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This give and take, this inclination, is there in the human being

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"this give and take, this inclination, is there in the human being"

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

He is earning nicely, but he is helping one orphanage. That's nice. He said that, "I have got many sons in this orphanage." That is very good. So this natural inclination for loving a orphanage is there. Is there. So this give and take, this inclination, is there in the human being.

every human being, he has got a philanthropic view. Now, the other day I met one gentleman. So I did not know that he is not a family man, because in India we are supposed to accept anyone, any gentleman, as family man. So he said: "Yes, I am not family man." Then what he is doing? He is earning nicely, but he is helping one orphanage. That's nice. He said that, "I have got many sons in this orphanage." That is very good. So this natural inclination for loving a orphanage is there. Is there. So this give and take, this inclination, is there in the human being.

So Lord says that yat karoṣi . . . and we have to work. It is not that without working, we can have our body and soul maintained. This is not possible. This material world, we have to work. Everyone is working. Yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi. And we have to eat also. That is a fact. And yaj juhoṣi. And for our salvation or advancement we do something, religious rituals or attending church and temple or mosque. Something there is in human society. And dadāsi yat, and charity. Everyone is more or less charitably disposed, and he makes some charities according to his capacity. Dadāsi yat yat tapasyasi. And everyone accepts some penance, voluntary penance in his life. Yat tapasyasi kaunteya tat kuruṣva mad-arpaṇam.

Now, Lord Kṛṣṇa says: "All these activities—your work, your charity, your eating, your penance and your rituals—everything should be done for Me." That's all. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Everything should be done for . . . if you want to work, well, work day and night, but you work for Kṛṣṇa. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. If you don't work, if you are simply eating, if your father has got money and you are eating, oh, eat for Kṛṣṇa. What is that? You offer the same to Kṛṣṇa and eat palatable dishes. Kṛṣṇa will not take away your dishes. Simply offer it. Yad aśnāsi. Yaj juhoṣi.

Oh, you are trying to elevate yourself to higher standard of life? Just try to go back to Kṛṣṇa, God, Godhead, and try for that. Accept all kinds of austerities and penances. Yaj juhoṣi dadāsi yat. You are making some charity? All right. Make charity for Kṛṣṇa. "Well, Kṛṣṇa is God, and He is very rich. Why shall I make charity to Kṛṣṇa?" No. Kṛṣṇa says, dadāsi: "Give Me that charity. Give Me that charity." Kṛṣṇa is not poor, but you are very proud that you try to make charity with Kṛṣṇa's property.

Page Title:This give and take, this inclination, is there in the human being
Compiler:SharmisthaK
Created:2022-09-21, 11:40:57
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1