Proprietor & Thief
Anyone who is using Krsna's money without acknowledging, he is a thief. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gita. Stena eva sa ucyate: he's a thief. So in this material world, one who has no Krsna consciousness, one who is not using things in Krsna consciousness... Everyone is using Krsna's... Nobody has got any property. Isavasyam idam sarvam [Iso mantra 1]. Everything belongs to Krsna. That is the version in Isopanisad. Now, in this American land, now divided into Canada, North America, South America, but originally, to whom this land belongs? It belongs to Krsna. You have come here and have divided Krsna's property and you have named "This is Canada, this is North America, this is South America," and you are claiming proprietorship. But if you are asked, "Are you really proprietor?" No. You have come here, encroached upon others' property. So originally, you are thief. Actually this is the position, that anyone who is unlawfully claiming something, "It is mine," that is illusion.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Lecture -- Montreal, June 26, 1968
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