The difference between believers and atheists is that the former know that nothing can happen without the will of the Sovereign Lord, while the latter cannot understand anything about the supreme will of God. No one can act independently; on the contrary, everyone acts under the direction of God, the Supreme Person. As a result, victory and defeat occur according to the consequences of the karma or act concerned, and the Supreme Lord is the sole judge in the matter. Since we act under the dominion of the Supreme Being according to our karma, nobody, since Brahma, the first created and regent being of our galaxy, up to the insignificant ant, is independent. Whether we are beaten or victorious, the Supreme Lord is always victorious, because all beings act under his direction.

The power of our senses, our mental power, our physical vigor, our life force, as well as immortality and mortality are all subject to the supreme authority of God. Fools who ignore this fact believe that the body, material and inert, is behind their actions.

Krishna, God, the Sovereign Person is the Supreme Master, known as Govinda: His form is all of eternity, knowledge and bliss. He is the origin of all that is and has origin only Himself, because He is the Cause of all causes.

Since everything depends on the will of God, the Supreme Person, our one and only duty is to surrender to Him and seek His divine protection. The entire cosmic manifestation is formed as soon as God looks at material energy. Nothing can exist without his supervision and consent.

The consequences of acts committed in the past life are visible in front of us, the evidence is there.

We count three types of existence according to the influence exerted by the three attributes and modes of influence of material nature; virtue, passion and ignorance. Thus living beings can be classified as peaceful, feverish and dizzy, or as happy, unhappy and in between, or even as virtuous, impious and half religious. We can deduce that in the next life these three kinds of material influences will continue to act in a similar way. The influence of the three attributes of material nature and its consequences are visible in today's life. For example, some feel very happy, others very unhappy, and still others in between. However, this is the result of past contact with the three attributes (virtue, passion and ignorance). Since these differences are manifest in the course of our current life, we can assume that depending on their relationship to the different attributes, living things will also be happy, unhappy or in between in their next life. The best will therefore be to dissociate from the three