Our Main Technique is to be Non-envious | SB 6.3.30- 6.4.22 | HG Vaisesika Dasa | UK | 09 Apr 2026

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is situated as the Supersoul within the cores of the hearts of all living entities—whether moving or non-moving—including men, birds, animals, trees, and indeed, all living entities. Therefore, you should consider every body a residence or temple of the Lord. By such vision, you will satisfy the Lord. You should not angrily kill these living entities in the form of trees. (SB 6.4.13) I have to read this again because it’s so nice; it really gets to the essence of our philosophy. In a verse in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, it is mentioned that our main religious principle is to give up envy of other living entities. That’s not a universally propagated idea. In fact, even in so-called religious culture, there are different forms of envy and enmity that arise. I’ll say that many people are sensitive to those who have envy and sectarian tendencies. I remember after 9/11, Does anybody remember that? Many of you were just little babies. Anyway, it was a traumatic time. I went to New York City to distribute books, a little time after that. I remember that people were traumatized. Even on the street, some people broke into tears. It was so traumatizing for the whole country, what to speak of being in New York City. One day, I was giving a book distribution seminar at the Brooklyn temple, and during one of the breaks, I walked out the door with my friend and Godbrother, Mitrasena Prabhu. I remembered that we should grab a book before we went out for a walk, because I had just mentioned it in the semina. What if I was caught empty-handed? So, we reached inside the door, took a Śrī Īśopaniṣad, took a left, went straight, and took another right. Actually, it was State Street in New York, and just then we came across a very hefty-looking gentleman in a t-shirt and pants that he had obviously been working in. He was leaning against an enormous pickup truck. There was some demolition and reconstruction going on State Street—regentrification of the brownstone apartments there. He saw us come around the corner in our dhotīs and other Vaiṣṇava symbols as he was whiling away his time on his break. He looked at us both and goes, "What are you? Buddha?" In an instant, I knew that was who the Śrī Īśopaniṣad was meant for. I took it out and I said, "No, we’re not Buddha, but we follow these various principles." I handed him the Śrī Īśopaniṣad and I read him two verses, the sixth and seventh: yas tu sarvāṇi bhūtāny ātmany evānupaśyati sarva-bhūteṣu cātmānaṁ tato na viju-gupsate yasmin sarvāṇi bhūtāny ātmaivābhūd vijānataḥ tatra ko mohaḥ kaḥ śoka ekatvam anupaśyataḥ These two verses are about how, when one sees every living being as a spiritual spark, qualitatively one with the Lord, becomes a true knower of things, what then can be illusion or anxiety for such a person? We should follow in the footsteps of those who have that vision. We shouldn’t imitate; we should follow in the footsteps of those who have that vision and treat everyone with respect. In the post-9/11 atmosphere, where New Yorkers especially felt they were being assailed by outsiders who had sectarian views that caused them to hate, to want to kill, and to smash buildings and so forth., he was taken aback when he..(0:55:15) ------------------------------------------------------------ To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=launch2025 https://vaisesikadasayatra.blogspot.com/