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[Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not …

We have got two kinds of religion. One is called, what is called, pravṛtti. Pravṛtti means we are inclined, because …

[The working senses are superior to dull matter; mind is higher than the senses; intelligence is still higher than the …

This body means senses. So because so long we are absorbed in this bodily concept of life, then we try …

So dharma means occupation. People are engaged in various types of occupational duties for sense gratification. Sometimes in religion they …

All flowery language. What is the basic? Sense gratification. That's all. This is one way. Another way is nivṛtti-mārga. When …

Just like the Māyāvādī philosophy. They say brahma-satyaṁ jagan mithyā [Śaṅkarācārya]

[The Supreme Brahman is the only truth, and this material world is false.]

"This world is false." Just like in your country, a section of youngsters, they're disgusted with this materialistic way of …

So Kṛṣṇa says, "You have to give up all this nonsense accepting and rejecting. You have to take to Me, …

Guest: I'd like to just digress on that. Arjuna had a very difficult problem with whether to go into combat …

Prabhupāda: Yes. He accepted Kṛṣṇa's..., Kṛṣṇa's path, surrender. Kṛṣṇa wanted that "You must fight." So in the beginning he did …

[Thus I have explained to you the most confidential of all knowledge. Deliberate on this fully, and then do what …

"Now whatever you like, you do." He never interferes. And what Arjuna said? Kariṣye vacanaṁ tava [Bg. 18.73]

[Arjuna said, My dear Kṛṣṇa, O infallible one, my illusion is now gone. I have regained my memory by Your …

"Oh, I shall do what You are saying. Yes." [laughter] This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Kariṣye vacanaṁ tava. Yes. He changed …

Arjuna, after learning Kṛṣṇa consciousness, or teachings of Bhagavad-gītā, he did not go away from the battlefield, but he sternly …

Guest: Under what conditions would Kṛṣṇa sanction violence?

Prabhupāda: [aside:] What is that?

Satsvarūpa: Under what conditions would Kṛṣṇa sanction violence?