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Does he follow this devotional service blindly? No. Jñātvā. Jñātvā means "knowing perfectly that I am the source of everything." Ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ (BG 10.8): "I am the source of everything." So these things are there in the Bhagavad-gītā As It Is. It is not possible to explain all the verses, but our request is that this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is to spread the knowledge depicted in the Bhagavad-gītā as it is, without any nonsensical commentation. Then the human society will profit by it.
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[[Vanisource:690502 - Lecture at International Student Association Cambridge - Boston|690502 - Lecture at International Student Association Cambridge - Boston]]
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Bhagavad-gītā as it is, you should study. Then you will get all this knowledge. Bahūnāṁ janmanām ante: you become wise and you can understand Kṛṣṇa. Then you surrender. Then you become mahātmā.

And what is the function of mahātmā? Mahātmā is under the protection of spiritual energy. And what is the symptom of that protection of spiritual energy? That is also stated:

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:mahātmānas tu māṁ pārtha
:daivīṁ prakṛtim āśritāḥ
:bhajanty ananya-manaso . . . 
:([[Vanisource:BG 9.13 (1972)|BG 9.13]])
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He is always engaged in devotional service of Kṛṣṇa. That is the only symptom. That is mahātmā.

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:mahātmānas tu māṁ pārtha
:daivīṁ prakṛtim āśritāḥ
:bhajanty ananya-manaso
:jñātvā bhūtādim avyayam 
:([[Vanisource:BG 9.13 (1972)|BG 9.13]])
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Does he follow this devotional service blindly? No. Jñātvā. Jñātvā means "knowing perfectly that I am the source of everything." Ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 10.8 (1972)|BG 10.8]]): "I am the source of everything."

So these things are there in the Bhagavad-gītā As It Is. It is not possible to explain all the verses, but our request is that this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is to spread the knowledge depicted in the Bhagavad-gītā as it is, without any nonsensical commentation. Then the human society will profit by it. They are actually not in sound condition of living atmosphere, but if they understand Bhagavad-gītā and if they actually expand their broader outlook, then these questions of social, national, international, all will be automatically solved. There will be no difficulty.
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