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<div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="1" parent="Lectures" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures"><h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
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<div id="LectureonSB1828LosAngelesApril201973_0" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="218" link="Lecture on SB 1.8.28 -- Los Angeles, April 20, 1973" link_text="Lecture on SB 1.8.28 -- Los Angeles, April 20, 1973">
<div class="heading">Sun is equal. One has to take advantage of it. The sunshine is there open, but if you close your door, if you want to keep yourself in airtight darkness, that is your business.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.8.28 -- Los Angeles, April 20, 1973|Lecture on SB 1.8.28 -- Los Angeles, April 20, 1973]]: </span><div class="text" style="display: inline; "><p style="display: inline; ">Kṛṣṇa does not say that: "You come to Me. You become liberated." No. He's open for everyone. He says: sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja ([[Vanisource:BG 18.66 (1972)|BG 18.66]]). He speaks to everyone. Not that He's speaking to Arjuna only. He's speaking to everyone. Bhagavad-gītā is spoken not only for Arjuna. Arjuna is the, just like the target. But it is spoken for everyone, for all human beings. So one has to take advantage. Samaṁ carantam. He's not partial that: "You become..." Just like the sunshine. The sunshine is not partial that: "Here is a poor man, here is a low-class man, here is a hog. I shall not distribute my shining there." No. Sun is equal. One has to take advantage of it. The sunshine is there open, but if you close your door, if you want to keep yourself in airtight darkness, that is your business.</p>
<p>Similarly Krsna is everywhere. Krsna is for everyone. Krsna is ready to accept you as soon as you surrender. Samam carantam. There is no restriction.</p>
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