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People are unwilling to accept the Krsna consciousness because they are blind. They do not see actual position of their life. That is the position (of) conditioned soul. They are busy simply for sense gratification

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"People are unwilling to accept the Kṛṣṇa consciousness because they are blind. They do not see actual position of their life. That is the position, conditioned soul. They are busy simply for sense gratification"

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People are unwilling to accept the Kṛṣṇa consciousness because they are blind. They do not see actual position of their life. That is the position (of) conditioned soul. They are busy simply for sense gratification. So vairāgya-vidyā means not sense gratification, but to satisfy Kṛṣṇa.


So this process of getting out is noncooperation. That is called vairāgya-vidyā.

So Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī says that, "I was unwilling to accept this vairāgya-vidyā, but He forced me to take it." And . . . apāyayan mām anabhīpsum andham: "Because I was blind, I thought that this material world is everything. Therefore I was blind. And therefore I was unwilling also." People are unwilling to accept the Kṛṣṇa consciousness because they are blind. They do not see actual position of their life. That is the position, conditioned soul. They are busy simply for sense gratification.

So vairāgya-vidyā means not sense gratification, but to satisfy Kṛṣṇa. Hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa-sevanam (CC Madhya 19.170): to satisfy the senses of Kṛṣṇa.

Material life means satisfying our own senses, and vairāgya-vidyā, or devotional service, means satisfying Kṛṣṇa's senses. That's all. What is the difference between material so-called love and Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa love? The difference is, in the material world, both the parties, they are trying to satisfy their own senses. It doesn't matter. When a boy loves a girl or a girl loves a boy, the motive is his or her own sense satisfaction.

But the gopīs, their view is . . . not only gopīs—all the cowherds boys, Mother Yaśodā, Nanda Mahārāja, the Vṛndāvana party. So all of them ready to satisfy Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa, when He was a boy, His father was arranging for Indra-yajña. Kṛṣṇa said: "My dear father, there is no need of arranging for Indra-yajña. Better you offer these materials to Govardhana Hill."

The father answered, "My dear boy, if You want to offer some sacrifice to the Govardhana Hill, I shall arrange for another yajña. So this is our custom. We are observing this traditionally. So let us perform this." Kṛṣṇa said: "No, there is no need." The old man immediately rejected, "All right. Kṛṣṇa, to satisfy Kṛṣṇa." The old tradition immediately gave up. And Indra saw, "Oh, this boy is so impudent, He has stopped my yajña. All right, I shall teach something."

Page Title:People are unwilling to accept the Krsna consciousness because they are blind. They do not see actual position of their life. That is the position (of) conditioned soul. They are busy simply for sense gratification
Compiler:Visnu Murti
Created:2015-11-28, 14:44:38
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