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See the world around, why are there so many wars? I am Pakistani, I am Indian, I am American, I am Russian. All these are coats. The world is foolish that is why there is great need for Krsna consciousness movement, everyone is foolish, to educate them

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"See the world around, why are there so many wars? I am Pakistani, I am Indian, I am American, I am Russian. All these are coats. The world is foolish that is why there is great need for Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, everyone is foolish, to educate them"

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See the world around, why are there so many wars? I am Pakistani, I am Indian, I am American, I am Russian. All these are coats. The world is foolish that is why there is great need for Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, everyone is foolish, to educate them. The Lord states in the beginning itself that you are not the coat, you ass. You are the person who wears the coat. If you understand this one point, then you can understand everything else. But they will not understand, no, I am a coat, I am a shirt. You explain to them in various ways that you are not the coat, you are the wearer of the coat, he will not understand.

Smin dehe dehinah the person inside this body is the owner of this body. Understand this one fact alone. And then you can understand further, first understand this fact. Contemplate on this, the Lord states this in the beginning itself. Smin dehe dehinah, dehinah means to whom the body belongs. If a child is asked, he will say it is 'my finger'. He will not say 'I am the finger'. He will not say like that naturally. So who is that 'me' that he does not know . . . (indistinct) . . . it is 'my body' everyone will say. This is "My coat". Apply some soap on the coat and i remain hungry. So how long this will go on? This is going on. This is "My coat". Apply lots of soap on the coat. And regarding our subject matter, remain in illusion, in darkness. Nobody knows. What am I, that no one knows. And he knows the coat very well. So if you apply soap on the coat, will you be benefitted? So this goes on, applying soap on the coat. and I remain hungry. That is why he screams, I am hungry, I am hungry, I am hungry, I am hungry. where will he find peace? The person who is wearing the coat goes hungry. and the coat is being generously soaped. So how will he be benefited? Understand this much that I am not the coat, I am the wearer of the coat. Understand this one point. This is the main point. But you don't want to understand. only this that I am the coat, I am the coat. I am the shirt.

See the world around, why are there so many wars? I am Pakistani, I am Indian, I am American, I am Russian. All these are coats. The world is foolish that is why there is great need for Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, everyone is foolish, to educate them. The Lord states in the beginning itself that you are not the coat, you ass. You are the person who wears the coat. If you understand this one point, then you can understand everything else. But they will not understand, no, I am a coat, I am a shirt. You explain to them in various ways that you are not the coat, you are the wearer of the coat, he will not understand. Explain to the dog that, dear dog, you are not this body, will he understand? He will bark, bhow! bhow! (laughter) This is our position. we explain, they ask you haven't taken the boarding, why have you come here? This is the position. Murkhaya upadesa hi prakopaya na santaye, explain to the dog, that you are not his body, he will bark further bhow! bhow!, why have you come here. But he has no capacity to understand. That is why if man also remains like that then what is the difference between him and the dog. Adamant that I not this, I am the body. Then what is the difference between him and the dog. It is a difficult problem.

Page Title:See the world around, why are there so many wars? I am Pakistani, I am Indian, I am American, I am Russian. All these are coats. The world is foolish that is why there is great need for Krsna consciousness movement, everyone is foolish, to educate them
Compiler:Nabakumar
Created:2023-01-06, 13:41:30
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1