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birth, old age, disease, and death exist in all of them. Scientists are very cheap for them.’” For one who takes to Krsna consciousness,
very proud of ‘‘scientific’? advancement, but they have not been the most valuable thing becomes very easy to obtain. Because one
able to check old age, disease, and death. They can manufacture is engaged in bhakti-yoga, Krsna becomes easily available. Why
something to accelerate death, but nothing that can stop death. should we try so hard to attain Krsna, when Krsna Himself says,
That is not within their power. ‘‘I am easy to obtain’’? We have only to chant Hare Krsna, Hare
Those who are intelligent are interested in putting an end to Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama
birth, old age, disease, and death and entering into a spiritual life Rama, Hare Hare twenty-four hours daily. There is no fast rule
full of eternality, bliss, and knowledge. The bhakti-yogi knows and regulation. We can chant in the street or on the subway, in our
that such a life is possible through practice of Krsna consciousness home or in our office. There is neither expenditure nor tax.
and remembrance of Krsna at the time of death. Actually Krsna, being omnipotent, is unconquerable, but it is
said that He is not only obtained but conquered through pure de-
ananya-cetah satatam votional service. As stated before, it is generally very difficult to
. yo mam smarati nityasah realize the Supreme Personality of Godhead; therefore one of His
tasyaham sulabhah partha names is Ajita, meaning, ‘‘He whom no one can conquer.”’ In
nitya-yuktasya yoginah Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.14.3), Lord Brahma prays to Ajita,
‘*For one who remembers Me without deviation, I am easy to ob- jfidne prayasam udapasya namanta eva
tain, O son of Prtha, because of his constant engagement in devo- Jivanti san-mukharitam bhavadiya-vartam
tional service.’ (Bg. 8.14) In this verse, the word nitya-yukta . sthane sthitah sruti-gatam tanu-van-manobhir
means ‘‘continuously in trance.’ Such a person who is con- ye prayaso jita jito ‘py asi tais tri-lokyam
tinuously thinking of Krsna and always engaged in Krsna con-
sciousness is the highest yogi His attention is not diverted to ‘**O my dear Lord Ajita, those devotees who have thrown away the
jidna-yoga, dhydna-yoga, or any other system. For him, there is impersonal conceptions of the Absolute Truth and have therefore
only one system—Krsna. Ananya-cetah means ‘‘without devia- abandoned discussing empiric philosophical truths should hear
tion.’ A Krsna conscious devotee is not disturbed by anything, from self-realized devotees about Your holy name, form, pas-
because his mind is always concentrated on Krsna. The word times, and qualities. They should completely follow the prin-
satatam means that he is thinking of Krsna at all places and at all ciples of devotional service and remain free from illicit sex,
times. When Krsna descended onto this earth, He appeared in gambling, intoxication, and animal slaughter. Surrendering them-
Vrndavana. Although I am presently living in America, my resi- selves fully with body, words, and mind, they can live in any
dence is in Vrndavana because I am always thinking of Krsna. Al- asrama or social status. Indeed, You are conquered by such per-
though I may be in a New York apartment, my consciousness is sons, although You are always unconquerable.”*
there, and this is as good as being there. In this verse, the words jfidne prayasam refer to theosophists
Krsna consciousness means always living with Krsna in His and philosophers who are trying year after year and life after life to
spiritual planet. Because we are conscious of Krsna, we are already understand God, or the Absolute Truth. Their attempts are like
living with Him. We simply have to wait to give up this material those of the frog in a well trying to comprehend the vastness of the
body to go there. For one who remembers Krsna without devia- Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Even our attempts to measure outer
tion, He is easy to obtain. Tasyaham sulabhah partha: ‘‘! become space are futile, to say nothing of the attempt to measure
