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			<div class="section" id="Lectures" text="Lectures"><h2>Lectures</h2></div>

			<div class="sub_section" id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures"><h3>Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures</h3></div>

	~~[[Category:~~God ~~Consciousness]]~~		<div class="quote" book="Lec" link="Lecture on BG 2.48-49 -- New York, April 1, 1966" link_text="Lecture on BG 2.48-49 -- New York, April 1, 1966">
			<div class="heading">I tell you my practical experience. I wrote some letters to some good foundation that "I want to start here in America an institution for God consciousness, international institution for God consciousness. You kindly help me."</div>

	~~== Lectures ==~~

	=~~== Bhagavad~~-~~gita As It Is Lectures ===~~		<mp3player>https://vanipedia.s3.amazonaws.com/clip/660401BG-NEW_YORK_clip6.mp3</mp3player>
			<div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 2.48-49 -- New York, April 1, 1966\|Lecture on BG 2.48-49 -- New York, April 1, 1966]]:'''

	~~<span class=~~"~~q_heading">~~'''I tell you my practical experience. I wrote some letters to some good foundation that "I want to start here in America an institution for God consciousness, international institution for God consciousness. You kindly help me."~~'''</span>~~		So one who engages this body for sense enjoyment, he is called ''kṛpaṇa'', miser. And one who engages this body for the service of the Supreme Lord, he is called ''brāhmaṇa''. So Lord says that, "You don't be ''kṛpaṇa''. You don't be miser." Miser want . . . now, here, suppose there are so many rich men in your country and so many foundations also. And I tell you my practical experience. I wrote some letters so, so . . . some good foundation that "I want to start here in America an institution for God consciousness, international institution for God consciousness. You kindly help me." Now, they have flatly refused that, "Our pledge is not anything for religion or God."

	<span class="LEC-statistics">'''[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 2.48-49 -- New York, April 1, 1966\|Lecture on BG 2.48-49 -- New York, April 1, 1966]]:''' So one who engages this body for sense enjoyment, he is called kṛpaṇa, miser. And one who engages this body for the service of the Supreme Lord, he is called brāhmaṇa. So Lord says that "You don't be kṛpaṇa. You don't be miser." Miser want... Now, here, suppose there are so many rich men in your country and so many foundations also. And I tell you my practical experience. I wrote some letters to some good foundation that "I want to start here in America an institution for God consciousness, international institution for God consciousness. You kindly help me." Now, they have flatly refused that "Our pledge is not anything for religion or God." Just see. That means, according to Bhagavad-gītā, they are all misers. Although they have got very good foundation, they are making actually some charities, but they are miserly. They do not know where to make charity, where to make charity. The karma-yoga, karma-yoga... It will be clearly stated by Lord in later chapter, yat karoṣi yaj juhoṣi yad aśnāsi dadāsi yat kuruṣva tad mad-arpaṇam [Bg. 9.27]. The karma-yoga process is that "Whatever you do, whatever you take trouble for, whatever you eat, and everything, offer to Me. Offer to Me." That is called karma-yoga, or yoga-sthaḥ. But the people have developed such a consciousness at the present moment that whenever they hear of God or whenever they hear of some religion, they at once become adverse to it. In my country also the same position.		Just see. That means, according to ''Bhagavad-gītā'', they are all misers. Although they have got very good foundation, they are making actually some charities, but they are miserly. They do not know where to make charity, where to make charity. The yog . . . the ''karma-yoga'', ''karma-yoga''. . . it will be clearly stated by Lord in later chapter, ''yat karoṣi yaj juhoṣi yad aśnāsi dadāsi yat kuruṣva tad mad-arpaṇam'' ([[Vanisource:BG 9.27 (1972)\|BG 9.27]]). The ''karma-yoga'' process is that "Whatever you do, whatever you take trouble for, whatever you eat, and everything, offer to Me. Offer to Me." That is called ''karma-yoga'', or ''yoga-sthaḥ''. But the people have developed such a consciousness at the present moment that whenever they hear of God or whenever they hear of some religion, they at once become adverse to it. In, in my country also the same position . . .

