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<h2>Lectures</h2>
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<h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
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Just to inject in their snake holes the words of Kṛṣṇa. This is your mission. Those who are taken sannyāsa, especially, it is their duty. Sat-nyāsa, to sacrifice everything . . . sacrifice means nothing to be sacrificed, but sacrifice the sense of, "I am the Lord." That's all. What you have got you can sacrifice? This is simply a bluff, sacrifice. We cannot sacrifice. What we have got we can sacrifice? There is no question of sacrifice, but sacrifice means this doggish mentality that, "I am Lord. I am God. I am enjoyer." This doggish mentality has to be sacrificed. Otherwise, what you can sacrifice? What you have got?.
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[[Vanisource:720617 - Lecture SB 02.03.20-21 - Los Angeles|720617 - Lecture SB 02.03.20-21 - Los Angeles]]
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Rāvaṇa utilized these gold mines for constructing his city, Svarṇa-laṅkā, "Golden Ceylon," it was known at that time. He was so advanced even in material science, and he was also a good scholar in Vedic literature. He was a great devotee of Lord Śiva, and by the blessings of Lord Śiva, he got so much opulences. And he became so powerful that he dared to kidnap the wife of Rāmacandra. So such a powerful demon was killed by Rāmacandra. And He approached his kingdom on a stone bridge. And the stones were floating on the water. Where is the law of gravitation? The law of gravitation, the so-called scientists' imagination, does not act when Urukrama, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, acts. He wanted, "There should be no law of gravitation. Let the stones float on the water." This is called urukrama.

So we accept Lord Rāmacandra as God, Lord Kṛṣṇa as God, not these petty dogs and cats. We have no business with these petty dogs and cats. All rascals, they are declaring, "I am God." No. Therefore these rascals, who do not know what is God, you have to inject within their earholes the message of God. That is your business. Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means . . . these rascals, dogs, hogs, camels and asses, who have no information of God, and therefore their earholes are compared like the snake holes, bile . . . so you have got very responsible task to inject within their ear the chivalrous activities of God. Otherwise, their earholes remain as snake holes. As I explained yesterday, in the snake holes, nobody goes there. Nobody puts their hands or legs. Similarly, if these earholes remains empty, without aural reception of the great activities of the Lord, it is as good as the snake holes. Bile batorukrama-vikramān ye.

Na śṛṇvataḥ: They have decided, "There is no God. God is dead. God has no personality. He's zero," therefore they have no opportunity to hear about God. Na śṛṇvataḥ karṇa-puṭe narasya. This human form of body . . . these earholes are meant for giving aural reception to the message of God. But they'll not do that. Therefore your mission is to go home to home, village to village, town to town, and give them injection, "Hear." Make such arrangement, nice dancing, nice chanting, prasāda distribution.

Why? Just to inject in their snake holes the words of Kṛṣṇa. This is your mission. Those who are taken sannyāsa, especially, it is their duty. Sat-nyāsa, to sacrifice everything . . . sacrifice means nothing to be sacrificed, but sacrifice the sense of, "I am the Lord." That's all. What you have got you can sacrifice? This is simply a bluff, sacrifice. We cannot sacrifice. What we have got we can sacrifice? There is no question of sacrifice, but sacrifice means this doggish mentality that, "I am Lord. I am God. I am enjoyer." This doggish mentality has to be sacrificed. Otherwise, what you can sacrifice? What you have got?

Renouncement: there is no question of renouncement. You haven't got anything what to renounce, when you come naked, and you go naked. Simply by false, illusory conception, you think, "This is mine, this is mine, this is mine." Actually, when you take your birth, you do not bring anything with you. And when you go away, you do not take away anything. The things were there, and things will be there. You come and go. But then where is the question of sacrifice? Where is the question of renouncement? This is illusion. Īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam ([[Vanisource:ISO 1|ISO 1]]). Everything belongs to God; nothing belongs to you. So what is the meaning of renouncement?

And what is the meaning of enjoyment? You cannot enjoy others' property, neither it is very nice thing if you say: "I renounce it." Suppose you are passing through Bank of America, if you say: "I renounce this." Where, where . . . what is the renouncement? Bank of America belongs to you? This is craziness. You cannot enjoy the Bank of America. If you go and try to enjoy, then you'll be criminal. And if you say: "I renounce it," then you are a madman. This is your position.
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