Global Magazine Back to Godhead.
Have you heard of Back to Godhead? On a regular basis, different articles of ISKCON are published. He has written a lot of books. He has been invited to conferences organised by UNESCO and other organisations.
He has been invited to conferences organised by UNESCO and other organisations. We are very fortunate to have Prabhuji with us. We would like to welcome Prabhuji.
We would like to welcome Prabhuji. Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Ram Hare Ram Ram Ram Hare Hare Prabhuji, you have kept us on silent mode for a long time. Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Hare Ram Ram Hare Hare Hare Krishna The Eye You win You are the enemy We are winners You are tapped and captured Always So here Bhagwan is telling Arjuna that you are a very sad person.
At the beginning of the Gita, Arjuna is confused and discouraged. At the level of his intellect, he is confused. And at the level of his mind, he is discouraged.
And when he listens to the Gita, he becomes kind of enraged and energised. So at the level of his intellect, he is confused. And at the level of his mind, he is full of enthusiasm, enthused, energised.
So the transformation that is taking place, Vishnu is involved in it. So now, in all of our lives, there is such a situation. When we feel like this, and when there is such a feeling, then we have to understand what we have to endure.
So I will tell you three things on the basis of Bhagavad Gita. Act. How to act in our life.
How to get out of this situation. Because of this, we feel that our life has no meaning. Self-worth, self-esteem, confidence is very less.
There is no motivation to do anything. There is no belief to do anything. So from there, we have to make our life meaningful, valuable, joyful.
So we don’t want to go in this direction, but in this direction. So how can we go? I will tell you about that. I will tell you about three things.
First of all, A is Apparition. We all have some things in our lives and some things we don’t. The society is very detached.
When we see movies, the heroes in the movies are very detached. They are very smart. And unfortunately, when we watch movies, there is a lack of excitement.
This is a very small thing. An American psychologist wrote a book. How to make yourself miserable.
How to make yourself miserable. So who wants to be miserable? But it was a book in the form of irony. Because people do all these things.
So what do we do? Many times, we wear what we have. So in this picture, we develop someone. Whether it is God above us.
Or what we have. That is God’s gift to us. What we have is God’s gift to us.
Or what we do with what we have. What we do with what we have. That is our gift to God.
So in this way, life is a gift to God. What God has given us, it is His gift to us. And whatever we do with it, it is a gift to our world, to God.
And this gift is devotion in a practical sense. Arjun is the example of this. God gave Arjun a special gift.
He had a special talent. What was that talent? Arjun. Arjun.
Arjun Brahmi in Dhanur Vidya. Now, that talent was there. Arjun had a name, Gura Kesh.
Do you know the meaning of this name? Gura Kesh. The meaning of Gura Kesh is He who has won sleep. Why did he get such a name? Do you know? Yes.
The day when Guruji taught you about Arjun, What was there on God? First is talent. Then comes commitment. And talent and commitment, then comes achievement.
So, talent, commitment, achievement. So, talent was God’s gift to Arjuna. And Arjuna was a commitment maker.
Arjuna was a commitment maker. That was Arjuna’s gift. And what happened after that? After having both, he became a Dharmayutha.
He became a Dharmayutha. So, both are important. I had a special talent.
I don’t have a special talent. Let’s see, I don’t have any special gift. Many times, the gifts we have, we don’t see what the gift is.
How much is my gift compared to others? We don’t see that. In English, we say, why did you come? In Hindi, we say, why did you come? Why did this happen to me? We don’t have that. We don’t have any other gift.
So, the gift that God has given to us, our gift is less than that. So, first is, we appreciate our gifts. Some can be small, some can be big.
And, it is said, there are three types of people in nature. Do you know who are they? Thomas, Regis, and Saturn. It is said, there are three types of people.
Some people make things happen. Some people watch things happen. And, some people wonder what happened.
