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misconception. We must come to understand that
Krsna is the ultimate proprietor of the fruits of all
our works. Hundreds of people may be working in
an office, but they understand that whatever profit
the business makes belongs to the proprietor. As soon
as a teller at the bank thinks, “Oh, I have so much
money. I am the proprietor. Let me take it home
with me,” his trouble begins. If we think that we
can use whatever wealth we have amassed for our
own sense gratification, we are acting out of kama,
lust. But if we come to understand that everything
we have belongs to Krsna, we are liberated. We may
have the same money in our hands, but as soon as we
think that we are the proprietor, we are under the
influence of maya. One who is situated in the con-
sciousness that everything belongs to Krsna is an
actual learned man.
isavasyam idam sarvam
yat kinca jagatyam jagat
tena tyaktena bhunjitha
ma grdhah kasya svid dhanam

“Everything animate or inanimate that is within the
universe 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 one
must not accept other things, knowing well to whom
they belong.” (Sri ISopanisad, Mantra 1)

This consciousness of isavasya—every thing belongs
to Krsna—must be revived, not only individually but
nationally and universally. Then there will be peace.
We often tend to be philanthropic and altruistic, and
