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<h3>Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures</h3>
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Idea is that if we are . . . jñānaṁ vairāgyam. These two things required in human life: jñānaṁ vairāgyam. Jñānam means "I am not this body." This is jñānam. And vairāgya means renunciation: "If I am not this body, then what I have got to do with this material world?.
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[[Vanisource:750129 - Lecture BG 16.01-3 - Honolulu|750129 - Lecture BG 16.01-3 - Honolulu]]
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Everyone is afraid of being killed. That is the most fearful position. But if you are convinced that "I am not killed; I exist . . ." That does not mean I shall be voluntarily prepared to be killed. No, that is not the idea. Idea is that if we are . . . jñānaṁ vairāgyam. These two things required in human life: jñānaṁ vairāgyam. Jñānam means "I am not this body." This is jñānam. And vairāgya means renunciation: "If I am not this body, then what I have got to do with this material world? This material world is important because I am identifying myself with this material body. Therefore it is important: 'Where I shall sit? Where shall I eat? Where shall I sleep? How shall I be protected?'" So many things. There are many instances. Just like Dhruva Mahārāja, a five-year-old boy, he went to the jungle. He was sitting alone there, abhayam, abhayam, no fearfulness.

The more you become spiritually conscious . . . the highest stage of spiritual consciousness is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Kṛṣṇa consciousness means, "I am Kṛṣṇa's," that's all. Kṛṣṇa says, mamaivāṁśaḥ: "All these living entities, they are My part and parcel." So you have to understand this relationship with Kṛṣṇa, that you are Kṛṣṇa's. And Kṛṣṇa, what is Kṛṣṇa? Bhagavān. Bhagavān. What is Bhagavān?

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:aiśvaryasya samagrasya
:vīryasya yaśasaḥ śriyaḥ
:jñāna-vairāgyayaś caiva
:ṣaṇṇāṁ itī bhaga ganā 
:(Viṣṇu Purāṇa 6.5.47)
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Everything is definition there. In our Vedic knowledge there is no vague idea, rascal's idea.
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