Reaching Life’s Perfection 273

harer nama harer nama
harer namaiva kevalam

kalau nasty eva nasty eva
nasty eva gatir anyatha

Kalau means ‘‘in this age.’’ Nasty eva, nasty eva, nasty eva—three times
nasty eva. Eva means ‘‘certainly,’’ and ndsti means ‘‘not.”’ ‘‘Certainly
not, certainly not, certainly not.’’ What is that ‘‘certainly not’? One can-
not realize oneself by karma. That is the first ‘‘certainly not.’’ One cannot
realize oneself by jfdna. That is the second ‘‘certainly not.’’ One cannot
realize oneself by yoga. Certainly not. Kalau. Kalau means ‘‘in this age.”
Kalau nasty eva nasty eva nasty eva gatir anyatha. In this age one certainly
cannot achieve success by any of these three methods. Then what is the
recommended process? Harer nadma harer nama harer namaiva kevalam.
Simply chant the Hare Krsna mantra. Kevalam means ‘‘only.”’ Simply
chant Hare Krsna. It is the easiest and most sublime process. This is
recommended, practical, and authorized. So take it. Accept it in any con-
dition of life. Chant. There is no expenditure, there is no loss. We are not
chanting a secret. No. It is open. And by chanting you will cleanse your
heart.

In this material world no one wants misery, but it comes. Unexpec-
tedly, like a forest fire that starts without anyone’s striking a match, it
comes. No one wants a war, but war is fought. No one wants famine, but
famine comes. No one wants pestilence, but it comes. No one wants
fighting, but there is fighting. No one wants misunderstanding, but there
is. Why? This is like a blazing fire in the forest. And it cannot be ex-
tinguished by fire engines. This blazing fire of problems cannot be ex-
tinguished by our so-called advancement of knowledge. No. That is not
possible. Just as one cannot extinguish a forest fire by sending a fire
engine or by bringing some water, the problems of our life cannot be
solved by material processes.

There are many examples. Prahlada Maharaja says, ‘‘My dear Lord,
the father and mother are not actually the protectors of the children.”’
The father and mother take care of their children; that is their duty. But
they are not the ultimate protectors. When nature’s law calls the child,
the father and mother cannot protect him. Therefore although generally
it is considered a fact that the father and mother are the protectors of the
child, actually it is not a fact. If someone is sailing the ocean and he
thinks he has a very nice seat, will that protect him? No. Still he may
drown. A nice airplane is flying in the sky, everyone is safe, but all of a
