King Malaya Dvaja attained perfect knowledge by being able to distinguish the super soul from the individual soul.

The individual soul is localized, whereas the super soul is all-pervasive.

He became perfect in knowledge that the material body is not the soul, but that the soul is the witness of the material body.

So in this purport, Sita Prabhupada explains there are 2 types of Mayavadis.

The Buddhists who say everything is 0 and the Shankarites who say everything is 1.

So 1 might wonder, well, how these bogus philosophies can come?

After all, Buddha is an incarnation of Krishna himself.

So how is he teaching this false conception?

As many as I've described, there's a reason for this.

In the Vedic culture, there's no such thing as cow killing or animal killing.

But on certain occasions to test the power of the Mancha, the Brahmins would take, they wouldn't kill but they would take an old cow and put the cow to the sacrificial fire while chanting Vedic mantras, the cow would come out rejuvenated with the young calf's body.

If we could do that today, it would be very popular.

Come to our temple, all old people come to our temple, and you can become a young, make you young immediately.

Come as an old person with a cane and hearing aids and glasses and a wheelchair and make you a powerful youth.

But we don't do that because then they simply remain in the bodily platform.

We teach them how not to have a jubilant body, but how to get out of the cycle of birth and death and regain your original spiritual body which never gets sick, never gets old and never dies.

So anyway, as the ages progressed, the Kali Yuga came and the people said, oh the Brahmins were killing cows, so cow killing is okay, it's Vedic.

So to save the poor animals, Krishna appeared in the form of Buddha Day to say the Vedas are false, just follow me, the Vedas are false.

But now you have an India which rejected the Vedas, they are all scriptures, the Vedas are rejected from India.

So the halfway compromise between atheism and theism, Lord Krishna instructed Lord Shiva to introduce this philosophy that's all 1.

If You say there is no God, but if I can teach you that you are God, will you be only accepted?

So in this way the Vedic culture will be accepted, the Vedic scriptures will be accepted, but an impersonal twist to misunderstand them, to misquote them, etc.

That I'm God, you're God, and we're all God.

Then Lord Krishna would be very kind if on the fallen souls he appeared in the form of great Vaishnavacharya, the 6 go swamis, and he came in self as Lord Jaitanya Mahaviru to make it very clear.

So the philosophy of Shinja-bheda-bheda-tattva.

So we don't reject it as all 1, but it's all 1 and it's different simultaneously.

Buddhists say it's all 0, Sāṅkhārāṇas say it's all 1, and we say it's 1 and different simultaneously.

It's like the ocean, the drop of the ocean.

They both have the same chemical composition.

So the individual salt is sakti and nandhavigraha, part and parcel of the supreme sakti and nandhavigraha.

Those qualities of sakti and nandhavigraha are both in the individual salt and in the supreme salt, the supreme personality of God.

So in that sense, it's like the drop of water is 1 with the ocean.

But it's different also because you can float a battleship on the ocean but not in a drop.

So this is the perfection of philosophy, actually.

The evolution of philosophy is the perfection of philosophy, the Shinjubeta Tata, it's all simultaneously 1 and different.

The trouble is, People are very attracted to atheism, or all is 1 philosophy, which is very popular nowadays.

The most popular thing now is not even to philosophy.

Very few people are even looking for self-realization.

Out of a million, actually the world is 8.1 billion.

Krishna says that out of a million, 1 will take to it.

So what if some mathematician could do the calculation?

How many millions are there in 8.1 billion?

In 1 billion, there's a thousand millions.

So that means that it would be 8, 100 people interested in civilization of the world population.

And out of those 8, 000 who are serious about Self-Realization, maybe even 1 can understand, so maybe 8 people can understand.

So it's very, very rare to come to the platform of Self-Realization.

So somehow we've been blessed in coming to this.

Krishna says, many come, but only a few will actually understand.

Many people have come and many people go.

How many people actually stick with it, century, decade after decade after decade for their whole lifetime?

We see many while they're still around but they don't follow strictly anymore.

That's also Those who leave it completely, those who are still here, but they're not fully practicing it anymore.

They're mixing it, but it wasn't sense gratification.

So how many are actually purely following it?

That's a small number, maybe a little bit, but it's a very rare thing.

So we've been so fortunate to come to this platform.

Let us not be 1 of those who follow the bloops.

Well, bloop indicates it's like somebody falls off the ship into the ocean.

What's the sound when they hit the water?

So we say, where are we having this kind of vernacular?

We want to be blooped troopers of Lord Caitanya's army.

So the bloopers be a trooper, fighting on behalf of Lord Caitanya Mahababhu to defeat Buddhism and Shankara philosophy, to reestablish Chinche Betabedita Tathya.

This is certainly the duty given to us by Prabhupada to convince people that there is God and you are the servant of God.

