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<div class="heading">We are trying to form character and God consciousness, Krsna consciousness. So therefore it is not that this society is opened for exploiting others. This society is for giving good association to the, I mean to say, misguided people, this society, so that by association they will gradually develop godly qualities. The godly qualities are already within you. It is dormant. Not that Krsna consciousness is being injected in you.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.6.9-17 -- San Francisco, March 31, 1969|Lecture on SB 7.6.9-17 -- San Francisco, March 31, 1969]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">
Those who are in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, they are called demigods. Demigods, you don't think that simply the citizens or the residents of higher planet, they are called demigods. No. 

Even in this planet, those who are devotees of the Lord, those who accept the supremacy of God and those who are devotees, they are called demigods. And those who do not accept that, those who defy the existence of God, they are called demons.

So Prahlāda Mahārāja recommends that ''tato vidūrāt parihṛtya daityā''. ''Vidūrāt'': "From distance, from long distance, please give up the association of the demons," ''upetya nārāyaṇam ādi-devaṁ sa mukta-saṅgair iṣito 'pavargaḥ'', "and take the company of . . . accept the society of devotees." Then it will be very easy. ''Saṅgāt sañjāyate kāmaḥ'' ([[Vanisource:BG 2.62 (1972)|BG 2.62]]). 

Your desires and your propensities will be according to your society. Just like in English language it is said: "A man is known by his company." So we have to change our company.

This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is another chance for changing the company, the society. Here in the temple, those who are coming and associating with us, now, we chant, we talk about God, we hear authoritative scriptures like ''Śrīmad-Bhagavad-gītā'', ''Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam'', and we distribute ''prasādam'', and we chant, we dance, we restrict ourself, we restrain ourself. We do not allow illicit sex. We do not, I mean to say, take any intoxicants. We do not indulge in gambling. We do not indulge in meat-eating. Similarly, we are trying to form character and God consciousness, Kṛṣṇa consciousness. 

So therefore it is not that this Society is opened for exploiting others. This Society is for giving good association to the, I mean to say, misguided people, this Society, so that by association they will gradually develop godly qualities. The godly qualities are already within you. It is dormant. Not that Kṛṣṇa consciousness is being injected in you. 

Oh, that is not possible. You are more advanced in every way, you Americans. And because I have come from India with some poor knowledge, I am injecting something in your brain? No. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness is already there. I am simply helping you to revive it. That's all.

Just like a boy or a girl, when they are grown up, it is not that anybody has instructed them how to enjoy sex life. It is already there, but it was not, I mean to say, experienced when they were children. But with the grown-up age the propensities automatically become manifest. Nobody has to learn these things. 

Similarly, Kṛṣṇa consciousness is not a thing to be learned. It is to be revived. Just like the matches: there is already fire. If you simply rub the stick, the fire will come. It is not that ordinary stick, if you rub, there will be fire. The fire is already there. 

Similarly, Prahlāda Mahārāja recommends that you have to change your association: "My dear ''daityas'', boys of the demons, please change your asso . . . give up the association of the demonic people and please take the association of ''nārāyaṇa-parā'', those who are Kṛṣṇa conscious, or God conscious."</p>
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