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Prabhupada, Bombay, September 26, 1973: […] Therefore Bhagavad-gita says, brahma-bhutah prasannatma [Bg. 18.54] It is not that by some process I become Brahman. I am Brahman, but on account of maya, my knowledge is covered. I am thinking, “I am product of this material world,” “I am American,” “I am Indian,” in terms of the soil where we have taken birth.
Yasyatma-buddhih kunape tri-dhatuke sva-dhih kalatradisu bhauma ijya-dhih [SB 10.84.13]
Bhauma ijya-dhih. The whole world is mad after this process of bhauma idya-dhih. They are… Instead of worshiping Krishna, they are worshiping the land in which one is born. That is called under the name of, going on, so many isms. So this is described as bhauma ijya-dhih.
But actually, we are part and parcel of Krishna. Krishna is Parabrahman; therefore we, being part and parcel, we are also Brahman. Just like particles of gold is also gold. So there is no question of becoming Brahman. Brahman we are already. Simply we have to know that, “I am not this body.” Aham brahmasmi: “I am spirit soul, part and parcel of Krishna.” That is knowledge. Jnanam jneyam. Jneyam, this knowledge, that “I am Brahman.” And as soon as we are perfectly situated in that spiritual knowledge, aham brahmasmi, then brahma-bhutah prasannatma na socati na kanksati [Bg. 18.54]. There is no lamentation.
Everyone is lamenting because he’s a sudra. Sudra’s business is to lament. But when one understands, brahmana, brahma janati iti brahmanah, he does not lament. We have seen many brahmanas. They are not very materially opulent, but they are happy. They are happy with Krishna. Full Lecture
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