Some people do some work. Some people start working. What will happen? So, our capabilities, Saturn and Regis, what are their qualities? In a way, we can say, they are mentors with gears.
There is a car. The car has one gear. If there is another gear, it moves in the opposite direction.
So, what happens is, when our talents, our vision of our talents, our vision of our talents, when we are in Tamaon, we underestimate our talents. When we are in Rajogun, we overestimate our talents. Underestimate means, the talent has no value.
It is of no use. When we are in Rajogun, yes, I am good. I am the best speaker.
This is not possible. So, we overestimate it. But, when we are in Saturn, we properly estimate it.
What are my capabilities? What are my capabilities? We can understand that. So, in Rajogun and Tamaon, what happens is, we overestimate our talents. When we overestimate our talents, what happens is, if someone looks better than us, then we have to execute him.
We have to execute him. We have to evaluate him. We have to evaluate him.
If someone looks better than us, if someone looks less talented, if someone is not as talented, if someone is not as good as us, if someone is not as good as us, then we have to evaluate him. We have to evaluate him. So, what happens in both cases? In Saturn and Tamaon, we overestimate our abilities and we overestimate our talents.
So, what happens on Saturdays? Focus is on comparison only Contribution Okay I also have this ability Along with this ability So, let’s say if someone gets a panic attack Let’s say he is a doctor And he is in a hospital And there are hundreds of patients Hundreds of patients So, now any doctor can be very useful One doctor can treat 40 patients in an hour Another doctor is not that close He can treat 10 patients So, now treating 10 patients is also possible He is treating 40 It is good But it is not a competition He has treated so many patients So, it is an amazing ability God has given us this gift Whatever we can do We devalue it Even if a doctor can treat 10 people He can treat anyone That’s why When we live in the world We devalue the abilities What does devalue mean? It means If you don’t want to meet me So, we devalue it Whatever we can do God gives us knowledge and clarity God gives us So, what is this? If we want to do something in our life We can do it We are in everyone We can meet Let me give you an example Let me give you an example We are in front of Govardhan Prasad It is not necessary to believe But It is a special kind of Prasad What is it? It has a different sweetness for everyone Everyone’s plate has a different sweetness But If there is a message in my plate I am eating the message Let me see what is in his plate It will be tasty Why? Because When we see what others have We don’t appreciate it We have to appreciate it Without that If we can understand it We can do it When we come to temple We feel peaceful God has given us Let me show you How to walk When I was 1 year old I had an accident My mother took me to a vaccine I was in a small town Doctor gave me a vaccine It increased the power of the fridge Because of that The germs in the vaccine increased The vaccine increased the power of the fridge So I was learning to walk I fell down I couldn’t walk I don’t remember I was a kid When I was 2-3 years old I remember A relative of mine came to me He said Your daughter is old My mother was very Confident Whatever she lacks God will provide Whatever she lacks God will provide I was 2.5 years old My mother passed away I didn’t know When I came out I couldn’t walk And This is bad I asked him Is it true? Is it possible? But What did my mother do to give me this intelligence? So At that time God will give you God will give you Intellect Intelligence So Since childhood The Lack of body was a problem for me But in my mind there was no lack In my mind I have glasses Some people have glasses How many of us need glasses? We need glasses for our work To walk We need glasses So it doesn’t occupy too much space in my mind It doesn’t create a hole in my head So we all have some shortcomings But we all have good qualities So we have to appreciate Not that we don’t have love We have to bring it If we have a good relationship Then In that What happens to us? First is appreciation God says in Chapter 17, Verse 16 The problem of the mind Manah Prasad Saunyat Be happy How will you be happy? When we appreciate What do I have? Second is Appreciation Second is Cultivation Whatever our qualities are It is important to appreciate After that Cultivate Arjun, I was a talent What did I get after talent? Commitment So all of us Our talents are like seeds Seeds Seeds are like seeds After that Seeds need gardening Gardening is like cultivation So Many people don’t have discipline They don’t have dedication So their talent doesn’t get fulfilled In India’s history Sachin Tendulkar is considered the greatest of the greatest Sachin Tendulkar had debuted in Bombay Both were very