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You cannot go beyond your nature. If you go beyond your nature, that is called maya. Maya means what is not

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"You cannot go beyond your nature. If you go beyond your nature, that is called māyā. Māyā means what is not"

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

Because the small is meant for rendering service to the great. If God is great, and we are part and parcel of the Supreme, so our natural sequence, natural life, is to render service. That is our nature. You cannot go beyond your nature. If you go beyond your nature, that is called māyā. Māyā means what is not. Therefore we are all servants, but here, in the material designation, we are trying to be master.

"What is the reason why the water is liquid?" it is very difficult to answer. "Why water is liquid? What is the reason?" if you ask like that, it is very difficult to answer why water is liquid, why fire is hot. This is the natural sequence. Whenever there is water, it is liquid. Nature is like that. Whenever there is fire, it is hot. And if you ask, "Why fire is hot?" oh, it is a very difficult question to answer. We have to trace out the whole natural course, why water . . . fire has become hot.

Similarly, every living being is a servant. That is the natural sequence. How it has become, that will take some time to understand. But it is not very difficult to understand. Because the small is meant for rendering service to the great. If God is great, and we are part and parcel of the Supreme, so our natural sequence, natural life, is to render service.

That is our nature. You cannot go beyond your nature. If you go beyond your nature, that is called māyā. Māyā means what is not. Therefore we are all servants, but here, in the material designation, we are trying to be master. Everyone is trying to be master. Therefore so much trouble of existence. If everyone becomes servant, there is no struggle. There is no struggle.

Page Title:You cannot go beyond your nature. If you go beyond your nature, that is called maya. Maya means what is not
Compiler:Soham
Created:2022-12-29, 13:40:10
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1