Actually many people believe in God, but how many actually understand the science of God?

There's a big difference between believing in God and the science of God.

Many people believe in God, although numbers are going down.

Even our temple in Los Angeles, we bought it from some Christians who couldn't fill the church anymore with church members because the religious enthusiasm was going down.

Then we bought the church in 3764 Watsika Avenue.

It was bought from the Christians because they were losing their members.

More and more people are not going to church, although America is 1 of the most popular places in the Western world.

There are religions still much more popular than Europe.

They're having difficulty to keep their members interested because they're not really even the real thing.

They're giving a compromise between religion and sense gratification.

But actually he is already giving us that sense gratification in terms of approaches.

The animal is getting their sense gratification from God.

You see the animal going to church and begging God for their daily bread?

Are they going to church and begging God?

He's giving them also whatever they're getting.

Our necessities are coming automatically from God.

So instead of begging for necessities, we should understand we should be begging for pure love.

I love you, I love you, I love you, but give me, give me, give me.

Kill of all your duties, it's already been done.

I'll take it with sarvapapayomokshyashami and live you from all your sinful reactions.

I mean, who could give a better deal than that?

After all, we have millions of lifetimes of karma sticking with us, forcing us to enjoy and suffer in so many ways.

It's like somebody has become very wealthy and very famous.

That's their result from biased activities in previous lifetimes.

Some unknown person, all it comes to being is a huge Indian celebrity.

Others were also trying for it, but they couldn't get it.

You see, there were so many rock bands trying to become famous.

Why did the Beatles become famous and not so many other rock bands?

Because they had pious activities in previous lifetimes.

Everybody was working a job, somebody moves all the way to Oxford, and starts their own corporation because of the multi-million dollar corporation.

No, it was their karma, their past pious activities.

So, why don't I have good karma to become famous or wealthy?

And don't have to become wealthy or famous.

Actually, you burn off your good karma, then you go down and become a dog in the street once again.

So what's the use of striving for material advancement?

As soon as you burn off the pious activities, the result of your past pious work is taken away.

But if you call it the Krishna consciousness, you're hearing again and again from Prabhupada that whatever advancement you make, it's your eternal asset.

It's not like good karma you burn it off and it's finished.

So this is the best opportunity we have to develop Krishna consciousness.

Every bead you chant on, Adi Krishna, Adi Krishna, Krishna, Krishna, Adi, Adi, Adi Rama, Adi Rama, Rama, Rama, Adi, Adi, you're occurring spiritual assets from every bead.

You know it's not that they're never taken away.

You know if you fall down, generally they don't fall down, but if you do fall down, whatever you gain, they're not taken away.

Somebody goes crazy, they run away for a sense of God vacation, whatever progress they made, it's their eternal asset and they come back again to Krishna consciousness, they don't start at the point of 0, they start at the point where they left off.

So this is a very good opportunity, we should take advantage of this.

are actually intelligent, we will take advantage of this.

Running after this, running here, running, running, running, running, running, like monkeys.

You see the monkeys and the dog running, running, running, running, trying to grab this, grab that.

We've done this already in millions of lifetimes.

We've been flying, we've been monkeys, we've been dogs, we've been hogs, we've been elephants, we've been birds, we've been fish, we've been crocodiles, we've been demigods on the heavenly planets.

We've gone through so many positions in this material world that We've never been satisfied in any situation.

So why should we foolishly squeeze pleasure from that place where pleasure doesn't exist?

It's like trying to get a juice out of a rock.

I say, well, you can make nice juicing, put a carrot in the juicing machine, put celery, put apples, you can put so many things in the juicing machine, get some nice juice from it.

Can I put a rock in the juicing machine and get some nice juice out of it?

But here we are squeezing a rock, trying to get pleasure out

we should put our material sense gratification desires on mute.

We should mute our desires to material sense gratification, put them on mute.

Apariyama nam chalapati sattam samruddhava bhava bhavishanti yadvata doit kamayam bhavishanti sarve shustantam ala gauti na kamakami.

A person is not disturbed by the incessant flow of desire that interlikes rivers into the ocean which is never being filled with water, but still can learn to achieve peace and not that person who strives to satisfy such desires.

So the Prophet explained in his purport, as long as you have a material body, the desires of sense gratification will be there.

The tongue wants gratification, the belly, the genitals, the mind, the ego, all these things want gratification, not their nature.

So the desires or their gratification is there within these material senses.

But 1 instead of giving into them, serving them desires, we should tell them to be quiet and just shut up, you rascals.

My dear senses, your only business now is engaging in Krishna's service.

I've served you for millions and billions of lifetimes, and where has it gotten me?

Another damn rotting material body, that's where it's gotten me.

So my dear senses, my dear tongue, belly and genitals, false ego, all of these things, I'm not going to serve you anymore.

