(8/9) Be One-Pointed

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
Nrisingha Palli, 3 February 2021, part 8
Translated from Bengali

You must practise Krishna consciousness properly. Always stay within service and always engage in sravan (hearing) and kirtan (practising, chanting). This is our life every day. Do your service and engage in sravan and kirtan. Those who practise sravan and kirtan gradually become firm and fixed in their spiritual life and service and they get taste for service (for practising spiritual life, chanting, and so on). There is no need to worry about anything. Practising sravan and kirtan (listening to Hari-katha, chanting the Holy Name and practising what is preached) removes all unwanted elements. This is the main result. When unwanted elements leave, you will feel peace. As long as you have unwanted, inauspicious elements within you, you will not know peace…

Vraja gopis have very much respect for Prahlad Maharaj. Srila Prabhupad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur also spoke about Prahlad Maharaj when he was at Radha Kunda. Prahlad Maharaj’s devotion is extremely exclusive and one-pointed. He did not know or understand anything except the Lord. Such mood must be there: ‘I do not know anyone except the Lord.’ The Lord also says in Srimad Bhagavad-gita, ‘I know only My devotees, and My devotees also know only Me.’ Krishna Himself says that.

We always recite verse 18.66 from Srimad Bhagavad-gita:

সর্ব্বধর্ম্মান্ পরিত্যজ্য মামেকং শরণং ব্রজ ।
অহং ত্বাং সর্ব্বপাপেভ্যো মোক্ষয়িষ্যামি মা শুচঃ ॥

sarva-dharman parityajya, mam ekam saranam vraja
aham tvam sarva-papebhyo, moksayisyami ma suchah

‘Give up all kinds of religion and surrender to Me alone. I will liberate you from all sins, do not despair.’

(Srimad Bhagavad-gita, 18.66)

Krishna says: leave all religions – father’s religion, mother’s religion, friends’ religion, demigods’ religion, rishis’ religion, sannyasis’ religion, brahmacharis’ religion, householders’ religion, ksatriyas’ religion, vaisyas’ religion, sudras’ religion. Leave all kinds of religion and only practise Krishna consciousness one-pointedly. ‘Leave all religions and surrender to Me, I will look after you.’ Always remember this. ‘I will take care of you.’

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1) Have You Forgotten?
2) Morning Shows the Day
3) Genuine Surrender
4) In Search of Hidden Treasure
5) Humility and Dedication
6) Jnana-Sunya Bhakti
7) Taking a Stand Against Maya
8) Be One-Pointed
9) A Word of Warning