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all living entities, for that is the plan of Mother Nature.
Everyone has the right to live by utilizing the wealth of the
Lord. When people learn the art of scientifically utilizing the
Lord’s property, they will no longer encroach upon one
another’s rights. Then an ideal society can be formed. The
basic principle for such a spiritual society is stated in the
first mantra of Sri Isopanisad:

isavadsyam idam sarvamn
yat kifica jagatyam jagat
tena tyaktena bhufyitha
ma grdhah kasya svid dhanam

“Everything animate or inanimate that is within the uni-
verse is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should
therefore accept only those things necessary for himself,
which are set aside as his quota, and should not accept other
things, knowing well to whom they belong.”

Krsna conscious devotees know very well that this ma-
terial world is designed by the complete arrangement of the
Lord to fulfill all the necessities of life for all living beings,
without their having to encroach upon the life or rights of
one another. This complete arrangement affords the proper
quota of wealth for everyone according to his real needs, and
thus everyone may live peacefully according to the principle
of plain living and high thinking. Unfortunately, ma-
terialists who have neither faith in the plan of God nor any
aspiration for higher spiritual development misuse their
God-given intelligence only to augment their material
possessions. They devise many systems—such as capitalism