famous Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kamble Both were extremely talented They had recorded around 600 tracks in 200 different states Both have risen But It is not Vinod Kamble’s But He was not as good as Sachin Tendulkar So there can be many factors Even after having talent What happens to cultivate it? To cultivate it Sattva is very important When we are in Rajyog We are very eager for fruits When will we get fruits? You will get fruits So What happens When we make efforts First of all How do we see ourselves? So when we are in Rajyog We are impatient for results Immediately Why are we doing this? Many people do one thing for 1-2 months and do another thing Some people change their career So in 6 months everyone can change their career So we have to understand this When we are in Rajyog We are very impatient What happens when we are in Tamogod? What happens? A person becomes discouraged because of lack of results When we don’t get any results We feel very sad We leave everything We quit So what happens When we are in Rajyog Anger can arise Anger can arise in both Anger goes in Tamogod Anger goes in Tamogod Anger goes out Tamogod So In Rajyog If someone wants to do something but he is not able to do it Because of you And Aggression happens Aggression means When Anger goes in Tamogod Depression happens A person feels You are useless You are not going to achieve anything So both Rajyog and Tamogod have an effect What is told in Shastra Karmandeva Adhikaraste Maham Paryushin Pradakshina This means Don’t worry about the results Don’t worry about the results This is what Pradakshina says Don’t be attached to the results Why should I be attached to the results Because Sometimes There is a time to get the results Karma We have the ability But the ability to get the results We don’t have So When we are in Sattva We can be Persistent So Sometimes For success There are two types Consistent and Persistent Consistent means You do it regularly Persistent means You do it for a long time So we can do this in Sattva So When we study Shastra Through this Our talents To cultivate them The effort required We can do that And what happens The talent Suppose Some people have talent 100 Some have talent 50 Some have talent 10 All of them have talent But According to the talent Which is Which is cultivated If it is 100 Then the result here Is 200 But We say 100% is 200 But this is not like A simple mathematics It is not like this Why So If If a person cultivates His talent Then he is a company If somebody is very talented But they are not reliable Then he is not responsible Then People give him a chance That I can’t trust him I will invest in you I will give you this chance And you will come Then Then He doesn’t get a chance He doesn’t get a chance to be talented That’s why There is no time for cultivation There is no effort for it God is saying Karma Is not for you Keep doing it The result will come But the result can never be understood What happens Our Karma We say We get results from it This is right But this is the partial truth This is the complete truth Our Karma And Along with it We get the result Karma and result We get the result From both What does it mean It means Somebody can be very talented But He needs A suitable Situation If there is no suitable situation Then he doesn’t know The talent It takes time for the situation to come Now Since 2014 I am going to America To promote cricket I have been living abroad for 8-9 years When I was going to America To promote When I was Promoting for American people They asked me Why do you go to America Do you like baseball Don’t you like cricket I said no When American people meet me They remember a insect Do you know Do you know the cricket name They don’t know the cricket name In the game Now some people Have settled in America They will come They will say that cricket is becoming popular So In America There is an American country Which has a lot of cricket talent But he doesn’t play cricket Who is going to give him The value of cricket talent In India, baseball is very good What is baseball People don’t know The talent So With our dharma We have to be prepared Some people Have a lot of talent Some people don’t have that much talent But It doesn’t mean That we don’t have that much talent Some people put a lot of effort But we We cultivate our talent We cultivate it Patience is the biggest Wealth It is a bigger wealth than us We don’t understand it We don’t know The world is so unfair Why Why If we don’t understand that there is something called Daiva, then what happens? A person becomes resentful. Why do you care so much about the glory of your ancestors? What is the reason? When a person does not understand God, when he does not have spiritual knowledge, when a person does not have spiritual knowledge, then it becomes difficult to accept one’s situation. Many people ask, what is the need of philosophy? If we learn computers, we can get a job, we can still learn something.
