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If we don't utilize this human form of life to understand ourselves and God and our relationship, then we are committing a suicidal policy. Our this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is just an attempt to educate the foolish human civilization without any sense of God.
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[[Vanisource:710626 - Lecture at Olympia Theater - Paris|710626 - Lecture at Olympia Theater - Paris]]
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God is the light of the moon, God is the light of the sun. Every one of us has seen the sunlight and the moonshine, so how we can say that we have not seen God? Similarly, Kṛṣṇa says that, "I am the sound vibration in the sky." So who has not heard the sound vibration of the cloud in the sky? So as soon as we hear the sound vibration in the sky, we can see God or we can hear God. At last, Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā that mṛtyuḥ sarva-haraś cāham ([[Vanisource:BG 10.34 (1972)|BG 10.34]]). If one does not see God, then, Kṛṣṇa says: "I am the death, cruel death, who takes away everything from everyone."

The conclusion is that everyone sees God at every moment, but the atheist class, they do not accept that he is seeing God. He is denying or telling lies that he is not seeing God. But a devotee of God, he sees God at every moment within his heart. So the difference of seeing God by a devotee and difference of . . . and denying, denial by the nondevotee, is this, that the atheist class or the atheist can see God at his last stage as death, whereas the devotee sees God by his devotional service every moment and every step of his life.

So this human form of life is especially . . . it is given by nature to realize God. If we don't utilize this human form of life to understand ourselves and God and our relationship, then we are committing a suicidal policy. Our this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is just an attempt to educate the foolish human civilization without any sense of God. Our life . . . as we are spirit soul, we are evolving through many species of life, and if we don't take advantage of this human form of life, then we are missing the chance.

Without God consciousness, or without Kṛṣṇa consciousness, there cannot be any peace. Everyone is hankering after peace, but he does not know how to achieve peace. Therefore the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is the greatest welfare activities in the world, and we request everyone to take advantage of this great scientific movement. Our presentation is authoritative because we are guided by the principles of the old knowledge, the ancient knowledge of India, the Vedas. And the process of understanding this science of Kṛṣṇa is also made very easy in this age.

The process, as you have already known, the process is chanting the holy name of God: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. Now this is recommended in the Vedas that, "In this age people are so much fallen that they cannot realize God by the prescribed method, therefore the best chance for them is to chant this holy name of God." That is recommended in the Vedas.

You can chant . . . if you know any other name of God, you can chant also, because there is no difference between the different names of God. And each name, holy name, is invested with all powers of God. Lord Caitanya says that each and every name, holy name of God, is nondifferent from the Supreme Lord. Therefore all the powers, all the energies that God has, it is also there in His holy name. In the absolute platform there is no such difference, as in this relative world there is difference between the name and the person whose name we are chanting. As such, there is no difference between the holy name of God and God. And Caitanya Mahāprabhu says there is no hard and fast rules and regulations for this chanting.

So you can chant the holy name of God anywhere, everywhere, and wherever it is possible. So suppose you are walking on the street or passing on the buses, but if you chant the holy name of God, especially Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, you will get much benefit without any loss of your money or without any hampering of your business.
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