18 Raja-vidya: The King of Knowledge

Krsna whatever distress or confidential problem he
has. He should say, “Krsna, I am suffering in this
way. I have fallen in this tossing ocean of material
illusion. Kindly pick me up. I understand now that
I have no identification with this material world. I
am simply put here, as if thrown into the Atlantic-
ocean, I may not in any way identify with the
Atlantic ocean, but I am subject to the tossing of the
ocean. Actually I am a spiritual spark, a fragmental
part of You.” To our misfortune, we try to identify
with this ocean and stop its tossing. We must not try
to stop the tossing. It is not possible. In any case, |
the tossing will go on, for that is the law of nature.
Only the foolish try to adjust to this world; the real
problem is how to get out of it. Those who do
attempt to adjust and who never turn to Krsna are

continually subject to transmigration in the ocean of
birth and death.

asraddadhanah purusa
dharmasyasya parantapa

aprapya mam nivartante
mrtyu-samsara-vartmani

“Those who are not faithful on the path of
devotional service cannot attain Me, O conqueror of
foes, but return to birth and death in this material
world.” (Bg. 9.3)

By definition, religion is that which connects us
with God. If it is not capable of connecting us with
God, it is no religion. Religion means searching for
God, understanding God and establishing a relation-
ship with God. This is religion. Those who are en-
