Psychologists are fond of noticing that we are often “in denial” of many things. Srila Prabhupada said that even Dhrtarastra was “in denial” of the wrongs he was perpetrating on the kingdom. In an interesting analysis of the materialist and criminal mind, he said this: “So Dhrtarastra said that `I know that what I am planning, that is not good. I know Krsna -the Supreme Personality of Godhead. And He has requested me. But I tell you frankly, I cannot do without it.” (Bhagavad-gita lecture in London, 1969)