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<h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2>
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<h3>1971 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3>
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This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is purifying everyone. This bodily concept of life, "I am Indian," "I am American," "I am Hindu," "I am Muslim," they are forgetting. Just like in our society there are devotees from many religious sects, many countries, but they are nobody in that concept of life. They are purely thinking, "I am servant of Kṛṣṇa." This is bhakti . This is spiritual platform.
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What you are? "I am servant of Kṛṣṇa." ''Śivo 'ham'' is the beginning. ''Śivo 'ham, ahaṁ brahmāsmi'', that is the beginning realization. Just like "I am this," "I am Indian," "I am this." Then you have to think over, "Then what is my duty?" This perception that I am Śiva or Maṅgala, I am spirit soul, then what is my duty?
 
Now I am working now with the bodily concept of life, "I am Indian," "I am Kashmiri," "I am this," "I am that." So when I realize that I am neither Kashmiri nor Indian nor this or not that, I am ''śivo 'ham'', or ''brahmāsmi'', or I am eternal servant of God, Kṛṣṇa, that is your purest. ''Tat-paratvena nirmalam.''
 
When you come to that understanding, ''śivo 'ham'' understanding, ''brahmāsmi'' understanding, or eternal servant of God understanding, then your duty begins. That is ''bhakti''. So therefore ''bhakti'' is not on the material platform. ''Bhakti'' is on the spiritual platform. ''Sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahma-bhūyāya kalpate'' ([[vanisource:BG 14.26 (1972)|BG 14.26]]).
 
:''brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā''
:''na śocati na kāṅkṣati''
:''samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu''
:''mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām''
:([[vanisource:BG 18.54 (1972)|BG 18.54]])
 
So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is purifying everyone. This bodily concept of life, "I am Indian," "I am American," "I am Hindu," "I am Muslim," they are forgetting. Just like in our society there are devotees from many religious sects, many countries, but they are nobody in that concept of life. They are purely thinking, "I am servant of Kṛṣṇa." This is ''bhakti'', and this is spiritual platform.
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