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<h3>General Lectures</h3>
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Simply you have to cultivate Kṛṣṇa consciousness favorably, not unfavorably. Kṛṣṇa conscious . . . to become Kṛṣṇa conscious unfavorably, that is not bhakti. Just like Kaṁsa. Kaṁsa was also Kṛṣṇa conscious. He was always thinking of Kṛṣṇa: "As soon as Kṛṣṇa is born, please bring Him. Or inform me. I shall immediately kill Kṛṣṇa." When Kṛṣṇa was in the womb of His mother Devakī, Kaṁsa was Kṛṣṇa conscious. He could understand that, "Kṛṣṇa is now . . . because Devakī, she is now so much glowing." So he could understand. He sometimes wanted to kill Devakī; then he restrained himself that, "If I kill Devakī in pregnancy, it will be great," I mean to say "bad reputation." So he restrained himself. But therefore he was always thinking of Kṛṣṇa, but he was thinking of Kṛṣṇa unfavorably. So similarly, those who are reading Bhagavad-gītā unfavorably means in the Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa is the principal factor, but anyone who is trying to kill Kṛṣṇa and reading Bhagavad-gītā, that is Kaṁsa's reading.
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[[Vanisource:710218 - Lecture - Gorakhpur|710218 - Lecture - Gorakhpur]]
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Prabhupāda: This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is meant for that purpose, according to the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, that "Make your life perfect and distribute the Vedic knowledge throughout the whole world." The time has come. This Bhagavad-gītā is being presented as it is in the foreign countries.

And you can see, simply by chanting this Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra and studying Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, how these boys and girls, they are in ecstasy. They are in the spiritual platform. You cannot expect such dancing and such joyful attitude in this material world. It is not possible. They are in the spiritual world. Yes.

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:māṁ ca vyabhicāriṇi-
:bhakti-yogena yaḥ sevate
:sa guṇān samatītyaitān
:brahma-bhūyāya kalpate 
:([[Vanisource:BG 14.26 (1972)|BG 14.26]])
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If you are situated in bhakti-yoga, avyabhicāriṇi, without any adulteration . . . the adulteration is most dangerous. Bhakti-yoga means:

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:anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ
:jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam
:ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānu-
:śīlanam bhaktir uttamā 
:(Brs. 1.1.11)
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Simply you have to cultivate Kṛṣṇa consciousness favorably, not unfavorably. Kṛṣṇa conscious . . . to become Kṛṣṇa conscious unfavorably, that is not bhakti. Just like Kaṁsa. Kaṁsa was also Kṛṣṇa conscious. He was always thinking of Kṛṣṇa: "As soon as Kṛṣṇa is born, please bring Him. Or inform me. I shall immediately kill Kṛṣṇa."

When Kṛṣṇa was in the womb of His mother Devakī, Kaṁsa was Kṛṣṇa conscious. He could understand that, "Kṛṣṇa is now . . . because Devakī, she is now so much glowing." So he could understand. He sometimes wanted to kill Devakī; then he restrained himself that, "If I kill Devakī in pregnancy, it will be great," I mean to say "bad reputation." So he restrained himself. But therefore he was always thinking of Kṛṣṇa, but he was thinking of Kṛṣṇa unfavorably.

So similarly, those who are reading Bhagavad-gītā unfavorably means in the Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa is the principal factor, but anyone who is trying to kill Kṛṣṇa and reading Bhagavad-gītā, that is Kaṁsa's reading.
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