Every human being should (Conv and Letters)

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Conversations and Morning Walks

1969 Conversations and Morning Walks

Every human being should be inquisitive to know the Absolute Truth. That is the real business of human life.

Room Conversation with Allen Ginsberg -- May 12, 1969, Columbus, Ohio: Sense gratification should be accepted simply to maintain this body. That's all. The real business is tattva-jijñāsā, to understand. The human life is meant for understanding the Absolute Truth. Jīvasya tattva-jijñāsā naś ceha yat karmabhiḥ. Kāmasya nendriya-pritir labho jīveta yāvatā [SB 1.2.10]. Kāmasya, sense gratification, does not mean you have to increase the volume of sense gratification. No. Jīveta yāvatā, you have to accept sense gratification so far as you can live very nicely. The real business is jīvasya tattva-jijñāsā. Every human being should be inquisitive to know the Absolute Truth. That is the real business of human life. So to come to that business, you won't find mass of people. It is not possible. You don't expect.