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The whole philosophy is Krsna consciousness. If the whole world - not whole world; even certain percentage of the population - becomes Krsna conscious, the face of the world changes

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

The whole philosophy is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. If the whole world—not whole world; even certain percentage of the population—becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious, the face of the world changes.

Brahman realization means that, "I am spirit soul and the Lord is the Supreme Spirit." Nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām (Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.13). He is the Supreme Spirit, chief living entity, and we are innumerable, without any number. Asaṅkhya. The living entities are innumerable. These are stated in Vedic literature. The very word is used, asaṅkhya. Asaṅkhya means without any numerical estimation. And God is one. God is one, but the living entities are many. Nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām. So, eko bahūnāṁ vidadhāti kāmān. That one is the Supreme One who is supplying all the necessities of living entities.

Similar, as you have got in your Bible, you pray in the church, "O God, give us our daily bread. Excuse us our faults." Because He is the prime one. He is supplying the necessities, He's giving you protection, He's giving you everything. You require sunlight; God has created sunlight for you. You require water, God has created immense water for you. You require air; there is immense air for you. So He is practically helping you. Eko bahūnāṁ yo vidadhāti kāmān. That one is supplying everything what you require.

You may think that you have to make improvement of your economic condition, but actually the economic condition, what you have to enjoy, that is already there. You haven't got to endeavor. You see? Those who are not human beings, the animals, the birds, the beasts and the worms, the trees, they have no economic problem.

I see in India the sparrows, they were chanting and dancing and eating. Here also I see the same sparrow. They have no economic problem, because they are depending completely on nature's law. And because we have violated nature's law, we have got economic problems. We have created our economic problem.

So the whole philosophy is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. If the whole world—not whole world; even certain percentage of the population—becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious, the face of the world changes. Simply to understand, as it is stated here, janma karma me divyam (BG 4.9). Karma. His activities. Just see. He has created sun, He has created moon, He has created everything. How do we claim that this planet belongs to us? It is given to us for living. That's all. Because we are sons of God, therefore we have got right to enjoy the property of God. That is real peace. We are . . . as a rich man's son, he has got the right to, I mean to say, enjoy the father's property . . .

But if he disobeys, if he becomes disobedient to the father, he is put into trouble. So our position is like that. We do not understand what is God, what we are, what is our relationship with God, what is this material nature, how it is working. These things are actually knowledge. One should know.

The Īśopaniṣad very nicely explains, īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam (Īśo mantra 1), everything, what we are seeing, they all belong to God. Don't claim yourself. Similarly, Bhagavad-gītā also says, bhoktāraṁ yajṣa-tapasāṁ sarva-loka-maheśvaram (BG 5.29): "I am the proprietor of all planets." So this particular planet is also God's property. Actually it is God's property. We come and go. The property remains there. It is simple thing.

So if we do not accept that God is the ultimate proprietor of everything—this is spiritual communism—and all living entities are His sons . . . everyone has got right to live at the cost of God. Nobody should encroach upon the property of others. This is the system. Tena tyaktena bhuṣjīthā (Īśo mantra 1). Just try to enjoy what is allotted for you. God has given you certain portion of land. "You Americans, all right, you have got this land. You be happy. Don't encroach upon others." "You Indians, all right, you become happy here." In this way we have to think. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Page Title:The whole philosophy is Krsna consciousness. If the whole world - not whole world; even certain percentage of the population - becomes Krsna conscious, the face of the world changes
Compiler:SharmisthaK
Created:2022-09-29, 08:01:48
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
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