There is one purpose of philosophy. What is it? Philosophy is to make sense of things that don’t make sense. What is the purpose of philosophy? To make sense of things that don’t make sense.
How to understand things that are not understandable? This is called spiritual knowledge. Why do we die? Why do we die? This is called spiritual knowledge. When we don’t have spiritual knowledge, when we are not able to understand something, we get distracted.
We get distracted, we get angry, we get irritated. We get distracted. This is the second part.
We have to get distracted. What is the third part? What is the last part? Activity. Activity means transcendence.
What does transcendence mean? To go beyond. What does it mean to go beyond? We have our abilities. We develop our abilities.
But what happens? We want to go beyond. Transcend means to transcend our bodily desires. We want to go beyond our bodily desires.
A person may have a lot of talent. Some people have a lot of talent and they show it off. They say, I have a lot of talent.
I can do this, I can do that. We have a lot of talent. If we want recognition from our talent, then we will always be distracted.
The recognition we want will always be less. These days people are influenced by social media. If someone says, I want to get 1 million followers.
Okay, let’s say you make a video and you get 1 million followers. But what happens? If you get 1 million followers, what do you see? Why doesn’t he have 1 million followers? So, if we make content and we contribute to the content, then the mind is good. But if we want recognition, when we worship God, then what happens? What is the purpose of our talent? The purpose of talent is not recognition.
It is a contribution. I want to serve people with my talent. I want to serve God.
I want to help others. Only then we will be satisfied. Why do I want to do this talent? Because I want to show the world.
I want to show the world, but there are many other things to see the world. We do something to show the world, but if the world doesn’t see us, then we get distracted. We think that the value of life is to show the world.
The world is watching us. If we don’t do that, then we won’t be able to do anything meaningful. I had a lot of talent.
But Arjun didn’t show his talent. He learned from his talent. So, when we transcend, as I said, if I am here, and this is the place, this is the temple, and here, even if we accept that God has given me this talent, we appreciate it, then we cultivate it, so that it becomes a talent.
But after that, we think that I will do this to the world, and I will expect this from the world. Here, I am doing efforts, I am working hard, and here, I will get fame. So, if we have this feeling, then we will always be happy.
Because what we get from the world, we never forget it. Then he thought that I will become the most powerful man in the world. The whole world will bow down to me out of fear.
And I will get happiness from that. He wanted that. But God didn’t give him happiness.
Prahlad, Prahlad, not like this, Prahlad is respectful. Prahlad was respectful. But, when God gives him happiness, he gives him happiness in the same way as he gives him happiness.
Don’t say, Om Narayana Namah, say, Om Yantrishpaya Namah. Yantrishpaya Namah. God will do that.
Sometimes, when we meet a respected person, we say, it is an honour for me to meet you. Meeting you is an honour. It is a habit.
When we meet an egoistic person, we say, it is an honour for you to meet me. Egoism is a big problem. Egoism is a big problem.
So, when we think that we should be better than the world, we will be insecure. We will be unhappy. What is Bhakti? We are serving the world, but we are not serving God.
Because we are serving God, the happiness we get from God, does it come from the world, or does it come from our heart? I will tell you a story about Prabhupada. Prabhupada ji, in 1952, when he was a Guru, he was told, you have to think. So, I started thinking.
I thought differently. I thought for 40 years. And now, I have thought a lot.
And if I don’t get it, sometimes, I feel sad. Sometimes, I feel bitter. So, let’s say, who knows this story? Sorry? Next time, I will try to make India better.
So, now, here is Kolkata, here is Mumbai, here are my people. Prabhupada ji is a philosopher. In these three places, Prabhupada ji started his business.
I have done a PhD in free independence. He said, at that time, people used to transfer their business. If the government wanted, they could do it.
