(6/14) Antidote to Material Life

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
Preaching programme in Hooghly district,
26 February 2019, noon, part 6
Translated from Bengali

Because we forget the Lord, we keep getting born in this material world. How can we get out of it now? The only way how you can get out of it is through Nama-sankirtan in sadhu-sanga: by chanting the glories and Holy Names of the Lord in the association of His devotees. The problem is that you hear about it, but you are not doing it.

I have told you before that I have not come here to chant the Holy Name. What did I come for? I have come to make you chant the Holy Name. You can get some people at the market, give them fifty, five hundred, a thousand or ten thousand rupees, and they will chant kirtan for two hours at your house according to the contract and go away. What benefit is that to you? If I eat, will your stomach be full? If you think it will, then stop eating from today – I will eat for you. So, if I come and chant kirtan, what benefit does that give you? If I chant kirtan, you must chant it, too. I am coming to show you how to chant, to teach you how to do it. I cannot come here every day to do it together with you, so after I leave, you must continue chanting every day on your own. In other words, I come to give you some charge: when you buy a mobile phone, you charge it and then use it the whole day, but after that you have to charge it again. In the same way, you must chant kirtans every day – this is how you can 'charge' your batteries. When you charge your phone, you can use it after that, but after one–two hours, the charge will go down and you have to charge it again. This is how you must chant the Holy Name of the Lord.

You have got this human birth, but you forget what you must do. You do not even know, do not even understand what you need. You are only thinking all the time, 'What will I eat?', 'What will I wear?', 'Where will I sleep?', 'Where will I live?' and so on.

Who is a sadhu? If you grow dreadlocks or wear big tilaks and neckbeads, it does not make you a sadhu. One does not become a sadhu just by dressing as one. Sadhus always only listen to Hari-katha and always only speak Hari-katha: they only listen to talks about the Lord and only speak about the Lord. They do not talk about anything else. When they hear any other talks, they get annoyed. They do not get involved in village talks, and they do not like any other talks except talks about Lord Krishna. You must always remember this.

You must throw yourselves at the holy feet of the Lord. Taking shelter at the holy feet of a bona fide guru, you must practise Krishna consciousness. You will not get a letter directly from the Lord. You can only get a letter from the Lord through a bona fide guru...

Therefore, always practise Krishna consciousness, always chant, 'Krishna, Krishna, Krishna.' Do not think about anything else but Krishna. If you think about anything else except Krishna, you will not get any good result like this. So, always keeping the association of your guru and Vaishnavs, engage yourselves in Harinama-sankirtan, then you can get out of this material world. Practise sravan and kirtan in the association of devotees.

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1) Bound and Benumbed
2) Within and Without
3) Think about Your Actual Self
4) Pivotal Difference
5) Forget Me Not
6) Antidote to Material Life
7) Mixing in Adulteration
8) Wholesome Life
9) Devoured by Darkness
10) Spiritual Power
11) Depths of Devotion
12) Guard Your Spiritual Purity
13) Focus on Lord's Happiness
14) Pure Devotees' Pure Hankering