			Now, this book, my ''Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam'', it is recognized by the government. The Ministry of Central Government, they have recognized this book, and they are purchasing hundred copies of each part. They recognize. But when I told that, "For this publication of the whole thing, I require 500,000's of dollars. Government can take up this work," "No, our government is secular. Secular." So I could not get any help from my government. You see?

	Now, this book, my Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, it is recognized by the government. The Ministry of Central Government, they have recognized this book, and they are purchasing hundred copies of each part. They recognize. But when I told that "For this publication of the whole thing, I require 500,000's of dollars. The government can take up this work," "No, our government is secular. Secular." So I could not get any help from my government. You see? And here also I approached some foundation that "Here is my program, that I want to start one institution for God consciousness. Please, your... ~~The~~ institution will be established in your country. Your people will be benefited. I don't take any money. I don't make any profit. I want to simply give my service." And I have got their letter, on the Rockefeller Foundation. They have flatly refused: "No, we are not going to contribute anything for religious purpose or for God consciousness. It is not possible."</~~span~~>		And here also I approached some foundation that, "Here is my program, that I want to start one institution for God consciousness. Please, your . . . the institution will be established in your country. Your people will be benefited. I don't take any money. I don't make any profit. I want to simply give my service." And I have got their letter, on the Rockefeller Foundation. They have flatly refused: "No, we are not going to contribute anything for religious purpose or for God consciousness. It is not possible."</div>
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== Lectures ==

=== Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures ===

<span class="q_heading">'''I tell you my practical experience. I wrote some letters to some good foundation that "I want to start here in America an institution for God consciousness, international institution for God consciousness. You kindly help me."'''</span>

<span class="LEC-statistics">'''[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 2.48-49 -- New York, April 1, 1966|Lecture on BG 2.48-49 -- New York, April 1, 1966]]:''' So one who engages this body for sense enjoyment, he is called kṛpaṇa, miser. And one who engages this body for the service of the Supreme Lord, he is called brāhmaṇa. So Lord says that "You don't be kṛpaṇa. You don't be miser." Miser want... Now, here, suppose there are so many rich men in your country and so many foundations also. And I tell you my practical experience. I wrote some letters to some good foundation that "I want to start here in America an institution for God consciousness, international institution for God consciousness. You kindly help me." Now, they have flatly refused that "Our pledge is not anything for religion or God." Just see. That means, according to Bhagavad-gītā, they are all misers. Although they have got very good foundation, they are making actually some charities, but they are miserly. They do not know where to make charity, where to make charity. The karma-yoga, karma-yoga... It will be clearly stated by Lord in later chapter, yat karoṣi yaj juhoṣi yad aśnāsi dadāsi yat kuruṣva tad mad-arpaṇam [Bg. 9.27]. The karma-yoga process is that "Whatever you do, whatever you take trouble for, whatever you eat, and everything, offer to Me. Offer to Me." That is called karma-yoga, or yoga-sthaḥ. But the people have developed such a consciousness at the present moment that whenever they hear of God or whenever they hear of some religion, they at once become adverse to it. In my country also the same position.

Now, this book, my Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, it is recognized by the government. The Ministry of Central Government, they have recognized this book, and they are purchasing hundred copies of each part. They recognize. But when I told that "For this publication of the whole thing, I require 500,000's of dollars. The government can take up this work," "No, our government is secular. Secular." So I could not get any help from my government. You see? And here also I approached some foundation that "Here is my program, that I want to start one institution for God consciousness. Please, your... The institution will be established in your country. Your people will be benefited. I don't take any money. I don't make any profit. I want to simply give my service." And I have got their letter, on the Rockefeller Foundation. They have flatly refused: "No, we are not going to contribute anything for religious purpose or for God consciousness. It is not possible."</span>

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Navakishora Mukunda at 16:03, 29 September 2020

Visnu Murti at 13:43, 27 November 2008