If the government wanted to transfer, they could do it. Everything could be done. But if you have your own business, you have to sell the whole business and put it in one corner or another.
It is not easy to put it in one corner or another. But Prabhupada ji tried his best. Prabhupada ji used to say that he would get the wealth, and give it to his Gurudev, Andhra Pradesh.
But that could not be done. Then he came to Nashik. He tried to distribute it.
But that could not be done. He tried to serve his Gurudevs in his organisation. But his idea was to give some facilities to his Gurudevs.
He used to distribute it. Then Prabhupada ji started a whole organisation, Giri Gauri Movies. It was a huge success.
Prabhupada ji used to go to Nashik. He tried in many ways. But still, Prabhupada ji did not get the wealth.
When he went to America, he did not know what he had done all his life. When he used to meet people, he used to see that Prabhupada ji wanted people in the world to get bhakti, to get their welfare, to come to God. He wanted that.
But when that was not happening, he used to feel happy. Prabhupada ji was a Christian. He used to think that only time is stopping him.
But Prabhupada ji did not know that. In the last 10-11 years of his life, in 1966, he started this organisation. It has been so many years.
And he is still a Christian. He made 108 movies. From 1970 to 1914, he used to give bhakti to people.
But still, Prabhupada ji came to India. So, Prabhupada ji became a Muslim. Juhu Mandir, which was the land of Prabhupada ji, was considered to be his land.
In fact, in the 7th century, Prabhupada ji became a Bhagwan. And Juhu Mandir was named after Prabhupada ji. Prabhupada ji, I asked one of my followers, what was Prabhupada ji? He said, Krishna has given me a rose.
The rose is of my land. So, if someone kills his daughter, he will become a bigger sinner. So, Prabhupada ji was serving Bhagwan in this world.
But he did not know what would happen in this world. Why? Prabhupada ji did not know. If Krishna wants to do this for me, but not for me, then, there is a blue race in this world.
I mean, there is a torch in my hand. I will pick up that torch for some time. And then, I will give that torch to someone else.
So, Prabhupada ji said, I have a question. So, all of us, if we are not limited by the hands of Bhagwan, we can only reach Him. So, all of us can do a meaningful work.
But, Bhagwan is for everyone. So, we have to do our role. We have to do someone else’s role.
We have to transcend. What does it mean to transcend? When we are in this world, our centre, which is not in this world, our centre, which is in this world, that is Bhagwan. Bhagwan, you have sent me, so, I am doing this for your pleasure.
I am doing this for your service. When Bhagwan reaches our centre, it is through our sadhana. When we do sadhana, then we will think that Bhagwan is greater than this world.
The more happiness I get in this world, the more happiness I can get from Bhagwan. So, then, from this world, from this world, with the expectation of happiness, we drive Bhagwan. We drive Bhagwan for connection with Bhagwan.
And then, we can get some glory in this world or not. Still, our life is glorious. When Kaushik Ram is making a temple, big mountains are taken away.
Some squirrels are there, some small earth is taken away. So, Kaushik Ram is happy with that. So, in our life, even if we don’t make the world a big thing, but with our capacity, the gift we have, if we use it and do something for the service, we can make the world bigger.
Even if we make it bigger, we can make it bigger. If we do service, we can make it bigger. We may or may not make a big difference.
We will make a big difference. We will definitely get happiness. So, when we do bhakti, it is not that everyone will get success in the world’s eyes.
But everyone will definitely get happiness. Not everyone can come number one in school. Not everyone can come number one in the competition.
But with our capacity, we do service, we do yoga, in this way, every person will definitely get happiness. In that lecture, it was discussed how to make our life glorious. What was the acronym? A-C-A What was A? Appreciate.
Excellent. Appreciate the gifts we have. What do we do when we are in tamas? We overestimate our gifts.
