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They're servant of maya, this tamo-guna, rajo-guna, and they are manufacturing their own way of enjoyment

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"They're servant of māyā, this tamo-guṇa, rajo-guṇa, and they are manufacturing their own way of enjoyment"

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Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

It was raised in the Parliament that "What is these people, Hare Kṛṣṇa movement? Why . . . wherefrom they are getting money, and what . . . they are understood to be CIA. What government is going to take action against them?" So the reply was there by the Home Member that, "We have no information that they are CIA people. Therefore there is no question of action. And their money, they are selling literature, books. They're getting money and some public contribution for foreign exchange." So the reply was that still people will accuse us in this way. So why this is possible? Because there is no Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Because they're servant of this māyā they're thinking like that. Therefore the first condition is asevayāyaṁ prakṛter guṇānām. They are dictated by the tamo-guṇa, rajo-guṇa, modes of material nature, and thinking like that. Everyone is that. This whole world is like that. They're servant of māyā, this tamo-guṇa, rajo-guṇa, and they are manufacturing their own way of enjoyment.

We are giving prasādam every week on Sunday, distributing prasādam. That is the bhakti-yoga. Bhakti-yoga means that sympathetic to persons who are not devotee of Kṛṣṇa. Devotee or not devotee, by eating kṛṣṇa-prasādam, he'll gradually become devotee. As yesterday I explained that kṛṣṇa-bhakti begins from the tongue, sevonmukhe hi jihvādau svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ (Brs. 1.2.234). If you engage your tongue in the service of the Lord, then Lord manifests. He reveals Himself. Sevonmukhe hi jihvādau. How it is possible that jihvādau, beginning from the tongue? This is chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. Jihvādau, chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare (devotees also chant). Very easy. You can begin Kṛṣṇa consciousness simply by chanting. And as soon as you chant, go on chanting, then ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam (CC Antya 20.12). Ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam means cleansing the heart. Because all congestion, all dirty things within the heart—"I am this. I am that. I am this. I am that"—then if you chant, then gradually you'll understand that you are spirit soul; you are not Indian, nor American, nor this, nor that, nor that. This is self-realization.

Because the whole world is going on under this misunderstanding. I am thinking, "I am Indian and you are American. Why you have come in our country? You must be CIA. You must be CIA. Why you have come to our country? Formerly the Britishers also sent missionaries, and then gradually conquered, got hold of the government. Similarly, these Americans, they have also come as devotee, as CIA, and therefore their business is how to capture the government. So get out." Why this misunderstanding? Because there is no Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Because there is no Kṛṣṇa consciousness any gentleman, any sane man can understand that if these people are CIA, they have taken this Vaiṣṇava religion—they're practically having no comfort, and everything is denied, and no meat-eating, no illicit sex, no drinking, no intoxication, no gam . . . all no's, and accepting all no's, and they have come here as CIA? They have got no intelligence even, common intelligence. And they are trying to put all impediments: "Oh, they cannot construct this temple. They must be refused." All planning. It was raised in the Parliament that "What is these people, Hare Kṛṣṇa movement? Why . . . wherefrom they are getting money, and what . . . they are understood to be CIA. What government is going to take action against them?"

So the reply was there by the Home Member that, "We have no information that they are CIA people. Therefore there is no question of action. And their money, they are selling literature, books. They're getting money and some public contribution for foreign exchange." So the reply was that still people will accuse us in this way. So why this is possible? Because there is no Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Because they're servant of this māyā they're thinking like that. Therefore the first condition is asevayāyaṁ prakṛter guṇānām. They are dictated by the tamo-guṇa, rajo-guṇa, modes of material nature, and thinking like that. Everyone is that. This whole world is like that. They're servant of māyā, this tamo-guṇa, rajo-guṇa, and they are manufacturing their own way of enjoyment.

Page Title:They're servant of maya, this tamo-guna, rajo-guna, and they are manufacturing their own way of enjoyment
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-03-12, 13:08:08
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1