When you follow the footsteps of the great sages, you say, "Only Kṛṣṇa. All for Kṛṣṇa. I'm all in for Kṛṣṇa. I'm all out for the idea that I'm going to be happy in the material world. That's it—finished, done, no más, out." Then you're eligible for the same result as the greatest of sages: kalpante yennu tāṁ iha—means you get what they got, because you're following their footsteps. Even if you feel feeble in your attempt, you will attain the highest perfection.

So if you take this attitude that "Kṛṣṇa, I'm Yours, there's nothing else but You," then you'll never make an offense, also never feel entitled.

Entitlement is a dangerous attitude. If you feel it creeping in, then go somewhere and get some remedial measure to overcome entitlement, because it can creep in and you might not even know that you have it. If somebody notices it in you and mentions that you seem entitled, like you feel entitled, then be afraid. What should you be? Actually, I'm going to modify that. Be very afraid. Be afraid of entitlement and feel that "I'm not entitled to anything," and you may notice that it's natural. Your senses feel entitled. Have you ever noticed that if you see a cupcake, your tongue may say, "That's for me. That's mine." And you can say, "No, that's not your cupcake. That's Kṛṣṇa's cupcake." First, you offer it to Kṛṣṇa, then you can have a little bit. Don't be entitled, and be sincere. Just be sincere. Don't think you have to perform a trick. This is not a circus act. It is not something to show that "I'm something" or "somebody." We have nothing except our own sincerity. Just come down to that essence. Bottle it, if you can find it inside, you put it in a little bottle, and every day, take a little drop of that, and remember you just need sincerity. Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā: 'teṣāṁ satata-yuktānāṁ bhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakam dadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ taṁ yena mām upayānti te' (BG 10.10)

He's there for us just as long as we're sincere, and He knows what our heart is. And if we're sincere, don't try to have pretense—a pretense that "I'm more than I am." You don't have to do that. It's not important. Nobody cares anyway. Everyone is concerned with their own stature and how they look. And everyone looked in the mirror this morning at one time or another and thought, you know, "How am I going to come off in the world?" You don't have to worry about that, except for as a record of being a representative of Kṛṣṇa, but for ourselves, we can remain akiñcana. Queen Kunti says, don't get caught up with the designations of wealth or beauty or intelligence. Don't try to perform like a circus animal. Just be a sincere devotee of Kṛṣṇa. And don't even try to be a great devotee. Just try to be a good devotee. And if we just try to be good and put together one lifetime of dedication to Kṛṣṇa—just one lifetime—that's it.

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