Raja-vidya: The King of Knowledge 13

anxious about war, either defending themselves from
aggressors or having to go to war themselves. In addi-
lion to this, there are always disturbing diseases and
cconomic problems in Kali-yuga. Therefore Lord
Sri Krsna considered that in this age it is impossible
for people to come to the perfectional stage of
liberation by following the prescribed rules and
regulations.

Thus out of His causeless mercy, Sri Krsna came
as Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and distributed the
means to the highest perfection of life and spiritual
ecstasy by the chanting of Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna,
Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama,
Rama Rama, Hare Hare. This process of chanting is
most practical, and it does not depend on whether
one is liberated or not, or whether one’s condition is
conducive to spiritual life or not—whoever takes to
this process becomes immediately purified. Therefore
itis called pavitram (pure). Furthermore, for one who
takes to this Krsna consciousness process, the seeds
of latent reactions to his sinful actions are all
nullified. Just as a fire turns whatever we put into it
to ashes, this process turns to ashes all the sinful
reactions of our past lives.

We must understand that our suffering is due to
our sinful activity, and sinful activity is due to
our ignorance. Sins, or transgressions, are committed
by those who do not know what is what. A child,
for instance, will naively put his hand in a fire
because of ignorance. He is thus burned immedi-
ately, for the fire is impartial and does not allow
any special consideration for the innocent child.
