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Prabhupāda: [Chants jaya rādhā-mādhava] [break]

[02:23]

Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [leads chanting of …

[SB 1.2.9]

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Prabhupāda:

[SB 1.2.9]

We have begun this discussion about dharma. We have several times described dharma, the constitutional characteristic. That is called dharma. …

[Bg. 7.16]

Four classes of men, means those conditioned soul... [aside, about fan:] Why is stopped? Hmm. People who are pious, not …

Here it is said, dharmasya ca āpavargyasya. Apavarga. A means negation, and pavarga... Pavarga---pa, pha, ba, bha, ma. Just like, …

So this has been summarized. These are called pavarga. And apa... A means to nullify. So dharma, practice of dharma, …

Therefore to come to the real point of dharma, transcendental position, in the material conditional life, the dharma, varṇāśrama-dharma... Cātur-varṇyaṁ …

So dharma, first of all this dharma. Cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma... This is dharma = brāhmaṇa-dharma, kṣatriya-dharma, vaiśya-dharma and śūdra-dharma, …

Now it has been taken as "I am brāhmaṇa. So how to earn more money by giving somebody blessings," or …

So execution of dharma, religion---never mind Hindu religion or Christian religion---the purpose is not for any material gain. Na upakalpate. …

Just like everyone is earning money simply for sense gratification. And there are so many advertisement for sense gratification. If …

So this has been observed. Therefore Mahārāja Ṛṣabhadeva says,

[SB 5.5.4]

"My dear boys, people are so mad after sense gratification that they are simply doing..." [break] [20:33~~] ...increasing. So why …