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| [[Category:Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 06 Chapter 16 - King Citraketu Meets the Supreme Lord]] | | [[Category:Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 06 Chapter 16 - King Citraketu Meets the Supreme Lord]] |
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| The conditioned soul has friends and enemies. He is affected by the good qualities and the faults of his position. The Supreme Lord, however, is always transcendental. Because He is the īśvara, the supreme controller, He is not affected by duality. It may therefore be said that He sits in the core of everyone's heart as the neutral witness of the causes and effects of one's activities, good and bad. We should also understand that udāsīna, neutral, does not mean that He takes no action. Rather, it means that He is not personally affected. For example, a court judge is neutral when two opposing parties appear before him, but he still takes action as the case warrants. To become completely neutral, indifferent, to material activities, we should simply seek shelter at the lotus feet of the supreme neutral person. | | The conditioned soul has friends and enemies. He is affected by the good qualities and the faults of his position. The Supreme Lord, however, is always transcendental. Because He is the īśvara, the supreme controller, He is not affected by duality. It may therefore be said that He sits in the core of everyone's heart as the neutral witness of the causes and effects of one's activities, good and bad. We should also understand that udāsīna, neutral, does not mean that He takes no action. Rather, it means that He is not personally affected. For example, a court judge is neutral when two opposing parties appear before him, but he still takes action as the case warrants. To become completely neutral, indifferent, to material activities, we should simply seek shelter at the lotus feet of the supreme neutral person. |
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| :karmaṇy evādhikāras te</dd><dd>mā phaleṣu kadācana</dd><dd>mā karma-phala-hetur bhūr</dd><dd>mā te saṅgo 'stv akarmaṇi | | :karmaṇy evādhikāras te |
| | :mā phaleṣu kadācana |
| | :mā karma-phala-hetur bhūr |
| | :mā te saṅgo 'stv akarmaṇi |
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