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Take for any ex... Take for example any of the great religious reformer or ācāryas of any country. In your …

Therefore Lord Kṛṣṇa says,

vedeṣu yajñeṣu tapaḥsu caiva dāneṣu yat puṇya-phalaṁ pradiṣṭam atyeti tat sarvam idaṁ viditvā yogī paraṁ sthānam upaiti cādyam

[Bg 8.28]

Ah, the yogī, the transcendentalist, his chief aim of life is how to get into the spiritual kingdom. That is …

Now we begin the Ninth Chapter. We have finished the Eighth Chapter. We are beginning the Ninth Chapter of the …

So bhagavān. There is... Everything has definition. So in the Vedic scripture we'll find the definition of God. We have …

So what are the opulences? The opulences are that riches, wealth, and strength and influence and beauty, education, knowledge and …

aiśvaryasya samagrasya vīryasya yaśasaḥ śriyaḥ jñāna-vairāgyayoś caiva bhaga itī ṣaṇṇāṁ ganā

[Viṣṇu Purāṇa 6.5.47]

[Full wealth, strength, fame, beauty, knowledge and renunciation—these are the six opulences of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.]

Bhaga. These are opulences. Aiśvarya means opulence, and... Aiśvaryasya samagrasya vīryasya. Vīryasya means strength. And yaśasaḥ. Yaśasaḥ means fame. And... …

You have many rich men here in your New York City, but nobody can claim that he is the richest …

bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ sarva-loka-maheśvaram suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ jñātvā māṁ śāntim ṛcchati

[Bg 5.29]

[The sages, knowing Me as the ultimate purpose of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and …

The Lord says that "I am the enjoyer. I am the enjoyer of all kinds of activities." He's the benefactor …

And suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ jñātvā māṁ śāntim ṛcchati: "When a person understands that God is the proprietor of everything, God is …

So this philosophy, as it is stated in the Īśopaniṣad, that īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam [Īśo mantra 1],

[Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore accept …