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Opportunism and surrender 🙏 Śrīla Prabhupāda says - [On opportunism] "Man proposes and God disposes." That is the sum and substance. But as a pure devotee of the Lord, you should not propose - just accept his proposal and turn to Him. As for the conditioned soul, the same opportunities are there, but if you do not take advantage of the opportunity to rise to Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and choose to misuse your independence to take advantage of the opportunity to enjoy some material happiness, then you will remain conditioned as the Lord will allow you to fulfill those desires. The opportunity is always there, as we are offering many ways to become aware of Kṛṣṇa, but if you do not take advantage of the opportunity, what can I do? That is intentional neglect of duty. There can be the example of a man who is
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