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Bhagavad Gita says that the bewildered spirit soul thinks himself to
be the doer of activites but in actuallity all the activities are
carried out by nature. This nature is working under Krishna’s
direction. Anything material spiritual anything is being performed by
Krishna alone. If we want to enjoy anything if we want to claim
proprietorship over anything or if want to take credit for anything
that means the most serious destructive enemy has overcome us. In this
material world everyone is envious of someone else even in spiritual
life.

If you have power to speak that is Krishna’s, your ability to see is
property of Krishna.If you have some particular abilities or skills
Krishna says I am ability in man. Your ability belongs to Krishna.
Krishna says I am the intelligence of the intelligent. Your
intelligence is the property of Krishna. I am the strength of the
strong. Whatever strength you have to do anything, that strength is
the property of Krishna. when we want to take credit for anything that
is a show that we are envious of God. Because He deserves it because
it’s all His.

If someone manifests more empowered qualities than we sometimes we
become envious. In our heart of our hearts we are hoping that this
person will fall down from spiritual platform so that people think
just see he is not as good as I am.

Everyone one is thinking he was very good but when all things are said
and done I am better I am the greatest. Whatever you are good at, if
we are not good at something usually we are not so envious of people
but if you are good at something a little then we cannot tolerate
somebody else is better. This is the nature of the conditioned soul. A
poor man is not so envious of some other rich man. But if a rich man
if he sees somebody else richer then he becomes very envious. If see
somebody else do giving more donation or doing better he think Haa..
he is motivated its all material. When I do it all transcendental .if
someone can speak and treats better than us then we are thinking I
cannot wait till this person can fall down. So everyone one realizes I
am better. Someone can sing better someone can cook better someone can
manage better we become very envious because we want be the enjoyer we
want to be the proprietor of this opulence.

However we should that all belongs to Krishna. If someone is speaking
nicely we should not think just see how wonderfully this person is. I
want to be better. We should see Just see how wonderfully Krishna is
manifesting through this person. If someone sings very nicely just
think just see how wonderfully Krishna is manifesting Himself through
this person. If someone is managing or cooking or doing anything very
nicely dressing deities very nicely we should think just see how
nicely Krishna is manifesting Himself through this person in such a
wonderful way. Then we will not be envious then we will simply find
great joy and inspiration in every ones devotional servce. Mamai vamso
jiva loke jiva bhuta sanathanah ..every living being is a part and
parcel of Krishna. If you are envious of anyone do not fool yourself
that means you are simply a serpent envious of Krishna that’s all. If
you admit it you can make some spiritual advancement. If you don’t
admit it, you simply suffer your owm venom birth after birth after
birth. Whatever the qualities we are envious of they are manifesting
through Krishna they are manifesting by Krishna through this person.
When we are envious of Krishna we are potentially envious of every
part if Him.

We come to this world because we want to be the proprietor and
enjoyer. And this is the problems with the religions today. Most
religions are teaching you worship God you approach God. you will have
better material life. You will get more respectability you will get
more proprietorship over land through economic development you will
get more sense gratification another you will be simply more envious
of God you will be able to fulfill you envious positions. that s all
.in the name of religion. They are simply asking to provide the
resources by we can continue our envy towards him. Take the glory that
belongs to Him, take the property that belongs to Him. Enjoy the
facilities that belong to Him .therefore SrimadBhagavatham from the
very beginning kicks of this kaitava dharma cheating religion.

The Bhagavatam explains that only thing that extinguishes envy which
is the basic root all disease is sincerely chanting and hearing the
glories of the lord. How is this possible, because when we hear and
chant the glories of the supreme personality od godhead, we are
directly associating with him. In the beginning due to the disease of
envy which is like Jaundice, hearing and chanting the glories of the
lord is sometimes very bitter, distasteful. Sit home and read the
scriptures, com e to the bhagwatam class, come to the Gita class, come
to the pravachan, I’ll rather go to the cinema, rather watch the TV
rather read some novel, I will rather talk prajalpa, talk nonsense
with my friends, its boring to sit down and listen, that’s because of
our disease, the disease of envy. Rather than to give Krsna enjoyment
we want to enjoy, but if we continually hear and chant the glories of
the lord in proper association. Then gradually little by little by
little this envy will be removed.

Nashta prayeshu abhadreshu Nityam bhagwat sewaya
Bhagwati uttama sloke bhaktir bhawati naishtiki

Bhagavatam explains that by regularly hearing Srimad Bhagavatam from
the person Bhagavatam not by the person who is teaching the conclusion
of arth kaam moksha but one who is teaching the real essence from the
parampara - pure devotional service. If we hear from such a person and
render service to such a person all inauspicious things from our heart
are cleansed.

- HH Radhanath Swami :: Srimad Bhagavatam Lecture (9.11.23)