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<div id="1975_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="10" parent="Correspondence" text="1975 Correspondence"><h3>1975 Correspondence</h3>
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<div id="LettertoMrKCNigamPerthAustralia11May1975_0" class="quote" parent="1975_Correspondence" book="Let" index="248" link="Letter to Mr. K. C. Nigam -- Perth, Australia 11 May, 1975" link_text="Letter to Mr. K. C. Nigam -- Perth, Australia 11 May, 1975">
<div class="heading">I am very glad that you are holding some spiritual conference, but my only request is to follow the standard method of spiritual consciousness.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Mr. K. C. Nigam -- Perth, Australia 11 May, 1975|Letter to Mr. K. C. Nigam -- Perth, Australia 11 May, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I am very glad that you are holding some spiritual conference, but my only request is to follow the standard method of spiritual consciousness. One must know first of all, what is the spiritual basis. Anyone who is accepting this body as the self, he is no better than the cats and dogs. One must know what the spirit soul is within this body. He is eternal part and parcel of God, therefore, his only business is to revive his eternal relation with God and work on that fundamental basis so that he can achieve the ultimate goal of life. The whole thing is instructed in the Bhagavad-gita and if we accept the teachings of Bhagavad-gita, as it is without unnecessary commentary on it, then our spiritual movement will be successful. But, if we manufacture something out of our own concoction, it will never be successful. This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita (16/23):</p>
:yah sastra-vidhim utsrjya vartate kama-karatah
:na sa siddhim avapnoti na sukham na param gatim
:([[Vanisource:BG 16.23|BG 16.23]])
<p>"But he who discards scriptural injunctions and acts according to his own whims is headed for a hellish destination."</p>
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