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Prabhupāda: So Kṛṣṇa has got two kinds of existence = prakaṭa and aprakaṭa. Prakaṭa means when you see Kṛṣṇa personally. …

So after all, He is adhokṣaja. This word is used, adhaḥ. Adhaḥ means subdued. And akṣa, akṣa means eyes or …

The adhokṣaja... Jñāna means experimental knowledge. Just like these modern scientists, they believe in experimental knowledge. But they are so …

Anyway, this experimental knowledge is not very helpful in the matter of understanding the Supreme. Experimental knowledge there is, but …

Ekānta-bhakti means unalloyed devotion. This is the secret of devotional life. Even God is not physically present, a devotee can …

Simply in separation and search. Caitanya Mahāprabhu also taught us like that. He was searching, "Where is Kṛṣṇa? Where is …

So even though we cannot see God with our present eyes, but God is so merciful that He becomes present …

So it is the question of advancement. So Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His followers taught us that if you feel separation... …

The process was tyaktvā tūrṇam aśeṣa-maṇḍala-pati-śreṇīṁ sadā tuccha-vat [Śrī Śrī Ṣaḍ Gosvāmy Aṣṭaka 4]. They gave up their materialistic way …

And bhūtvā dīna-gaṇeśakau karu... Why? Why they gave it up? Because they thought, under the instruction of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, …

And that is... We find in the life of Gosvāmīs,

[Śrī Śrī Ṣaḍ Gosvāmy Aṣṭaka 4]

Kaupīna-kanthāśritau, loincloth only; minimizing the bodily necessities of life. Bhūtvā. Because they were prepared, dīna-gaṇeśakau karuṇayā, to give mercy to …

Just like big, big svāmīs in India---sometimes they come to your country also---they say that "This world is false," jagan …

So everything has emanated from Kṛṣṇa. So how this material world can be false? It is true. Then what is …

So we are trying to remove these rascals' false conception. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. We don't say that this …

Bhajate ananya-bhāk. Bhajate mām ananya-bhāk, sādhur eva samantavyaḥ. Api cet su-durācāro bhajate mām ananya-bhāk [Bg. 9.30]. That ananya-bhāk means simply …

So Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is to understand that Adhokṣaja, and that is the bhāgavata-dharma. Sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo yato …

[Cc. Madhya 19.170]

In this way, when your senses will be purified, then you will be eligible to serve Kṛṣṇa. Hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa-sevanam. Because …