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Srila Prabhupada, Durban, October 9, 1975: […] So that Krishna consciousness achievement, how it can be obtained is being explained by Krishna Himself. Therefore it is said, sri bhagavan uvaca: “The Supreme Personality of Godhead said..”
Bhagavan means He does not cheat you. Others, they will give you instruction and cheat you, because anyone who is not liberated, he has got four defects of his life: he commits mistake, he is illusioned, he cheats and his senses are imperfect. This is called conditioned soul, everyone. Even big, big men, big, big leaders, they commit so many mistakes.
And so far illusion is concerned, everyone is illusioned because I am not this body, but everyone is thinking, “I am this body.” This is called illusion.
Dehatma-buddhi. “I am not this body. I am spirit soul.” Aham brahmasmi. But I am thinking, “I am Indian,” “I am American,” “I am South African,” “I am black,” “I am white,” “I am fat,” “I am thin.” This is bodily. This is called illusion. And we invent our ideologies by mental speculation, without having perfect knowledge. We are accustomed to say, “I think.” But “I think”? What I am? All my senses are imperfect. I commit mistake, I am illusioned, and when I say, “I think,” what is the use of my thinking? This is cheating.
This is cheating. So any conditioned soul… There are two kinds of living entities: the liberated and the conditioned soul. So we should not receive any knowledge from conditioned person. We must receive knowledge from the liberated. So Krishna, Bhagavan, the Personality of Godhead—who can be more liberated than Himself?
Therefore He says—we should accept it. If you are fortunate enough, then whatever He says, you should accept it. Full Lecture
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