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SB 7-06-15 NV 1976-06-29 The Problem of Family and Belly
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ANNOUNCER: Next is a class
on the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,
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7th canto, 6th chapter,
text number 15,
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given by His Divine Grace
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda,
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recorded on June 29th, 1976, at the
New Vrindaban farm community
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in West Virginia.
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PRADYUMNA: “Translation:
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If a person too attached to the
duties of family maintenance
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is unable to control his senses,
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the core of his heart is immersed
in how to accumulate money.
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Although he knows that one
who takes the wealth of others,
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will be punished by the
law of the government,
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and by the laws of
Yamarāja after death,
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he continues cheating
others to acquire money.”
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PRABHUPĀDA:
vitteṣu nityābhiniviṣṭa-cetā
vidvāṁś ca doṣaṁ para-vitta-hartuḥ
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pretyeha vāthāpy ajitendriyas tad
aśānto-kāmo harate kuṭumbī
[SB 7.6.15]
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So,
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vitteṣu nityābhiniviṣṭa-cetā
[SB 7.6.15]
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if we become too much
attached for getting money,
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that is the material world.
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There is no satiation.
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Idaṁ prāpta, that
Bhagavad-gītā word:
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“I have got so much money, now
my bank balance is so much,
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and I shall get further money and
my bank balance will be like this.”
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This is the demonic mentality.
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We shall require money,
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yāvad artha-prayojanam
[Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.2.255]
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whatever is absolutely necessary,
that much money I must get.
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That is order.
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That is an order.
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We cannot take more
than what is necessary.
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This is actually
spiritual communism.
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If everyone thinks that “Everything
belongs to God and I am son of God,
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so I have got right to enjoy the property
of my Father, but as much as I require,
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not more than that,” this is spiritual
communism, bhāgavata communism.
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That is stated there in the Seventh
Canto by instruction by Nārada Muni:
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gṛhastha, householder, or anyone.
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By nature, you’ll see,
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if you throw one bag of food grains
anywhere, so many birds will come.
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But as soon as their belly is
filled up they will go away.
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They will not take more
than that for tomorrow.
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Sañcaya.
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That is nature.
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They know, “Tomorrow we shall
get again somewhere grains.
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There is no need of stocking.”
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This is nature you’ll find
amongst animal kingdom.
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Similarly, we should also learn
that Kṛṣṇa has given us this belly,
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so He has provided
also the eatables.
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That is real philosophy.
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It is not recommended that you
get more than what you require.
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No.
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yāvad artha-prayojanam
[Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.2.255]
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Especially for Kṛṣṇa
conscious persons.
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Everyone has got right to claim
what is absolutely required.
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In the Bhāgavata, it is stated if
anyone takes more than that,
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then he’s a thief
and he’s punishable.
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īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam
[Īśo mantra 1]
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Everything is God’s property.
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Either on this land or in the sky or in
the water, everything is God’s property.
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And Kṛṣṇa claims also,
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Bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ
sarva-loka-maheśvaram
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suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānām
[Bg. 5.29]
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In the Vedic version, you’ll find,
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īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam
[Īśo mantra 1]
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This philosophy can solve all
the problems of the world.
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Everything belongs to Kṛṣṇa.
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tena tyaktena bhuñjīthā
[Īśo mantra 1]
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Whatever is given to you, you
enjoy, what is allotted to you.
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mā gṛdhaḥ kasya svid dhanam
[Īśo mantra 1]
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Do not touch other’s property.
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But we violate this law,
therefore we suffer.
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So it is stated here, pretya iha,
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if we violate this nature’s law, then
we will suffer here and after death.
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Unfortunately, the modern civilization
is keeping people in so darkness,
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that they have no idea that
there is life after death.
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Just like animal, “Let us enjoy,
beg, borrow, steal and enjoy.”
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No.
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That is not good.
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Prahlāda Mahārāja said,
“No it is not good.”
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Prahlāda Mahā… Everyone will
say, those who are in knowledge.
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yato ātmano ayam kleśada
[SB 5.5.4]
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You can do whatever you
like, but you’ll get a body,
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which may be more troublesome
than the present body.
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In the present body we
have got so many troubles,
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adhyātmika, adhidaivika, and
if we do not work properly,
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then we shall get another
body, more troublesome.
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More troublesome.
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So,
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aśānta-kāmo harate kuṭumbī
[SB 7.6.15]
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This family attachment is so strong
that a person who is not satiated,
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he simply gathers money.
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On one side, they do not
believe in the next life,
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and if you ask him that “Why you
are gathering so much money?”
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he’ll say that “My
grandson will enjoy it.”
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They say like that.
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But if you don’t believe in the
transmigration of the soul,
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then who is coming to be your grandson
and son you are accumulating money?
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So there is no logic,
there is no argument.
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But people do so.
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anyāyenartha-sañcayan
[Bg. 16.12]
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Anyāyena it is stated in the Bhagavad-
gītā, that is demonic principle.
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So a gṛhastha, of course,
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required to accumulate some money
because he’s living with family,
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but so far brahmacārī, vānaprastha
and sannyāsī is concerned,
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they should not keep any money.
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Caitanya Mahāprabhu was so
strict that his personal servant,
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one day he was taking after
eating a little, what is called,
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myrobalum, haritaki.
[Chebulic myrobalan (plum-like fruit)]
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So one day he was giving myrobalum,
and Caitanya Mahāprabhu inquired,
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“Where you got this myrobalum?”
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So he said, “I kept
it from yesterday.”
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“Oh, you are stocking?”
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He immediately criticized him.
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“You are stocking?
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This is not good.”
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So this principle… Of course, even if we
do not stock, don’t think that we’ll starve.
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Kṛṣṇa has provided.
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But we should be
depending on Kṛṣṇa.
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There is no anxiety.
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Actually, there is no anxiety.
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We have experienced this.
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I was alone for many years, but
not a single day I was starving.
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No.
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There was food.
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So it is a fact, even for the animals,
even for the beasts. [splice]
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Śukadeva Gosvāmī said that,
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“Don’t stock, don’t beg.
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Kṛṣṇa will provide
everything, everyone.”
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So except gṛhastha, the brahmacārī,
vānaprastha and sannyāsī,
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they should simply
depend on Kṛṣṇa.
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Prahlāda Mahārāja has already
explained it in many ways,
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that there is no need of endeavoring
for so-called economic development.
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Our energy should be only utilized how
to advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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To advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
means to increase our love for Kṛṣṇa.
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That is perfection of life.
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Thank you very much.
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DEVOTEES: Jaya!
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