New York Airport — Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers
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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?
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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.
- [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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