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<h2>Lectures</h2>
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<h3>Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures</h3>
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They have, somehow or other, they have come in contact with this material nature, and each and every one of these living entities, they are making . . . having a hard struggle for existence. But under the spell of the illusory energy, they are thinking, "We are happy," although whole day and night they are unhappy; their desires are not fulfilled. They want something, but they are forced to accept something else. This is going on.
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[[Vanisource:661228 - Lecture BG 10.01 - New York|661228 - Lecture BG 10.01 - New York]]
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Now here, in this material world, we can do so many things for Kṛṣṇa. So many things. What are those things? Now suppose if you want to do something for somebody, then you must know how that particular gentleman is satisfied. Otherwise, if you want to do something without knowing what does he want, then that is useless. You must know the mind of the person to whom you want to serve.

Now what Kṛṣṇa wants, that is explained in the Bhagavad-gītā in various places. What is that? In the Fifteenth Chapter you'll find Kṛṣṇa says:

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:mamaivāṁśo jīva-bhūtaḥ
:jīva-loke sanātanaḥ
:manaḥ ṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi
:prakṛti-sthāni karṣati 
:([[Vanisource:BG 15.7 (1972)|BG 15.7]])
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"All these living entities, they are My part and parcel." Just like your son or your daughter is the part and parcel of your own body, personal body, similarly, we are all part and parcel of the Supreme God. We are all sons of God. How is it? That is also mentioned in the Bhagavad-gītā, in the Fourteenth Chapter:

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:sarva-yoniṣu kaunteya
:sambhavanti mūrtayaḥ yāḥ
:tāsāṁ mahad yonir brahma
:ahaṁ bīja-pradaḥ pitā 
:([[Vanisource:BG 14.4 (1972)|BG 14.4]])
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The Lord Kṛṣṇa says that, "My dear Arjuna, you find so many species of life, eight . . . eight thousand," no, "8,400,000, 8,400,000's of species of life. All of them, they are My sons. I am the seed-giving father." He accepts. So every living being, either man or beast or ant or birds, everyone, anywhere, they're all sons of God. And they are suffering here. Manaḥ ṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛti-sthāni karṣati. ([[Vanisource:BG 15.7 (1972)|BG 15.7]]).

They have, somehow or other, they have come in contact with this material nature, and each and every one of these living entities, they are making . . . having a hard struggle for existence. But under the spell of the illusory energy, they are thinking, "We are happy," although whole day and night they are unhappy; their desires are not fulfilled. They want something, but they are forced to accept something else. This is going on.

This is called hard struggle for existence. Nobody's satisfied. There is always disruption. In this moment, I am your friend. Next moment, I am your enemy. This moment, I am your husband or wife. Next moment, no. "Don't see my face. I'll not see your face." Divorce. So these things are going on. So this is called struggle. I am wanting something, but I am accept . . . I am forcefully being bound to accept something else. This is called struggle. So this is going on.
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