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[07:50]: The definition of sannyasi is given in Bhagavad-gita.
[07:55]: Karmi, karmi means he works and he wants to enjoy the fruit.
[08:03]: That is karmi.
[08:06]: But Bhagavan Sri Krsihna says: anasritah karma-phalam karyam.
[08:11]: One who does not take the result of karma.
[08:16]: Suppose you are a businessman so you are working very hard
[08:23]: earning fifty thousand dollars. If you don’t take that then you are sannyasi.
[08:32]: Anasritah karma-phalam karyam. It is my duty.
[08:37]: So if he does not take the result of karma, who will take?
[08:44]: Krishna says: kurusva mad-arpanam, give it to Me.
[09:01]: This is life. Do you think…
[09:08]: To give up the karma phal, result of your work, to Krishna, that is real life,
[09:17]: that is real renunciation
[09:20]: So try to understand in that way…
[09:51]: …just like we are traveling for thousands and thousands of dollars…
[09:56]: Why shall I neglect it? ; [09:58]
[10:01]: If I did not have money for airplane how could I come to your country?
[10:08]: So money is required, money is not bad.
[10:12]: Money, if it is spent for Krishna, then it is Laksmi.
[10:22]: Laksmi’s business is to be engaged in Krishna’s service.
[10:28]: So all the money in the world, they should engage for Krishna’s service.
[10:35]: Krishna says yat karosi, “Never mind what you are doing, you give it to Me.”
[10:42]: Is it not? Bhagavad-gita. You have read it?
[10:46]: So give to Krishna and Krishna wants money for paying the airplane fare.
[11:01]: We are going daily from New York to London, London to here.
[11:07]: So we are spending thousands and thousands of dollars. So who will pay?
[11:13]: Krishna will pay. We are servant of Krishna.
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[11:25]: This is our goswami’s instruction.
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[11:35]: Everything has relation with Krishna.
[11:37]: So if it is Krishna’s money why should we refuse it as material?
[11:46]: Anything dovetailed with Krishna is spiritual, not material.
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[12:10]: Phalgu means “false renunciation.”
[12:16]: Just like Mayavadis, they think, “No, no, I shall not touch it.” Why not?
[12:28]: Money is Laksmi, why should you not touch it? But to engage in Krishna’s service.
[12:34]: One who has no idea of Krishna, he cannot spend for Krishna. He should not touch.
[12:41]: That is good, because he will misuse. He should not touch it.
[12:48]: But one who knows how to spend money for Krishna, why he should not touch it?
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[13:06]: So New York temple is very nice, going on. Don’t be disturbed by outward elements.
[13:14]: Fix up your understanding then maya will not be able to touch you.
[13:26]
[13:30]: Because of this flourishing condition so many religious persons want to destroy this movement.
[13:42]
[13:46]: The whole world is envious. Material world means envious.
[13:55]: So we have got so many enemies. Krishna is always protecting us.
[14:09]: Otherwise so many counteracting things are going on, especially in India.
[14:18]
[14:21]: Caitanya Mahaprabhu also says… Krishna had to kill so many demons from the beginning.
[14:33]
[14:40]: So there are many demons but we have no strength to kill them,
[14:45]: but Krishna will kill them. We cannot kill them.
[14:55]
[14:59]: Prahlada Maharaja could not kill Hiranyakasipu, but Krishna killed him.
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[15:07]: Anyone who is impediment to the movement, he will be killed.
[15:14]
[15:18]: We must be also steady, very learned, convinced… Then it will be all right.
[15:31]
[15:33]: We should never deviate from the parampara.
[15:40]
[15:44]: So by chanting Hare Krishna you can keep yourself on the standard.
[15:50]: Thinking of Krishna, man-manah. To become devotee of Krishna,
[15:56]: man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji
[15:58]: Worshipping Krishna very nicely. Mam namaskuru, and offering obeisances…
[16:07]: Simply chant Hare Krishna and this includes hearing Bhagavad-gita,
[16:16]: Srimad-Bhagavatam, Deity worship. You strictly follow these things, no maya.
[16:23]: And if you deviate then maya is very strong. Immediately capture.
[16:31]
[16:48]: Did we get the permit to build the temple in Bombay now?
[16:56]: It can not be checked by any material impediment.
[17:02]: Checking is for material things, not for spiritual.
[17:09]
[17:54]: Don’t disagree with your wife. Since you have married you have…
[18:04]
[18:12]: It is fortunate you have good wife. You are also fortunate you have got son.
[18:22]: If one is fortunate to get nice husband, nice son…
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[19:18]: They have women’s liberation movement in America. They call it women lib.
[19:24]: So they want equal opportunity for women.
[19:28]: Who will give birth to the child? Where is that liberation?
[19:35]: Can the women transfer to the man to give birth to the child?
[19:41]: They are trying!
[19:46]
[19:50]: Where is the liberty? The women has to carry the child for ten months. Natures way.
[19:59]: To go against nature. That is not sense.
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[20:11]: God has made women and man and they have got respective duties.
[20:18]: What women can do, man cannot do. What man can do women can not do.
[20:23]: How they can be equated? That is not possible.
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[20:32]: Everyone should do his own duty.
[20:38]
[20:41]: It is my duty.
[20:46]
[20:48]: Husband should give all comforts to the wife.
[20:51]: She may not be uncomfortable in any way. They want silk cloth, little ornaments…
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[21:05]: Husband must give to keep the women happy.
[21:11]
[21:14]: In India you will find the poor men, they will get lead bangles,
[21:28]: they cannot provide silver or gold, but bangle must be there.
[21:36]: If not lead then glass.
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[21:56]: Krishna has got two: to kill the demons and to benedict the devotees…
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