So in this way the material world is very, very entangled. And if we become Krsna conscious, then we become free from this entanglement. All these criticisms or the divisions are there for gramyaih. Therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu has advised, grama-katha na sunibe, bhala na khaibe na bhala na paribe. This is vairagya -- "Don't indulge in gramya-katha." Therefore we always advise, "Don't read newspaper. Don't read any other book," because it is full of gramya-katha, gramyaih. So to avoid it as far as possible. There is no need. What is the news of a gramya-katha newspaper? The same thing repeated. "Here there is flood, where there is train disaster, where there is accident, and political, and one politician is giving speech, another politician is giving speech." These are the gramya things. So we should save ourself. Gramyair manoramaih. These externally very attractive news, we should avoid it completely. We shall simply talk of Krsna. That is the safest method. We shall simply talk krsna-katha. And krsna-katha means what Krsna has said. That is krsna-katha. Or what is spoken about Krsna. So Bhagavad-gita means krsna-katha, what Krsna has said. And Srimad Bhagavatam is also krsna-katha because everything said about Krsna. So we don't We should not indulge in gramya-katha. That will mislead us. And if we do not indulge in gramya-katha, but if we make advancement on Krsna-katha, then we are always situated on transcendental position. We are no more affected by the modes of material nature. Sa gunan samatityaitan brahma-bhuyaya kalpate [Bg. 14.26]. So we should stick to this principle. Then we shall be saved. Otherwise, either I become man or woman, we are all condemned because we are implicated with gramya-katha.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
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