92 Raja-vidya: The King of Knowledge

knowing the science of Krsna, we can easily cross
over the ignorance of false proprietorship.

We are actually suffering due to our ignorance.
In the law court ignorance is no excuse. If we tell
the judge that we are not aware of the law, we will
be punished anyway. If one has illegally amassed so
much wealth and yet claims ignorance of his trans-
gression, he will be punished nonetheless. The whole
world is lacking this knowledge, and _ therefore
thousands of teachers of the science of Krsna are
needed. There is a great necessity for this knowledge
now. We should not think that because Krsna was
born in India that the knowledge of Bhagavad-gita is
sectarian or that Krsna is a sectarian God. Indeed, in
the Fourteenth Chapter Sri Krsna proclaims Himself
to be the father of all beings, as pointed out
previously (Bg. 14.4).

As spirit souls we are part and parcel of the
Supreme Spirit, but due to our desire to enjoy this
material world, we have been put into material
nature. Yet in whatever species of life we may be,
Krsna is the Father. Thus Bhagavad-gita is not meant
for any particular party or nation but for everyone
all over the world—even for the animals. Now that
the sons of the Supreme are committing theft due
to ignorance, it is the duty of one who is conversant
with Bhagavad-gita to spread this supreme knowledge
to all beings. In this way people may realize their
true spiritual nature -and their relationship to the
supreme spiritual whole.
