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This jagat, akhila jagat, is nothing but manifestation of Kṛṣṇa's energy. Parasya brahmaṇaḥ śaktiḥ. Para-brahman is Kṛṣṇa. We may be …

So simply to realize that "I am Brahman," ahaṁ brahmāsmi, that is not perfection. That is aviśuddha-buddhayaḥ, uncleansed intelligence. Ye …

We have seen many big, big sannyāsī in India, very learned scholar, and very nicely they can describe śāstra also, …

I do not wish to name the big, big sannyāsīs of India who fell down in this way. But you …

So that is preliminary knowledge of Brahman realization. But if you do not fix up in your Brahman realization... That …

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

[Bg. 18.54]

When actually one is liberated from the bodily concept of life and he sees spiritual identity everywhere, samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu, …

So Kṛṣṇa has already described bhakti-yoga. Now He is describing about the activities of this material world. Traiguṇya-viṣayā. Material world, …

So this material world is now described, compared with a banyan tree, which has its root upwards, above. That means …

In Brahma-saṁhitā also, it is said, sṛṣṭi-sthiti-pralaya-sādhana-śaktir ekā chāyeva yasya bhuvanāni bibharti durgā [Bs. 5.44]. The superintending deity of this …

Ūrdhva-mūlam adhah-śākham aśvatthaṁ prāhur avyayam [Bg. 15.1]. Avyayam, eternal. This material energy also eternal. There are three kinds of energies …

So jīva-bhūta, living entities, they are actually prakṛti, not puruṣa. Puruṣa is Supreme Personality of Godhead. Puruṣa means enjoyer. But …

So this material world is eternal, and the living entities, they are also eternal, avyaya. Na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre [Bg. …

yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya jīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ viṣṇur mahān sa iha yasya kalā-viśeṣo govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

[Bs. 5.48]

So Mahā-Viṣṇu, by His breathing only, unlimited number of universes are coming and going into. So such inconceivable energies are …

How it is being misused? Kṛṣṇa says that He is the enjoyer = bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ sarva-loka-maheśvaram [Bg. 5.29]. He is …

That is answered in the Bhagavad-gītā = daivī hy eṣā guṇamayī mama māyā duratyayā [Bg. 7.14]. They are allured by …

So we must understand what is this material world, how it is working. That will be described in this Fifteenth …