134 THE SCIENCE OF SELF-REALIZATION
‘*‘Whenever I appear, My mission is to deliver the pious devotees and to
annihilate the demons.’’ When Krsna appeared, He had to kill many
demons. If we see a picture of Visnu we will notice that He has a conch-
shell, lotus flower, club, and disc. These last two items are meant for kill-
ing demons. Within this world there are two classes of men—the demons
and the devotees. The devotees are called demigods; they are almost like
God because they have godly qualities. Those who are devotees are
called godly persons, and those who are nondevotees, atheists, are called
demons. So Krsna, or God, comes with two missions: to give protection
to the devotees and to destroy the demons. In this age Caitanya
Mahaprabhu’s mission is also like that: to deliver the devotees and to
annihilate the nondevotees, the demons. But in this age He has a
different weapon. That weapon is not a club or disc or lethal weapon— His
weapon is the sarkirtana movement. He killed the demonic mentality of
the people by introducing the sarkirtana movement. That is the specific
. significance of Lord Caitanya. In this age people are already killing them-
selves. They have discovered atomic weapons with which to kill them-
selves, so there is no need for God to kill them. But He appeared to kill
their demonic mentality. That is possible by this Krsna consciousness

movement.

Therefore, in the Srimad-Bhagavatam it is said that this is the incarna-
tion of God in this age. And who worships Him? The process is very sim-
ple. Just keep a picture of Lord Caitanya with His associates. Lord

Caitanya is in the middle, accompanied by His principal associates—
Nityananda, Advaita, Gadadhara, and Srivdsa. One simply has to keep
this picture. One can keep it anywhere. It is not that one has to come to
us to see this picture. Anyone can have this picture in his home, chant
this Hare Krsna mantra, and thus worship Lord Caitanya. That is the sim-
ple method. But who will capture this simple method? Those who have
; good brains. Without much bother, if one simply keeps a picture of Sri
| Caitanya Mahdprabhu at home and chants Hare Krsna, then one will
realize God. Anyone can adopt this simple method. There is no expen-
t diture, there is no tax, nor is there any need to build a very big church or
: temple. Anyone, anywhere, can sit down on the road or beneath a tree
and chant the Hare Krsna mantra and worship God. Therefore it is a great
opportunity. For example, in business or political life one sometimes
finds a great opportunity. Those who are intelligent politicians take a
good opportunity and make a success of it the first time it comes.
i Similarly, in this age, those who have sufficient intelligence take to this
sankirtana movement, and they advance very quickly.
