We should know–Bhoktaram yagya tapasam sarva loka maheshvaram–that everything is the property of Krishna. We should never think in terms of I and mine, never claim this body to be ourselves, and never claim that anything in relationship with this body belongs to ourselves. It is all Krishna’s, it is all by Krishna and for Krishna. If we simply have this understanding, we will never be bound by the shackles of birth and death or all the miseries that come in between. What situation we are in–whether we have great material wealth due to some past karma or whether we are in a poverty stricken state due to some past karma–is not really important at all. What is important is that we are Krishna conscious, that we are not attached to anything except service to Krishna, the association of Krishna’s devotees and the chanting of Krishna’s names, “Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare/ Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.”
By Radhanath Swami
