One has to
understand thoroughly that he’s not master, he’s servant. He’s completely
dependent on the supreme will. If we do not surrender to the supreme will, then
we have to surrender to the will of maya. We have to remain a servant. If we
reject servitude of the Supreme Lord, then we have to become the servant of the
senses. That is maya. Actually, that is going on. The whole world is serving different
types of desire.
Now, we have
not manufactured the Krishna consciousness movement. We get it from the
Bhagavad-gita: sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja. Krishna says,
“Give up all these nonsense desires. Surrender unto Me” That is the whole
purpose of the Bhagavad-gita. Maya dictates our desires, which dictate us. And
we want to falsely become the master. That is illusion. We are not master. How
can we be master? We may be scientifically advanced. We may manufacture
wonderful machines and weapons, but after all, we are subjected to the rules of
maya: birth, disease, old age, and death. We cannot escape these four
principles of maya’s machinery.
Therefore the
sane man, who is actually learned, surrenders to Krishna. Bahunam janmanam ante
jnanavan mam prapadyate. One who becomes wise surrenders to Krishna. Otherwise,
one thinks, “Who is Krishna? I am as good as Krishna. I am God.” That is maya.
That is not actually knowledge.
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