We overestimate When we are in tamas, we underestimate. When we are in the middle, we properly estimate. So, when we do like this, when we come in sattva, especially in satsang, in a good environment, when we come in a temple, what happens? When we come in sattva, we understand sattva very well.
We get clarity. We understand our own emotions. We see everyone has a different perspective.
We have to be selfish. What is C? We have to develop our gifts. So, talent is there.
After talent, we need commitment. After commitment, we can achieve. When we make efforts, if we are in rajoguna, if we don’t get satisfaction, we do aggression.
When we are in tamas, we don’t get satisfaction. We get angry and get depressed. When we are in sattva, we are consistent and persistent.
What is this? People work with karmas, but also with daivas. So, karmas and daivas. What is there I don’t know.
But if I keep doing karmas, if daivas get fulfilled, I get results. So, karmas are dependent on results. What was this? Transient.
What is transient? What is transient? Why are we doing what we are doing? Transient the world. We are not serving the world for recognition. We don’t want recognition from the world.
What do we want? We want contribution in the service of God. So, if we have this feeling, we may not get recognition from the world. We may not get recognition from the world.
But what is there? When we are serving, we are serving God. We may get recognition from the world, but not from the inside. We may not get this, but we may get this.
This is a success in the world. But if God likes me, I get happiness from the inside. In this way, every person has contributed.
By contributing, we can make our life meaningful and glorious. Thank you very much. Krishna Krishna.
Hare Krishna. Hare Ram. Hare Ram.
Hare Krishna. … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … and Bollywood and all these things will influence a person that I want to know the inside story of that person So that’s when Prabhu ji logically thought of this Apart from that, there is a website called Atik Gita There, Prabhu ji, everyday in 200 words on Bhagavad Gita, he keeps giving updates on different shlokas You can check the online website there And we can only take 2 questions If someone wants to ask anything, only 2 questions 3 questions Only 3 questions So if someone has any questions, they can raise their hand Hare Krishna! Prabhu ji, Dhanyavad Pranam! Prabhu ji, what does Mayavedi mean to you? Mayavedi to me is It is related to two things One is desire and the other is fear If you come to me, you will forget all this And if you are there, you will understand all this So what is it? We remember God, we go in the service of God So what do we get from that? Krishna is the person who can fulfil all desires and who can free us from all fears That consciousness, that faith is awakened in our consciousness Krishna can fulfil all desires Krishna can free me from all fears Vajrahori mananam abhyam chalam So, we will remember God And not only that, we will remember the science We have to awaken this consciousness We have to awaken this conviction that God also fulfils all desires and we can free ourselves from all fears Hare Krishna! Prabhu ji, Dhanyavad Pranam! If we get so engrossed in something that we forget God If I get so engrossed that I forget Krishna What should I do? It is a gradual process When we are doing something and that thing is not there that thing is in our foreground When I went to America for the first time Now I am in America, in Chicago, in New York, here That consciousness is awakened in my mind Then later I realised that I have been to America 20-30 times So now when I go I realise that I have been to America It is meaningful, but I am going to America for this That I am going to tell the truth about God That is meaningful What happens is that in our consciousness some things are in the foreground and some things are in the background So, when we do a new job or do something new then that thing will be in the foreground and God will be in the background But when we do a new job and we have a family and we get a job and become an expert and we are doing bhakti and sadhana then gradually God will come in our foreground and the work that we are doing we will pay attention to it but it will not be in the foreground it will be in the background It happens gradually So, if we do a job and God is in the background then it is okay but we can start our sadhana in the morning and after coming home we can read or listen to something So, if not during our work at least before and after our work we remember Otherwise, what will happen? If we don’t remember before and after then God will go out of the background So, we have to keep the concept in the background So, in the day we go into the background but in the morning and evening when we listen and read to God then we come in the foreground God comes in the foreground in the morning and in the evening, in the whole day we go into the background and again we do sadhana we come in the foreground and again we go into the background But what happens gradually? God comes in the foreground more Last question Sorry, who is this? Yes, correct Thank you Now, what is it? When it is said that the spiritual environment is important then my mind becomes calm But the spiritual environment should be according to the temperament of the person If a youngster is coming in such a satsang and there are people of different ages then they won’t be that comfortable But this is a youth meeting If it is a youth meeting and everyone is of the same age group and the experience is similar then there can be friendship So, like this the spiritual environment should be according to our temperament So, it should be like-minded That is why it is very beneficial that we get a spiritual environment in our terms in terms that are comfortable to us Second thing is if we the Mahabharata readers and the devotees if they understand the situation of the youth then they get Mahabharata according to that So, the morning programme or the spiritual practise on which standards should it be done? How should it be done? We get customised guidance So, if I gave one guidance for everyone and they said this is not practical. But we get customised guidance.
