Elevation to Krsna Consciousness - Original 1973 ... - Prabhupada

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Hard Struggle for Happiness29na karma-phala-samyogamsvabhavas tu pravartatenadatte kasyacit papamna caiva sukrtam vibhu{lajiianenavrtam jiianamtena muhyanti jantava"The embodied spirit, master of the city of his body,does not create activities, nor does he induce peopleto act, nor does he create the fruits of action. Allthis is enacted by the modes of material nature.Nor does the Supreme Spirit assume anyone's sinfulor pious activities. Embodied beings, however, arebewildered because of the ignorance which coverstheir real knowledge." (Bg. 5.14-15)It is clear from these passages that the sufferingsof humanity are not to be equated with the pastimesof the Supreme Being, nor is the Supreme Beingresponsible for them. The Lord is never responsiblefor anyone's vices or virtues. By vicious actions, weare put into more and more distressful conditions,whereas by pious actions we place ourselves on thepath of happiness. Thus man is the architect of hisown material distress or happiness. The Lord doesnot want the living entity to become entangled in thereactions of activities, be they good or bad. He simplywants everyone to go back home, back to Godhead.As long as we are not awakened to our pure eternalrelation with God, we are certainly bewildered in ouractions. Our actions, in respect to right and wrong,are all performed on the platform of ignorance. Wemust rise to the platform of pure knowledge, which
30 Elevation to K.l:f!a Consciousnessis the pure realization that we are the eternal servitorsof the Supreme Lord and enjoyers of His transcendentalpastimes. The Supreme Lord is the masterenjoyerof those pastimes, and we are the servitorenjoyers.Transcendental knowledge is only attainable bytranscendental devotional service, as described inBhagavad-gzta.team satata-yuktanarhbhajatarh przti-purvakamdadami buddhi-yogarh tarhyena mam upayanti te''To those who are constantly devoted and worshipMe with love, I give the understanding by which theycan come to Me." (Bg. 10.10)By rendering such devotional service only, andnot by merely acquiring a bulk of discriminativeknowledge, can we know the Supreme Lord as He is.When we know the Personality of Godhead inreality, we can then enter into His pastimes. That isthe verdict of all revealed scriptures.
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