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<div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam" class="section" sec_index="1" parent="compilation" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam"><h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2> | |||
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< | <div class="heading">This most sinful and inimical passion is represented as ahaṅkāra, or the false egocentric attitude of thinking oneself to be all in all. | ||
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<span class=" | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 3.12.11|SB 3.12.11, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">When lust and hankering are unsatisfied, the element of krodha appears, which is the formidable enemy of the conditioned soul. This most sinful and inimical passion is represented as ahaṅkāra, or the false egocentric attitude of thinking oneself to be all in all. Such an egocentric attitude on the part of the conditioned soul, who is completely under the control of material nature, is described in Bhagavad-gītā as foolish. The egocentric attitude is a manifestation of the Rudra principle in the heart, wherein krodha (anger) is generated.</p> | ||
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== Conversations and Morning Walks == | </div> | ||
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=== 1975 Conversations and Morning Walks === | </div> | ||
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Young man: Yes, but one is egocentric... My egoism is very close to my body. | <div class="heading">Yes. Everyone says "I am." But the mistake is: he is thinking "I am this body." | ||
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Prabhupāda: Yes. Everyone says "I am." But the mistake is: he is thinking "I am this body." That... When one is in knowledge, he understands that "I am not this body; I am spirit soul." The "I am" is there. But "I am" is now falsely identified with this body. That has to be cured. Then spiritual knowledge begins.</ | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation with Yoga Student -- March 14, 1975, Iran|Room Conversation with Yoga Student -- March 14, 1975, Iran]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Young man: Yes, but one is egocentric... My egoism is very close to my body.</p> | ||
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes. Everyone says "I am." But the mistake is: he is thinking "I am this body." That... When one is in knowledge, he understands that "I am not this body; I am spirit soul." The "I am" is there. But "I am" is now falsely identified with this body. That has to be cured. Then spiritual knowledge begins.</p> | |||
=== 1976 Conversations and Morning Walks === | </div> | ||
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Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Egocentric. | <div id="RoomConversationWithRadhaDamodaraSankirtanaPartyMarch161976Mayapur_1" class="quote" parent="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="55" link="Room Conversation With Radha-Damodara Sankirtana Party -- March 16, 1976, Mayapur" link_text="Room Conversation With Radha-Damodara Sankirtana Party -- March 16, 1976, Mayapur"> | ||
<div class="heading">Egocentric, yes. This is egocentric. | |||
Prabhupāda: Egocentric, yes. This is egocentric. | </div> | ||
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation With Radha-Damodara Sankirtana Party -- March 16, 1976, Mayapur|Room Conversation With Radha-Damodara Sankirtana Party -- March 16, 1976, Mayapur]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: Each and every flower take alone; it is not beautiful, but when they are combined together, it looks very beautiful. It is attractive. And that is wanted. Because from the spiritual platform we are all working. Paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 5.18 (1972)|BG 5.18]]). Spiritual platform, every one of us, we are servant of Kṛṣṇa. So where is the competition between one servant with another? There is.... Even there is competition, the center is Kṛṣṇa—"Who can serve more?" Therefore that competition is very welcome, because there is no personal interest. Everyone is trying how to serve Kṛṣṇa more. That is wanted. The competition is there in his real form and perverted form. In the real form Kṛṣṇa is the center, and the perverted form, I am the center. I compete with you to satisfy my senses more. What is called? Heliocentric or...?</p> | |||
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: It should be Kṛṣṇa-centric. | <p>Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Egocentric.</p> | ||
<p>Prabhupāda: Egocentric, yes. This is egocentric.</p> | |||
Prabhupāda: Yes, then it is perfect. The competition must remain. The others, they say, "Why competition? Make it zero." That is imperfect. But competition to satisfy Kṛṣṇa, that is reality.</ | <p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: It should be Kṛṣṇa-centric.</p> | ||
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes, then it is perfect. The competition must remain. The others, they say, "Why competition? Make it zero." That is imperfect. But competition to satisfy Kṛṣṇa, that is reality.</p> | |||
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"egocentric"
When lust and hankering are unsatisfied, the element of krodha appears, which is the formidable enemy of the conditioned soul. This most sinful and inimical passion is represented as ahaṅkāra, or the false egocentric attitude of thinking oneself to be all in all. Such an egocentric attitude on the part of the conditioned soul, who is completely under the control of material nature, is described in Bhagavad-gītā as foolish. The egocentric attitude is a manifestation of the Rudra principle in the heart, wherein krodha (anger) is generated.
Young man: Yes, but one is egocentric... My egoism is very close to my body.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Everyone says "I am." But the mistake is: he is thinking "I am this body." That... When one is in knowledge, he understands that "I am not this body; I am spirit soul." The "I am" is there. But "I am" is now falsely identified with this body. That has to be cured. Then spiritual knowledge begins.
Prabhupāda: Each and every flower take alone; it is not beautiful, but when they are combined together, it looks very beautiful. It is attractive. And that is wanted. Because from the spiritual platform we are all working. Paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ (BG 5.18). Spiritual platform, every one of us, we are servant of Kṛṣṇa. So where is the competition between one servant with another? There is.... Even there is competition, the center is Kṛṣṇa—"Who can serve more?" Therefore that competition is very welcome, because there is no personal interest. Everyone is trying how to serve Kṛṣṇa more. That is wanted. The competition is there in his real form and perverted form. In the real form Kṛṣṇa is the center, and the perverted form, I am the center. I compete with you to satisfy my senses more. What is called? Heliocentric or...?
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Egocentric.
Prabhupāda: Egocentric, yes. This is egocentric.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: It should be Kṛṣṇa-centric.
Prabhupāda: Yes, then it is perfect. The competition must remain. The others, they say, "Why competition? Make it zero." That is imperfect. But competition to satisfy Kṛṣṇa, that is reality.