[Spoken by Srila Gurudeva on January 21th, 1998, Australia, published as part of the Bhakta Bandhav Anthology, Volume 23]

One thing I want to tell you is that this world has come from Krsna. Not directly from Krsna, but from Krsna’s manifestations. Krsna is always in Vrndavana, always playing, and He is always sinking in the love and affection of the gopas and gopis there. But at the same time, He is sarvajna, omniscient, all-knowing. He has lakhs and lakhs of manifestations, you cannot imagine. From any one of them, this world comes. So Krsna can create this world and in a second, He can very easily destroy it as well. Not only one world but there are lakhs and lakhs of worlds. He can create all worlds in a moment and He can destroy them. Then again He can make so many worlds. He is so powerful. Any human being cannot do anything like this. Never can they do like this. Some of you devotees are fearing that, “Where should we go? A war will come and we will be destroyed. Bombs will come here and there, so we should try to go in a safe place where we can be safe.” You should not fear for this. If Krsna is going to destroy anything, anyone cannot stop this. Take shelter of Krsna. Death cannot touch you because this soul is immortal, ever-lasting. Water cannot touch it, a bomb cannot touch it, fire cannot touch it, ether cannot touch it, anything cannot touch this atma.

At the beginning of the Gita it has been told that the atma, the soul is immortal. Any bomb, bow and arrow, anything, they cannot touch the soul. So you should sit here very patiently. Don’t go here and there to take shelter thinking that any bomb will come or any disaster will come. Never be like this. Where you are, you should be there. Sthane sthitaḥ sruti-gatam tanu-van-manobhir ye prayaso ’jita jito ’py asi tais tri-lokyam (Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.14.3). Where you are, you should be there. If you are in householder life, you should be there. If you are a brahmacari, you should be there. If you are a renounced order sannyasi, you should be there. If you are in Vrndavana, you should be there. If you are in Murwillumbah, here, you should be here, no harm. But by mind you should all be in Vrndavana. It can be done, thinking that, “I am in Vrndavana, very pleasant Vrndavana, transcendental Vrndavana. The Yamuna is flowing so sweetly and bees are humming on the lotus flowers in Yamuna, in Manasi Ganga, in Radha-kunda, Syama-kunda. So many deers are there and so many flowers, beli, cameli, juhi, are there and transcendental Radha and Krsna are there.” Thinking this, you should chant ‘Hare Krsna Hare Krsna,’ thinking that you are in Vrndavana. In Vrndavana, any bomb cannot come. Nothing can come. Making your heart peaceful, be where you are and chant and remember. So don’t be worried for this. A Vaisnava has no problem at all. Their only problem is, “How to take darsana of Krsna? How to serve Krsna?