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== Conversations and Morning Walks ==
<div class="section" id="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="Conversations and Morning Walks"><h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2></div>


=== 1975 Conversations and Morning Walks ===
<div class="sub_section" id="1975_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="1975 Conversations and Morning Walks"><h3>1975 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3></div>


<span class="q_heading">'''They do not come under the control of this mahāmāyā. They have got their own spiritual potency.'''</span>
<div class="quote" book="Con" link="Morning Walk -- September 30, 1975, Bombay" link_text="Morning Walk -- September 30, 1975, Bombay">
<div class="heading">They do not come under the control of this mahāmāyā. They have got their own spiritual potency.</div>


<span class="CON-statistics">'''[[Vanisource:Morning Walk -- September 30, 1975, Bombay|Morning Walk -- September 30, 1975, Bombay]]:'''
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Dr. Patel: So all the avatāras of God, they come with a controlling...
Dr. Patel: So all the avatāras of God, they come with a controlling...
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Dr. Patel: And it is by His own free will.
Dr. Patel: And it is by His own free will.


Prabhupāda: Yes, as He likes. He likes to appear as fish, that's all. Not that... Ordinary fish, it is forced to take the body of a fish.</span>
Prabhupāda: Yes, as He likes. He likes to appear as fish, that's all. Not that... Ordinary fish, it is forced to take the body of a fish.</div>
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<span class="q_heading">'''For so many years people are reading Bhagavad-gītā, but still they are in bodily concept. That is the misfortune.'''</span>
<div class="quote" book="Con" link="Morning Walk -- November 10, 1975, Bombay" link_text="Morning Walk -- November 10, 1975, Bombay">
<div class="heading">For so many years people are reading Bhagavad-gītā, but still they are in bodily concept. That is the misfortune.</div>


<span class="CON-statistics">'''[[Vanisource:Morning Walk -- November 10, 1975, Bombay|Morning Walk -- November 10, 1975, Bombay]]:'''
<div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:Morning Walk -- November 10, 1975, Bombay|Morning Walk -- November 10, 1975, Bombay]]:'''


Prabhupāda: That is the beginning. Therefore Kṛṣṇa, in the beginning of Bhagavad-gītā, He says, dehino 'smin yathā dehe [Bg. 2.13]. Because everyone is rascal, he is thinking, "I am this body." Arjuna was also thinking, "How shall I kill my other side, my brother, my nephews?" Bodily. Therefore the beginning of spiritual education is to understand that "I am not this body; I am soul." That is the beginning. For so many years people are reading Bhagavad-gītā, but still they are in bodily concept. That is the misfortune.
Prabhupāda: That is the beginning. Therefore Kṛṣṇa, in the beginning of Bhagavad-gītā, He says, dehino 'smin yathā dehe [Bg. 2.13]. Because everyone is rascal, he is thinking, "I am this body." Arjuna was also thinking, "How shall I kill my other side, my brother, my nephews?" Bodily. Therefore the beginning of spiritual education is to understand that "I am not this body; I am soul." That is the beginning. For so many years people are reading Bhagavad-gītā, but still they are in bodily concept. That is the misfortune.
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Dr. Patel: Mahāmāyā duratyayā.
Dr. Patel: Mahāmāyā duratyayā.


Prabhupāda: Yes.</span>
Prabhupāda: Yes.</div>
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=== 1977 Conversations and Morning Walks ===
<div class="sub_section" id="1977_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="1977 Conversations and Morning Walks"><h3>1977 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3></div>


<span class="q_heading">'''Two māyās are working under the direction of Kṛṣṇa: the mahāmāyā, this material world; and yogamāyā, the spiritual world.'''</span>
<div class="quote" book="Con" link="Room Conversation -- October 14, 1977, Vrndavana" link_text="Room Conversation -- October 14, 1977, Vrndavana">
<div class="heading">Two māyās are working under the direction of Kṛṣṇa: the mahāmāyā, this material world; and yogamāyā, the spiritual world.</div>