You've got to be in too much trouble, another body, another body, another body.

I'm going to use my intelligence to understand where I should give my service.

In this way, even the desire to be there, the ocean always keeps the same level, even though so many rivers, millions and billions of gallons, are flowing into the ocean every minute.

Desire to be honored, desire to have sex life, desire to eat all kinds of delicious food stuffs, chocolate eclairs, whatever it may be.

Equipoise means saying everything equally.

Whether I'm honored, whether I'm dishonored, whether I'm chastised, whether I'm glorified, whether I'm sick, whether I'm healthy, whether I'm young, whether I'm old, whether I'm famous, whether I'm unknown, whatever it may be.

The dualities are always there, up and down, up and down, up and down, and the mirror is not somewhere you go around in material existence.

We have to see suffering and enjoyment as the same.

Okay, well then you should see devotional service and hearing Bhagavata.

So anyway, now we can open up for questions.

We're changing shifting now into the question and answer mode.

No, we shouldn't have comments going on in the class.

Let me put it over here where I can see the questions coming in.

If a spiritual aspirant asks to organize a daily schedule, what should be his first priority?

If you put it on the top of the list then you'll be in good shape.

If Krishna is there, everything follows automatically because of the shadow.

Material activities are shadow, but Krishna is the light.

So if we put Krishna first, you'll say, let me do everything in a way that will please Krishna.

How can I do my daily activities in a way that will please Krishna?

You see, Krishna is actually our best friend.

So many times explained, there may be so many things going around, that your best friend is actually a well-wisher, he's the most powerful, wealthy, and famous, and knowledgeable person in all of existence.

He happens to be your best friend, You have no problem.

only reason we have problems is we forget our best friend.

See, this situation, that situation, so much anxiety about this situation, that anxiety, it means we're forgetting who our best friend is.

He is all powerful, all knowing, all moving and innocent.

We always remember Krishna as our best friend.

My best friend knows everything, he controls everything.

Always put Krishna first and everything will be perfect.

What is the difference between tolerating material desires with getting disturbed, and tolerating without getting disturbed.

There has to be a neophyte devotee and advanced devotee.

We know the philosophy to be equipoised, but we haven't achieved that position yet.

Brahmabhuta prasannadam anasoceti nakamshati.

As neophytes We know it's out there, but we haven't gotten there yet.

So as neophytes, yes, I'm disturbed, I feel elated when I'm glorified, I feel depressed when I'm chastised, etc.

Because we even know the philosophy and we haven't fully manifested it yet in our consciousness.

It's theoretical to some extent, it's theoretical and not practical.

So we have to practice it, practice it, practice it.

We keep the theoretical understanding, keep trying to apply that knowledge, apply that knowledge, and someday, and hopefully not too far away, it will become factually manifested.

Not only know it, but I will actually feel it.

You can think about it, you can know it, but actually feel it at the higher level.

So actually I can feel pain and pleasure is the same.

If I can feel honor and dishonor is the same.

The poverty, that's at a very advanced level, Brahmavutta, but it's not.

That's the difference between neophyte and advanced ability.

To have the knowledge that they are equal, remembering that is very favorable.

Because by remembering that, we can train ourselves to actually come to that position in our feelings.

You remember it, I must tolerate the desire.

Even though I'm disturbed by it, I can tolerate it.

But if you're not disturbed, that's a much higher level.

We can pray for that day when I see birth, death, old age, and disease the same as a Sunday love feast or whatever.

Even after surrendering at the Gurdwara Rangu we are worried about other necessities.

Our surrender is to some extent only theoretical and not practical.

We're practically fully surrendered and everything will be experienced the same.

Honor and dishonor, pain and pleasure, etc.

We're theoretically surrendering, we're trying to do the best we can, but our mind is not fully surrendering, that's the problem.

Our mind is just running here, running there, running, running, running, sense the identification here and there.

not fully surrendered, Guru Mahadev is making the point.

I'm the 1 who got initiated and I'm surrendered.

Yes, the point we're both making is that is a high position, fully surrendered.

Every thought word indeed is fully dovetailed in the service of Guru and Krishna.

Every thought word indeed is perfectly in the service of Guru and Krishna.

To be honest, it may be embarrassing, but we have to admit it.

We're still running, running for subtle or gross sense enjoyment to ruin Krishna's eyes.

Why does desire for sense gratification spring up again and again and again?

Well, it's like somebody's addicted to nicotine.

They were smoking cigarettes before and now they've given up.

Cigarette smoking is against the principles but the body is craving it because they have an addiction.

It's like a physiological, The body is craving nicotine because they are used to getting it.

I have to have nicotine, I have to have nicotine, and I have to have nicotine.

So in the same way, somebody may be taking the sex pleasure.

I have to have sex, I have to have sex, I have to have sex, I have to have sex.

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