42 Krsna Consciousness: the Topmost Yoga System
disillusioned gets free of all encumberances. If we want free-
dom from all bonds, then we have to understand God. There is
no neglecting this; it is our prime duty.

Out of millions of entities, one may be enlightened. Gener-
ally we are all born fools. As soon as I take birth I am nurtured
by parents and educated to falsely claim a land as my own.
National education means to make you more foolish. Am I not
foolish? I am changing my body like a dress life after life. You
have so many minds, so many dresses—who do you claim this
one? Why don’t you understand: “This dress is nice, but next
moment I may be in another.” You are in the grip of nature.
You cannot say what dress you will have: “Nature, make me
American.” No; material nature controls. If you live like a dog
—here, take a dog’s dress. If you live a godly life—here, take
God.

Out of many fools someone tries to understand what I
actually am. Dog? American? Russian? This real inquiry goes
on. If you inquire, you have to ask someone, not just your-
self. When crossing the street in a place you don’t know, you
have to ask the policeman or some gentleman. For “what I am”
you have to go to an authority also. What is a spiritual master?
He is a person conversant with the science of Krsna. Ordinarily
nobody inquires; but.if a man does, he can make progress and
come to this understanding: Krsna is the cause of all causes.

Four kinds of people, followers of scripture and higher
authority, inquire about Krsna. Those addicted to sinful activi-
ties can’t inquire. They go on in intoxication. The righteous,
pious man inquires and goes to God. Facility is given to people
in this process by the authority—to make people happy, not to
exploit people. The purpose of ISKCON is, in this way, to
understand the science of God. You want happiness. Here it is.
You are distressed by sinful reactions. But if there is no sinful
reaction there is no suffering. One who knows Krsna without
doubt is relieved of all reactions. Krsna says,“Come to Me, and
