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So, this yoga system, bhakti-yoga, how to increase attachment for Kṛṣṇa,
is being taught by our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness movement.
In this connection, one has to learn this yogic system from Kṛṣṇa directly or from his representative.
That is the meaning of mad-āśraya. One must take shelter…
So at the present moment, it is not possible to take shelter of Kṛṣṇa directly,
therefore one has to take shelter of his bona fide representative.
There are four parties or sampradāya who are vaiṣṇavas.
The Brahmā Sampradāya, Rudra Sampradāya, Śrī Sampradāya, and Kumar Sampradāya.
So one has to take shelter of either of these Sampradāyas, disciplic succession,
and then learn the bhakti-yoga system from him. Then he’ll understand, or he’ll see God.
Seeing God is not exactly seeing with the eyes.
God’s another name is anubhav, realization. A revelation. Realization.
So that is one technique.
That revelation is made by Kṛṣṇa Himself to the bona fide devotee.
Kṛṣṇa, God reveals Himself, just like you cannot see the sun in the darkness of night.
Sun is there in the sky, but somehow or other, when your planet is on the other side,
and it is darkness, you cannot see the sun. Not that the sun is not there, but you cannot see.
Similarly, Kṛṣṇa is always present before us, but we cannot see Him.
Just like Kṛṣṇa was personally present.
There are so many hundreds and millions of men on the surface of the globe.
Only few could have seen that He is Supreme Personality of Godhead.
So even God, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa comes before somebody.
It is not possible to see him. The seeing process is different.
One can see when the eyes are anointed with the ointment of bhakti.
The eyes have cleansed to see God. That is revelation.
It is said that a pure devotee is seeing Kṛṣṇa every moment.
Sadeva means every moment. He is seeing, but that means he’s a different person.
His senses are purified. Electrified. Sanctified. Therefore he’s seeing.
And once eyes, if not sanctified, purified. He cannot see. There are so many examples.
Just like a machine. A child is seeing, but he cannot see properly. He sees a lump of metal.
But an engineer, when he sees, he immediately understand that
this machine is made by such and such, it is working for this, good machine, bad machine, nice.
He can see in different way because he has got the eyes to see.
Similarly, to understand Kṛṣṇa, God, we require to purify our senses.
That is defined by Nārada-pañcarātra.
Being freed from all kinds of designations.
Just like we are seeing Kṛṣṇa consciousness, accepting Kṛṣṇa consciousness in a vision.
And somebody else, ordinary man, suppose somebody is Christian.
He sees Kṛṣṇa consciousness as a movement of the Hindus. But actually it is not.
Therefore, he has to become free from the designation of becoming an American.
One should be free from the designation. Like this body is a designation.
Actually there is no difference between American body and Indian body.
The same physiological construction. There is blood, there is flesh, there is bone.
If you see within the body, there is no difference. But still, we have designated,
“I am American, you are Indian, you are black, I am white…” These are all designations. False.
So one has to become free from the designations.
That is defined that when we are freed from the designation,
One should be freed from the designation. Actually, designation has no value.
The person is important. Not the designation.
So to see Kṛṣṇa means first business is to become free from the designations.
Here it is said mat-paraḥ, and Nārada says tat-paraḥ.
Tat-paraḥ means to become Kṛṣṇa-ized.
and mat-paraḥ means, Kṛṣṇa says you will become mat-paraḥ.
Intensely absorbed in Me. And the devotee says intensely absorbed in Kṛṣṇa. That is it.
But actually the aim is the same.
So one has to become designation free, and intensely in Kṛṣṇa.
Then he will be nirmal. Nirmal means purified. Without any material contamination.
I am thinking in terms of my bodily concept of life. That is material. The body is material.
So long as I am thinking, “I am American, I am Indian, I am Brāhmaṇa, I am kṣatriya, I am this, I am that,”
they’re all designations. That is not nirmalam, purified condition.
Purified condition is when one understands that I am spirit soul,
Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Spirit Soul, and I am part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa.
We are one in quality. We may be different as individuals.
Kṛṣṇa is big individual. I am a small individual.
Just like in this material world also, one man is very powerful. Another man is less powerful.
But both of them are men. They are not animals.
Similarly, Kṛṣṇa, God, is qualitatively one with me. Quantitatively He is very, very powerful.
His creative power. He has got creative power. I have also got creative power.