<span class="CON-statistics">'''[[Vanisource:Room Conversation -- October 14, 1977, Vrndavana|Room Conversation -- October 14, 1977, Vrndavana]]:'''
<div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:Room Conversation -- October 14, 1977, Vrndavana|Room Conversation -- October 14, 1977, Vrndavana]]:'''


Prabhupāda: The mothers were more anxious to feed the older calves, although the new calves were present, because the older calves were expansions of Kṛṣṇa. This was surprising.
Prabhupāda: The mothers were more anxious to feed the older calves, although the new calves were present, because the older calves were expansions of Kṛṣṇa. This was surprising.
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Pradyumna: (Sanskrit-paśyato' pi to yoga-māyaiva)
Pradyumna: (Sanskrit-paśyato' pi to yoga-māyaiva)


Prabhupāda: No, just explain it. These were happening by the yogamāyā's manipulations. It is not generally happening, but on account of yogamāyā, it was so happening. Two māyās are working under the direction of Kṛṣṇa: the mahāmāyā, this material world; and yogamāyā, the spiritual world. So this uncommon thing was happening on account of yogamāyā's influence.</span>
Prabhupāda: No, just explain it. These were happening by the yogamāyā's manipulations. It is not generally happening, but on account of yogamāyā, it was so happening. Two māyās are working under the direction of Kṛṣṇa: the mahāmāyā, this material world; and yogamāyā, the spiritual world. So this uncommon thing was happening on account of yogamāyā's influence.</div>
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Conversations and Morning Walks

1975 Conversations and Morning Walks

They do not come under the control of this mahāmāyā. They have got their own spiritual potency.
Morning Walk -- September 30, 1975, Bombay:

Dr. Patel: So all the avatāras of God, they come with a controlling...

Prabhupāda: Ātma-māyā.

Dr. Patel: Controlling.

Prabhupāda: Sambhavāmy ātma-māyayā [Bg. 4.6]. They do not come under the control of this mahāmāyā. They have got their own spiritual potency. Āhlādinī-śakti. Ātmanaṁ sṛjāmy aham. Ātmanam: Myself, I advent." How it can be like ordinary man? We are... karmaṇā daiva-netreṇa [SB 3.31.1]. We get body. But He says....

Dr. Patel: And it is by His own free will.

Prabhupāda: Yes, as He likes. He likes to appear as fish, that's all. Not that... Ordinary fish, it is forced to take the body of a fish.
For so many years people are reading Bhagavad-gītā, but still they are in bodily concept. That is the misfortune.
Morning Walk -- November 10, 1975, Bombay:

Prabhupāda: That is the beginning. Therefore Kṛṣṇa, in the beginning of Bhagavad-gītā, He says, dehino 'smin yathā dehe [Bg. 2.13]. Because everyone is rascal, he is thinking, "I am this body." Arjuna was also thinking, "How shall I kill my other side, my brother, my nephews?" Bodily. Therefore the beginning of spiritual education is to understand that "I am not this body; I am soul." That is the beginning. For so many years people are reading Bhagavad-gītā, but still they are in bodily concept. That is the misfortune.

Dr. Patel: Mahāmāyā duratyayā.

Prabhupāda: Yes.

1977 Conversations and Morning Walks

Two māyās are working under the direction of Kṛṣṇa: the mahāmāyā, this material world; and yogamāyā, the spiritual world.
Room Conversation -- October 14, 1977, Vrndavana:

Prabhupāda: The mothers were more anxious to feed the older calves, although the new calves were present, because the older calves were expansions of Kṛṣṇa. This was surprising.

Pradyumna: (Sanskrit-paśyato' pi to yoga-māyaiva)

Prabhupāda: No, just explain it. These were happening by the yogamāyā's manipulations. It is not generally happening, but on account of yogamāyā, it was so happening. Two māyās are working under the direction of Kṛṣṇa: the mahāmāyā, this material world; and yogamāyā, the spiritual world. So this uncommon thing was happening on account of yogamāyā's influence.