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I can understand how I can serve my own senses or how I can serve another man, but serving God...

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"I can understand how I can serve my own senses or how I can serve another man, but serving God"

Lectures

Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

You are serving your senses means you are serving the dictation of your senses. Is it not? Similarly, if you serve the dictation of Kṛṣṇa, then you serve Kṛṣṇa.
Lecture on SB 7.6.3 -- Montreal, June 16, 1968:

Guest (1): Swamijī, I'm always confused by the term "serving God," "serving Kṛṣṇa."

Prabhupāda: You are?

Guest (1): It's confusing to me.

Prabhupāda: It is confusing?

Guest (1): Yes. I can understand how I can serve my own senses or how I can serve another man, but serving God...

Prabhupāda: You are serving your senses means you are serving the dictation of your senses. Is it not? Similarly, if you serve the dictation of Kṛṣṇa, then you serve Kṛṣṇa. You are serving your senses means your eyes want to see a beautiful thing, dictates, "My dear sir, please take me to that beautiful...," you go. So you are serving your dictation of the sense gratification of the eyes. Your tongue is pinching you, "Please give me a cigarette." Oh, you at once supply: "Yes." So you are serving your senses means the dictation of your senses. Similarly, if you practice to serve the dictation of Kṛṣṇa, then you are liberated. Simply you have to change the account. Your service position will continue because we are eternally servants. We are never master.

Page Title:I can understand how I can serve my own senses or how I can serve another man, but serving God...
Compiler:Alakananda
Created:25 of Mar, 2011
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1