Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
The philosophy of Lord Chaitanya is that Krishna is the only object of worship. And as Krishna is the object of worship, similarly, his place, Vrindavan Dham, is also worshipable. If you go to Vrindavan, even if you don't know anything about Krishna, you will at once feel Krishna consciousness. It is such a nice place. (Lecture, New York, 29 July 1966)
No one can completely understand Lord Krishna. Similarly, the land which is known as Vrindavan also has unlimited potency. As I have mentioned several times, if you go to Vrindavan you'll still find a spiritual atmosphere with unlimited potency. Therefore Lord
Chaitanya recommended, aradhyo bhagavan vrajesatanayah tad dhama vrndavanam — "As Lord Krishna is worshipable, similarly his place, Vrindavan, is as good as Krishna." If you go to Vrindavan, you'll see so many saints and sages there. They are worshiping Vrindavan Dham. (Lecture, New York, 4 January 1967)
The dirty things in our heart should be removed completely by hearing krsna-katha. That is the only way of understanding Krishna. This Vrindavan is so important and valuable. Why? Because anywhere you go in Vrindavan there is the opportunity of hearing krsna-katha. The whole atmosphere of Vrindavan is simply centered on cultivation of Krishna consciousness. Unfortunately, we take to other consciousness here in the dhama. Therefore we become condemned. In Vrindavan, if we take to materialistic consciousness, we become condemned to accept a body other than a human being. But still the opportunity is there. Because he's in Vrindavan, he's helped and will making progress. Even as an animal, as a hog or a dog, he's making progress because he's in Vrindavan. Vrindavan is so important, because here anyone can get the opportunity to take to Krishna consciousness. It is calledVrindavan dhama. Dhama means residence, where Krishna resides. Vrindavan is not polluted. Vrindavan is always helping us. Anyone who comes to Vrindavan is immediately helped in spiritual life, even though he may be criminal number one. But if we keep a criminal mentality in Vrindavan, then we'll have to accept another birth and suffer. After that birth, it will be all right, and then again he will be elevated due to the influence of Vrindavan. (Lecture, Vrindavan, 11 November 1972)
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