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Religion doesn't cause war but misunderstanding of religion does. |
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'Overcoming the IIT disadvantage'
delivered at IIT Chennai on 19th Nov 2006 |

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Religious fighting is due to ignorance of who the
Supreme person is and what He expects |
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'Overcoming the IIT disadvantage'
delivered at IIT Chennai on 19th Nov 2006 |

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Real intelligence is to see that for all our attempts to manipulate the material world we have to suffer. |
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'Overcoming the IIT disadvantage'
delivered at IIT Chennai on 19th Nov 2006 |

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People think intelligence means to grasp many concepts and manipulate the material energy better. |
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'Overcoming the IIT disadvantage'
delivered at IIT Chennai on 19th Nov 2006 |

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The whole endeavor to attain knowledge
or to improve human society only with respect to
the material condition using our highly limited mental capacities is
frog philosophy. To help us go beyond that Krishna speaks Bhagavad Gita. |
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'Overcoming the IIT disadvantage'
delivered at IIT Chennai on 19th Nov 2006 |

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Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – [The
most prestigious institution of technological knowledge] should make their symbol
a frog. This IIT is going on based on frog philosophy. |
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'Overcoming the IIT disadvantage'
delivered at IIT Chennai on 19th Nov 2006 |

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The ultimate goal of life is not to
attain peace but that is a beginning platform,
The ultimate goal of life is to fully surrendering to Krishna. |
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'Overcoming the IIT disadvantage'
delivered at IIT Chennai on 19th Nov 2006 |

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Unless one's mind is at least somewhat peaceful one cannot even begin to think about
spiritual subjects. |
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'Overcoming the IIT disadvantage'
delivered at IIT Chennai on 19th Nov 2006 |

We say "no meat eating, no gambling, no illicit sex, no intoxication" and
people say "no thank you" |
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'Overcoming the IIT disadvantage'
delivered at IIT Chennai on 19th Nov 2006 |

We know one is cheater when he says that to follow spiritual life there are
no restrictions. |
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'Overcoming the IIT disadvantage'
delivered at IIT Chennai on 19th Nov 2006 |
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"Devotional service to Lord which is not firmly based on sastras, sruti, smruti,
puranas, panchratra in the vaisnava cult, may appear to be bhakti but actuall it
is not. One attempts to perform devotional service but if one does not strictly
follow the sastras, then that so called Bhakti may appear to be Bhakti, but actually
it is a disturbance on the path of bhakti. Not only it is not bhakti, but it is
a disturbance on the path of bhakti. Because people without much knowledge can't
distinguish between what is a genuine path and that which isn't." |
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Ref: H H Bhakti Vikasa Swami - "The Basics - Day 4" - Pula
Summer Camp, Croatia, 2003 |

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Gopi lila is like sweets (gulab jamun), eating more sweets deteriorates your health,
in bad health bitter food is favourable... |
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Lecture on C.C. at South Norwood Temple, London on 2nd June 2007, Courtesy -
Prabhupada (das) BVKS (Lon-UK) |

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The Lord's will and His sanction are
not exactly the same. |
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Ref: H H Bhakti Vikasa Swami - "Memories of my youth" -
27th OCT'06 - DXB |

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The endeavor for material happiness
inevitably is a cause of distress. |
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Ref: H H Bhakti Vikasa Swami - "Memories of my youth" -
27th OCT'06 - DXB |

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Everything is Krishna and the failure
to recognize that is the cause of all
our problems. |
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Ref: H H Bhakti Vikasa Swami - "Memories of my youth" -
27th OCT'06 - DXB |

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There are different religions because there are different levels of understanding
God. |
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Ref: H H Bhakti Vikasa Swami - "Memories of my youth" -
27th OCT'06 - DXB |

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You have to be a complete fool to not accept the
existence of God. |
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Ref: H H Bhakti Vikasa Swami - "Memories of my youth" -
27th OCT'06 - DXB |

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First one sees God through jnana caksuh(the
eyes of knowledge) and then by practicing bhakti he attains prema caksuh(eyes of
love). |
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Ref: H H Bhakti Vikasa Swami - "Memories of my youth" -
27th OCT'06 - DXB |

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Krishna consciousness at the bare minimum
saves us from bad work and over and above that it gives us the richness of having the
purpose of life. |
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Ref: H H Bhakti Vikasa Swami - "Memories of my youth" -
27th OCT'06 - DXB |

The serious effort of seeking the Lord is the
actual cause of our having
bliss. |
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Ref: H H Bhakti Vikasa Swami - "Memories of my youth" -
27th OCT'06 - DXB |

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I was convinced of Krishna consciousness in just a few moments of entering the temple room. |
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Ref: H H Bhakti Vikasa Swami - "Memories of my youth" -
27th OCT'06 - DXB |

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The beggar on
the street and Bill Gates has the
same amount of money, at the time of
death. |
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Ref: H H Bhakti Vikasa Swami - "Memories of my youth" -
27th OCT'06 - DXB |

| People are smiling outside but screaming inside. |
| Ref: H H Bhakti Vikasa Swami - "Memories of my youth" - 27th OCT'06 - DXB |

| Everyone is just working for money which makes the society very shallow. |
| Ref: H H Bhakti Vikasa Swami - "Memories of my youth" - 27th OCT'06 - DXB |

The whole way modern civilization is set up, it simply puts people in
anxiety. |
| Ref: H H Bhakti Vikasa Swami - "Memories of my youth" - 27th OCT'06 - DXB |

it is really Krishna's mercy that he gave me an opportunity to join this
movement at a very young age. |
| Ref: H H Bhakti Vikasa Swami - "Memories of my youth" - 27th OCT'06 - DXB |

The younger generation is trying to be "different" in the "same" way.
Therefore it is just cheating. |
| Ref: H H Bhakti Vikasa Swami - "Memories of my youth" - 27th OCT'06 - DXB |

Life is meant for more important things than chasing after money and so
called fun. |
| Ref: H H Bhakti Vikasa Swami - 'Memories of my youth' - DXB 27thOCT'06 |

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