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<h2>Lectures</h2>
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<h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
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Anyone who is making progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness should not be envious, "Oh, he is so great. He is so rich man. He has got so nice palace. He has got so nice wife. I haven't got anything." Don't be. Because it is completely different life. Don't be captivated by the material opulence, even you are put into great difficulties. Because you are not this material body. You are spirit soul. So your progress should be steady on the spiritual platform.
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[[Vanisource:680714 - Lecture SB 07.09.10-11 - Montreal|680714 - Lecture SB 07.09.10-11 - Montreal]]:
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This material attachment is so great that one cannot go to Kṛṣṇa. So anyone who is engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, at the same time he wants material enjoyment, Kṛṣṇa sees his foolishness. Foolishness. Anyone who is making progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness should not be envious, "Oh, he is so great. He is so rich man. He has got so nice palace. He has got so nice wife. I haven't got anything."

Don't be. Because it is completely different life. Don't be captivated by the material opulence, even you are put into great difficulties. Because you are not this material body. You are spirit soul. So your progress should be steady on the spiritual platform. So we shall discuss this point more. The time has passed. So Prahlāda Mahārāja will explain that why one should offer everything to Kṛṣṇa. That we shall discuss in the next meeting.

Thank you very much. Any question?

Haṁsadūta: A devotee, he can be very poor, but is it okay if he's hankering after something for Kṛṣṇa? He sees, "Oh we haven't got anything. We need a house," or something like that? Why can't we . . . can a devotee think like that, "Why can't we get a nice house like these people, for Kṛṣṇa"? Is that all right?

Prabhupāda: Devotee thinks, "Why shall we not have a nice house?"

Haṁsadūta: For Kṛṣṇa.

Prabhupāda: Oh, for Kṛṣṇa he can have anything. That is a different thing. Not for himself. For himself, he should be satisfied whatever Kṛṣṇa offers. That's all. But for Kṛṣṇa he'll try to . . . just like the example is Hanuman. Hanuman, he fought with Rāvaṇa. Why? Not for his personal sake. He did not fight with Rāvaṇa to take the kingdom of Rāvaṇa, become king there. No. He fought for Rāma. So the Kṛṣṇa consciousness person's endeavor should be to give everything to Rāma. Not . . .

But for himself he's completely dependent on Kṛṣṇa, whatever position he may keep. It doesn't matter. He has no such perception, "Whether I'm . . ." He's always happy. Kṛṣṇa's service is so nice that he has no other idea what is happiness except Kṛṣṇa's service. So why shall he desire this or that? Naturally, he has no desire because he's already fulfilled his desire, being in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

But those who are thinking that, "Becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious I shall become very rich, I shall become one of the richest men," that is his foolishness. That means he's not in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. He still requires to be more advanced. But actually one who is Kṛṣṇa conscious, that very consciousness is so happy that he doesn't want anything more. That very consciousness is happiness.

''Ahaituky apratihatā'' ([[Vanisource:SB 1.2.6|SB 1.2.6]]). There is no other cause. A real Kṛṣṇa conscious person does not become Kṛṣṇa conscious for any other purpose. That Kṛṣṇa consciousness is his purpose. That is the end; that is the means. It is not a means to achieve something else. ''Bhakti'' is such thing. Therefore ''bhakti'' is transcendental. It is not material, that . . . in the material world, in exchange of something you get something else, but in the spiritual world the endeavor and the achievement, the same thing. So actually, a person who is in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he has no such desire. 

''Anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam'' (Brs. 1.1.11). The exact definition you'll find in the ''Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam. Śūnyam'' means completely devoid of any other desire. ''Anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam'' ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 19.167|CC Madhya 19.167]]). And uncovered by the activities of knowledge or fruitive action. ''Ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānuśīlanam''. Simply acting in favor of Kṛṣṇa: "Kṛṣṇa wants this, I shall do it." "Kṛṣṇa wants this fight"—Arjuna did it. Not for himself.

We shall keep always in mind that Arjuna was engaged into fight not for his personal self. For his personal self he denied: "Oh, what shall I do with this kingdom by fighting with my brothers and grandfather? No. Kṛṣṇa, excuse me. I cannot fight."

But when he understood that the fight is to be done for Kṛṣṇa, he took all the responsibility. Similarly, a Kṛṣṇa conscious person will not aspire anything for his sense gratification, but he will aspire for all the world for Kṛṣṇa's service. Is that clear? Yes.
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