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We Have No Freedom - Prabhupada 0494



731129 - Lecture SB 01.15.01 - New York

Pravṛtti means, "I have got inclination to eat this or to enjoy this. Why not? I shall do it. I have got my freedom." "But you have no freedom, sir. You are simply . . ." That is māyā. You have no freedom. We get experience, suppose there is very nice palatable food. If I think, "Let me eat as much as possible," then next day I will have to starve. Immediately dysentery or indigestion.

So you cannot violate the laws of Kṛṣṇa, or laws of nature. That is not possible. You are not at all independent. Because these rascals, they'll not understand this. They are always thinking, "We are independent." That is the cause of all unhappiness.