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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.
[11:18] :
[11:25] : This is our goswami’s instruction.
[11:28] :
[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.
[11:53] :
[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?
[12:56] :
[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.
[15:04] :
[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…
[18:33] :
[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.
[20:04] :
[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.
[20:30] :
[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…
[21:01] :
[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.
[21:39] :
[21:56] : Krishna has got two: to kill the demons and to benedict the devotees…
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