The Activities of a Ghost *****

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THE ACTIVITIES OF A GHOST ----- by

 

Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja

 

Oh, stupid mind, why have you come to

this material world? Having achieved this

rare human birth, if you won’t do hari-

bhajana then are you actually a human

being? You are not a human being.

manu akara hoile ki haya koro bhuta kara —

You may have gotten the body of a human

being, but your activities are those of a ghost.

Otherwise why are you not uttering the

name of Sri Krishna Govinda? A ghost

cannot utter Krishna’s names. You have

gotten a human body but if you are not

uttering the name of Sri Krishna Govinda

then your activities are like that of a ghost.

You can teach a parrot to chant, “Krishna,

Krishna.” A parrot can utter. But you are not

uttering. You are so lazy! Why are you so

lazy? Why are you not uttering the holy

name, hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare

hare hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare?

Don’t become lazy. Get up early in the

morning, 3:00 am, 4:00 am. What time are

you getting up? A quarter to four? Lazy

fellow! Get up at 3:00 – 3:30 am. Take bath

immediately and then come to the temple.

Chant, hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare

hare hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare,

then the purpose of your human birth is

achieved. Why are you becoming lazy? Not

getting up early and not engaging yourself

in bhajana. What sort of activity is that? The

activity of a ghost. Yes, definitely. All day and

night, 24 hours, simply chattering,

chattering, chattering like monkeys. Only

speaking about so many nasty things, politics

or topics concerning sense gratification.

“That war will come...” “What will you do?”

“... this and that.” Simply chattering,

chattering like monkeys. Can’t you utter,

“Govinda”, “Hari”, “Krishna”?

— From a lecture in Bhubaneswar, Orissa. 1 May 1995.

[Govindaram]

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