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Go-kharaḥ. Anyone who is in bodily concept of life, he is no better than animal, like cows and asses. This is the verdict. So therefore, whence . . . when we are in the animal consciousness of life, there is no possibility of getting Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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[[Vanisource:720307 - Lecture BG 09.02 - Calcutta|720307 - Lecture BG 09.02 - Calcutta]]
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So we are Brahman, that's a fact. The Veda stresses on this point, that you realize yourself that, "You are not this body. You are Brahman, spirit soul." That is wanted. That is brahma bhūta state, when one understands that, "I am not this body. So long I am thinking in bodily concept of life, I am no better than the asses, animal." That is stated.

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:yasyātma-buddhiḥ kunape tri-dhātuke
:svā-dhīḥ kalatrādiṣu bhauma ijya-dhīḥ
:yat-tīrtha-buddhiḥ salile na karhicij
:janeṣv abhijñeṣu sa eva go-kharaḥ 
:([[Vanisource:SB 10.84.13|SB 10.84.13]])
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Go-kharaḥ. Anyone who is in bodily concept of life, he is no better than animal, like cows and asses. This is the verdict.

So therefore, whence . . . when we are in the animal consciousness of life, there is no possibility of getting Kṛṣṇa consciousness. So we have to become Kṛṣṇa conscious by the rāja-vidyā process, by the pavitra process. Pavitram idam uttamam. Every word, so nicely spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, every word must be perfect. Rāja-vidyā rāja-guhyaṁ pavitram. Pavitram means above the material mode. Above the material mode.

Pavitram, this is described in the śāstra as viśuddha-sattva. Viśuddha-sattva. You are sattva-guṇa. It is . . . it is, there this possibility of being attacked with rajo-guṇa, tamo-guṇa here in this material. But when one is not attacked any more by the rajo-guṇa, tamo-guṇa—simply remains in the sattva-guṇa—that is called viśuddha sattva. Śattvam visuddham vasudeva-sabditam (Bs 4.3.23) . That is vāsudeva sattva. In that vāsudeva sattva one can realize what is vasudeva, Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa. Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā su-durlabhaḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 7.19 (1972)|BG 7.19]]).
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Go-kharaḥ. Anyone who is in bodily concept of life, he is no better than animal, like cows and asses. This is the verdict. So therefore, whence . . . when we are in the animal consciousness of life, there is no possibility of getting Kṛṣṇa consciousness. So we have to become Kṛṣṇa conscious by the rāja-vidyā process, by the pavitra process.
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[[Vanisource:720307 - Lecture BG 09.02 - Calcutta|720307 - Lecture BG 09.02 - Calcutta]]
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So we are Brahman, that's a fact. The Veda stresses on this point, that you realize yourself that, "You are not this body. You are Brahman, spirit soul." That is wanted. That is brahma bhūta state, when one understands that, "I am not this body. So long I am thinking in bodily concept of life, I am no better than the asses, animal." That is stated.

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:yasyātma-buddhiḥ kunape tri-dhātuke
:svā-dhīḥ kalatrādiṣu bhauma ijya-dhīḥ
:yat-tīrtha-buddhiḥ salile na karhicij
:janeṣv abhijñeṣu sa eva go-kharaḥ 
:([[Vanisource:SB 10.84.13|SB 10.84.13]])
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Go-kharaḥ. Anyone who is in bodily concept of life, he is no better than animal, like cows and asses. This is the verdict.

So therefore, whence . . . when we are in the animal consciousness of life, there is no possibility of getting Kṛṣṇa consciousness. So we have to become Kṛṣṇa conscious by the rāja-vidyā process, by the pavitra process. Pavitram idam uttamam. Every word, so nicely spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, every word must be perfect. Rāja-vidyā rāja-guhyaṁ pavitram. Pavitram means above the material mode. Above the material mode.

Pavitram, this is described in the śāstra as viśuddha-sattva. Viśuddha-sattva. You are sattva-guṇa. It is . . . it is, there this possibility of being attacked with rajo-guṇa, tamo-guṇa here in this material. But when one is not attacked any more by the rajo-guṇa, tamo-guṇa—simply remains in the sattva-guṇa—that is called viśuddha sattva. Śattvam visuddham vasudeva-sabditam (Bs 4.3.23) . That is vāsudeva sattva. In that vāsudeva sattva one can realize what is vasudeva, Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa. Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā su-durlabhaḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 7.19 (1972)|BG 7.19]]).
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