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<div id="General_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="11" parent="Lectures" text="General Lectures"><h3>General Lectures</h3>
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<div id="LectureBombaySeptember251973_0" class="quote" parent="General_Lectures" book="Lec" index="142" link="Lecture -- Bombay, September 25, 1973" link_text="Lecture -- Bombay, September 25, 1973">
<div class="heading">Who is worshiping God, but his character is not good, he is sādhu. And those who are talking and no connection with God, he is mūḍha, duṣkṛtina, narādhama. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture -- Bombay, September 25, 1973|Lecture -- Bombay, September 25, 1973]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Indian man (1): To make it more clear to me what I feel, that it is something like not realizing that Lord Kṛṣṇa is the real reason, to chant the name, it will be something like we have instances in the old śāstras and books and histories, that...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: What do you mean by old?</p>
<p>Indian man (1): I mean the history, those stories...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: That story, that stories... You do not know the science. Why you are talking like nonsense? What do you mean by old? It is eternal. There is no question. Avyayam. Nityaḥ śāśvataḥ. You do not know.</p>
<p>Indian man (1): Therefore they used to pray to God before they used to go to commit theft, and they used to come back again to worship the God and to please Him that yes, they were not caught.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: So do you think we are dacoits?</p>
<p>Indian man (1): No, but...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Then what do you think? Why do you question this? Why do you question these nonsense things?</p>
<p>Indian man (1): That praying to God without...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes, he is better than you because you do not know what is God. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā:</p>
:api cet su-durācāro
:bhajate mām ananya-bhāk
:sādhur eva sa mantavyaḥ...
:([[Vanisource:BG 9.30|BG 9.30]])
<p>Who is worshiping God, but his character is not good, he is sādhu. And those who are talking and no connection with God, he is mūḍha, duṣkṛtina, narādhama. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā. We have to talk through the medium of śāstra. It is said, api cet su-durācāro bhajate mām ananya-bhāk, sādhur eva sa mantavyaḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 9.30|BG 9.30]]). He is sādhu, because he has taken, he has come to the right place, bhagavad-bhajan. Kṣipraṁ bhavati dharmātmā. He will not remain such thief.</p>
:kṣipraṁ bhavati dharmātmā
:śaśvac-chāntiṁ nigacchati
:kaunteya pratijānīhi
:na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati
:([[Vanisource:BG 9.31|BG 9.31]])
<p>If one has actually taken to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he will never be lost, even though you find for the present he is not well-behaved. That is the version of Bhagavad-gītā. Even a thief, even a rogue, even a sinful man takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and follows the rules and regulation, for the time being you may find there are some faults, but it will vanish very soon. Just like the electric fan, it is moving. You make the switch off, you will find still moving. But it will stop moving very soon, because the switch is off. Similarly, if anyone takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness seriously, if you find that still he is not well-behaved, that is not very important thing. He has taken to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is important thing. Because this superficial external misbehavior will stop. There are many śāstras' example.</p>
:tyaktvā sva-dharmaṁ caraṇāmbujaṁ harer
<p>patet tato yadi, bhajann apakva</p>
:yatra kva vābhadram abhūd amuṣya kiṁ
:ko vārtha āpto abhajatāṁ sva-dharmataḥ
:([[Vanisource:SB 1.5.17|SB 1.5.17]])
<p>Kṛṣṇa consciousness is so nice, even one takes by sentiment, still he is profited. And person who are very honest in executing his duty but does not take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, śāstra says ko vārtha āpto abhajatām: "What does he gain?" He does not gain anything, because he is bound up by the resultant action of his karma. So it is a great science. One has to understand. Then... But for the present... Of course, a Kṛṣṇa-bhakta never takes the profession of a dacoitry. We have no such evidence. Rather, dacoits were made very great devotees. There are instances. But Kṛṣṇa says, "Even if he is dacoit, but Kṛṣṇa-bhakta," sādhur eva sa mantavyaḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 9.30|BG 9.30]]), "he is to be considered sādhu." So it is the certificate of Kṛṣṇa. What can I do? (laughter) (break) Ārati. (end)</p>
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