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<h2>Lectures</h2>
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<h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
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You may be very proud that, "I am American," "I am Indian," "I am this or that," but the laws of nature is equal for everyone. If you act as cats and dogs you become cats and dogs, that's all. There is no excuse. You cannot say that, "I am born in such and such family, such and such way." No. Work will be considered.
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[[Vanisource:730221 - Lecture SB 06.01.13-15 - Auckland|730221 - Lecture SB 06.01.13-15 - Auckland]]
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Because one has concentrated himself simply in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and devotional service, even though sometimes there are some discrepancies in the matter of his work, still he should be accepted as sādhu, as purified soul. So mistakes there may be, but that should be rectified. In this way one has to elevate to the higher standard of spiritual value. That is the success of human life, not to become like cats and dogs—that is a great mistake. Then you will be put into cats' and dogs' category. There is already cats and dogs. If you create your mentality like cats and dogs, next birth you become cats and dogs. This is the law of nature.

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:prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni
:guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ
:ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā 
:([[Vanisource:BG 3.27 (1972)|BG 3.27]])
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You may be very proud that, "I am American," "I am Indian," "I am this or that," but the laws of nature is equal for everyone. If you act as cats and dogs you become cats and dogs, that's all. There is no excuse. You cannot say that, "I am born in such and such family, such and such way." No. Work will be considered. Therefore in the next verse:

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:deha-vāg-buddhijaṁ dhīrā
:dharmajñāḥ śraddhayānvitāḥ
:kṣipanty aghaṁ mahad api
:veṇu-gulmam ivānalaḥ 
:([[Vanisource:SB 6.1.13-14|SB 6.1.14]])
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Deha-vāg-buddhijaṁ dhīrā. Dhīrā, dhīrā means "advanced," those who are sober, not animals but human beings. There are two kinds of living entities: dhīrā and adhīrā. Dhīrā means "sober," one who thinks, "What is my condition? What I am? I am this body or I am something beyond this body? What I am meant for? Why I have come here? What is God? What I am?" So many things, they are a subject matter to think. That is called dhīrā. And adhīrā means one who does not know anything. Just like cats and dogs, jumping, that's all. That is called adhīrā. So adhīrā and dhīrā, there are two classes of men.
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