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<h3>Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures</h3>
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We have got . . . dancing is not sentimental; it is spiritual ecstasy. It is not ordinary dancing. This dancing is not ordinary dancing. So anyway, if you think that this dancing is a sentimental caricature—you may think like that, but if you want to understand through philosophy and science, we can supply you immense literature.
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[[Vanisource:710408 - Lecture BG 16.2-7 - Bombay|710408 - Lecture BG 16.2-7 - Bombay]]
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We have come to this civilized form of human being. Especially we have taken birth in India, it is a good fortune. It is an opportunity given by prakṛti. Prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ. So we should take advantage of this opportunity. Here in India we have got this sublime knowledge of Veda, and here there are still thousands and thousands of saintly persons. So we should take advantage of this facility.

Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore said that "Anyone who has taken birth in the land of Bhārata-varṣa . . ." Bhārata-bhūmite manuṣya janma haila yāra ([[Vanisource:CC Adi 9.41|CC Adi 9.41]]): "Anyone who has taken birth in this land of Bhārata-varṣa," janma sārthaka kari' kara para-upakāra: "first of all make your life perfect by taking advantage of this Vedic facility, and then distribute this knowledge all over the world." This is injunction. This is the mission of Lord Caitanya.

So it is practically being utilized in this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. We are giving the knowledge, this knowledge, to the Western world in different ways. For the mass of people simply by chanting, making them purified. And the class of people, we have got books. We have got many important books. Let them understand our philosophy with, I mean to say, scientific knowledge, with philosophical visions.

Not that we are simply sentimentalists, simply dancing. We have got . . . dancing is not sentimental; it is spiritual ecstasy. It is not ordinary dancing. This dancing is not ordinary dancing. So anyway, if you think that this dancing is a sentimental caricature—you may think like that, but if you want to understand through philosophy and science, we can supply you immense literature.

So this is the duty. This is the duty of all responsible Indians, how to make his life perfect, utilizing Vedic knowledge, and then distribute it throughout the whole world. Because in other parts of the world they have no such advantage. Why these American boys are coming to us? Because they did not get the advantage of spiritual life, but they are seeking after spiritual life. Athāto brahma jijñāsā.

They are fed up with this materialistic way of life. They want something spiritual. But because there is no such information, there is no such leader, they are becoming hippies—frustrated, confused. And because here is something substantial, they are taking it. This is the secret of success of this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.
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