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<h2>Lectures</h2>
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<h3>Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures</h3>
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So this rascaldom, that sanātana-dharma is only in India, and that is also cut off: "Now, the Pakistan is cut off, and therefore there is no sanātana-dharma. Simply in here." If you remain foolish like that, then andhā yathāndhair upanīyamānāḥ (SB 7.5.31), that means you are being led by some blind leaders. You do not know what is what. If living entity's sanātana, and if the process by which one can realize his sanātana nature . . . that is called sanātana-dharma.
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[[Vanisource:721128 - Lecture BG 02.24 - Hyderabad|721128 - Lecture BG 02.24 - Hyderabad]]
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Sanātana-dharma means you first of all you must know what you are. That is sanātana-dharma. Is it . . . is sanātana-dharma is limited to a certain area? How it can be? Sarva-gataḥ. Sanātana-dharma must be there everywhere. Īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam ([[Vanisource:ISO 1|ISO 1]]). Everywhere, Kṛṣṇa's kingdom, Kṛṣṇa's property. How is that you are simply claiming that, "India, there is sanātana-dharma"? "In India there is brāhmin"? What Kṛṣṇa creates, that is for everywhere, because Kṛṣṇa is the father of everyone. Ahaṁ bīja-pradaḥ pitā, sarva-yoniṣu kaunteya ([[Vanisource:BG 14.4 (1972)|BG 14.4]]).

So this rascaldom, that sanātana-dharma is only in India, and that is also cut off: "Now, the Pakistan is cut off, and therefore there is no sanātana-dharma. Simply in here." If you remain foolish like that, then andhā yathāndhair upanīyamānāḥ ([[Vanisource:SB 7.5.31|SB 7.5.31]]), that means you are being led by some blind leaders. You do not know what is what. If living entity's sanātana, and if the process by which one can realize his sanātana nature . . . that is called sanātana-dharma.

Dharma, if we study these two words . . . Sanātana means eternal. That is called sanātana. And dharma, dharma means occupation, characteristic. Dharma does not mean some superficial ritualistic ceremonies. Dharma means the characteristic. That is real meaning. Dharma is not a kind of faith; dharma is characteristic. Sanātana-dharma means sanātana characteristic, eternal characteristic. The changing . . . now, I have got now this body, Indian body, and then, next body may be cat's and dog's or demigod's, according to my karma.

So the body changes. So sanātana-dharma cannot be applied to this body. Sanātana-dharma means the characteristic of the soul. That is sanātana-dharma, to understand the characteristic of the soul. Kṛṣṇa is describing here the characteristic of the soul: sanātana. And at the conclusion, He gives you information of the sanātana-dharma. What is that? Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja ([[Vanisource:BG 18.66 (1972)|BG 18.66]]). This is sanātana-dharma. Kṛṣṇa is sanātana, I am sanātana, you are sanātana.

Now, under the influence of nature I am thinking, "I am the servant of my wife," "I am servant of the society," "I am servant of my nation," "I am servant of my cat," "I am servant of my dog." And we are doing that, actually. Everyone is working under this impression. Ato gṛha-kṣetra-sutāpta-vittair janasya moho 'yam ahaṁ mameti ([[Vanisource:SB 5.5.8|SB 5.5.8]]). This is illusion. You have to come to the platform of sanātana. What is that eternal? "I am eternally servant of Kṛṣṇa." That is sanātana-dharma. I am not servant of this or that or that. No. I am eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa.
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