And the last thing is that if we have this kind of youth forum atmosphere, then what happens is that mutual inspiration happens. For example, if I am doing bhakti alone in college, hostel or at home, then what do we feel? I am doing bhakti alone. Then the world will feel sorry for me.
So what do we feel? We feel that I am doing something wrong. But we feel that this is my way of bhakti and I am doing bhakti. So we get inspiration.
So some inspiration comes from our superiors. It comes from their guidance, from their example. But the inspiration that comes from this is that in youth, in teenage, people learn more laterally than vertically.
In teenage, there is a lot of peer pressure. In youth, when the children are very young, then what is their identity? That I am their son, I am their daughter. This is their identity.
When they are 25-30 years old, they have their own identity. That this is my degree, this is my job. But between that, from 12-13 years to 20-40 years, there is an identity crisis.
They are too old to identify as a child of so and so. And they are too young to have their own identity. So what happens after that? At that time, there is a lot of peer pressure.
That I should look like a fool in my social circle. But in becoming a fool, we become fools. So that’s why, if we don’t care about that peer pressure, then people of our age are doing bhakti.
That has a lot of impact. Thank you. How many bhaktas have come for the first time today? How many bhaktas have come for the first time? And today, in a big way, your lecture, so many youth have come.
This one and a half hour was like this for us, that we are all in college, someone is doing a job here, or someone is running to achieve a goal in his life. But when the lecture started, it started with A, that’s why we all start with A. But how did our life come to us? That we always blame. We blame the parents, we blame the teacher, we blame the whole world.
It started with A, that what has Krishna given me? And how can I cultivate and contribute? This one and a half hour is enough to make our life successful. If we learn from here, that whatever Krishna has given us, he has given it best, out of this best, what can I cultivate? And what can I contribute to the society? I can contribute to the society. When it started with A, that was a bomb.
When it cultivated, that was a more interesting ball. Every single line, I have taken pictures of every single slide. Next time, we will request Prabhuji, that Prabhuji, next time, we will take the lecture and guide us in the same way.
In college, we study one day, then we do it. Next time Prabhuji will not write alone, we will all sit together. And in the same way, everyone should come.
The whole hall should be packed. So that our friends, they also get to know that they are getting some inspiration. Okay? So, Prabhuji, you are welcoming us with open heart.
Prabhuji, you are really so good, that I am taking you in my life today. What do I have to take? A, C, D. So, all of you have to go home today. You have to remember, that Prabhuji has done it today.
I told Prabhuji, Prabhuji, you will say that I have done this. Prabhuji said, no. I will tell you, what is the importance of this.
It depends on that person, that he has to apply that thing in his life. With conviction, how to bring devotion into life, Prabhuji will tell you. After doing that, when you go home, you have to be compelled, that God has given parents and children, I have this, I have that, I have this talent, I will use it.
So, not forcefully, but with heart. So, we are getting inspired by Prabhuji, we are blessing him. So, once for Prabhuji, Hare Krishna Mahamantra.
Ram Ram Hare Hare. With this, we will move forward towards Kirtan.