Mahatma Gandhi: Not a blade of grass moves without the sanction of God

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Bhagavad-gita 5.7-13 | New York, 1966

A Krishna conscious person, he never thinks that, “I am doing something.” Even if you ask him that, “Are you going to such and such place?” Suppose it is settled that he’s going to such and such place. If you ask him, “When you are going?” He’ll say that, “I do not know when I shall go, but when Krishna will ask me or allow me to go, I shall go.”

I am saying this from my practical experience from my Guru Maharaja, from my spiritual master. He would never say that, “I am going,” “I am doing,” no. “If Krishna desires, then I shall do it.” “If Krishna desires, then I shall go.” Like that. Always depending on Krishna. This is called visuddhatma.

Naiva kincit karomiti yukto manyeta tattva-vit. Tattva-vit. Tattva-vit means one who knows the truth. One who knows the truth. The truth is that unless Krishna allows me to go, oh, I may not go.

There may be so many obstacles on my path. I have made my whole program. Just like last year, there was air crash on the Switzerland, one Indian aircraft. And there were all respectable gentleman, and there was… Perhaps you know it.

There was one Indian chemist, Dr. Bhabha.
He was going to attend some nuclear meeting in some European country, but there was a crash and all of them died in a second. So unless Krishna desires, unless He allows, we cannot do anything.

This is the fact. So tattva-vit…tattva-vit means one who knows the truth. He thinks like that, that “I cannot do anything. I am always dependent on Krishna. I cannot…” Mahatma Gandhi he used to say that “Not a blade of grass moves without the sanction of God.” It is a fact. It is a fact. Nothing can be done without His sanction.

Then you can ask, “Then why somebody is doing bad work and why somebody is doing good work? In both ways Kåñëa has sanctioned?” Yes, in both ways Krishna has sanctioned. Without sanction he cannot do it. But how both ways Krishna has sanctioned?

Now Krishna has sanctioned in this way. He has given you liberty. He has given you independence. Not full independence, but… You cannot become full independent. But you have got independence. He does not touch on your independence. That is there.

Because otherwise, if you, if you are bereft of your independence, if you are without independence, then you have no meaning as living entity. Every living entity has got his minute share of independence. So Krishna has given every one of you independence to make your choice. Now why you are…?

Somebody is doing bad work or somebody is doing good work, and Krishna giving sanction? How is that? That sanction is like that, that when I want to do something and I desire, I pray, “Oh, this thing may be done.” It may be bad or good, that is a different thing. It may be… I am very much anxious.

So when he’s bent upon doing so, Krishna gives him sanction, “Yes, you do it. You do it.” He gives him facility. But one who has dovetailed himself into Krishna consciousness, Krishna gives him better consult, that “You do like this. Then you come to Me.”

So sanction is always there. Sanction is always there. Without sanction, nothing can be done. So one who is in Krishna consciousness he knows. He’s tattva-vit. Tattva-vit means one who knows the truth, that “I cannot do anything without Krishna’s sanction.”

Therefore he does not do anything. Whatever is sanctioned by Krishna he does; otherwise not. So, pasyan srnvan sprsan jighrann asnan gacchan svapan svasan. These are our activities.

Pasyan, we act by seeing. We act by hearing. We act by touching. We act by smelling. We act by going. We act by dreaming. We act by breathing. So many our activities are… So in all these, going on.

But a tattva-vit, one who is in the perfect knowledge and is Krishna consciousness, he, although he is doing all these things he knows, “I’m not doing.” This is tattva-vit. Although he’s doing all these things he knows that “I am not doing. Krishna is doing. I am simply instrumental. I am simply instrument.” That is the perfection.

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