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We are controlled in every moment.

So Kṛṣṇa is vibhu; we are aṇu. Never consider that we are equal to Kṛṣṇa. That is a great offense. …

kṛṣṇa bhuliya jīva bhoga vañcha kare pāśate māyā tāre jāpaṭiyā dhare

[Prema-vivarta]

Because we wanted to become one with Kṛṣṇa, to compete with Kṛṣṇa, therefore we are put into this material world. …

But our philosophy is different. We do not want to become Kṛṣṇa. We are trying to become Kṛṣṇa's servant. That …

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore teaches us:

tṛṇād api sunīcena taror api sahiṣṇunā amāninā mānadena kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ

[Cc. Ādi 17.31]

This is the Vaiṣṇava philosophy. We are trying to be servant. We don't identify with anything material. As soon as …

That māyā means this māyā, illusion, can be rejected by advancement of knowledge. That is jñānī. Jñānī means this is …

Arjuna accepted Kṛṣṇa like that = paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān [Bg. 10.12]. Paraṁ brahma. We may become …

If one..., anyone thinks that he is Paraṁ Brahman, then it must be understood that he's under the clutches of …

So advancement of knowledge means to understand his real position and act accordingly. That is knowledge. That is perfection of …

Because our all lamentation is due to our material identification. Śocati kāṅkṣati. We are simply lamenting for our loss, and …

But when he realizes himself that "I have nothing to gain and nothing to lose; I have nothing to do …

At that time, he realizes that all living entities, they are spirit soul, paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ [Bg. 5.18]. That is equal …

So after acquiring this knowledge, the life of devotional service begins.

brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām

[Bg. 18.54]