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Canakya Pandita has says, tyaja durjana-samsargam: "Avoid bad men's company." Bhaja sadhu-samagamam - Always try to associate with learned, what is, sadhu, with devotees

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"Canakya Paṇḍita has says, tyaja durjana-saṁsargam:" |"Avoid bad men's company." |"Bhaja sādhu-samāgamam:" |"Always try to associate with learned, what is, sādhu, with devotees"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1975 Conversations and Morning Walks

Devotee: Shall we sell our land, then?

Prabhupāda: What will come? Trust no future, that's all. We must be always ready for destruction. Material world is like that. Nitya anityatam. Canakya Paṇḍita has says, tyaja durjana-saṁsargam: "Avoid bad men's company." Bhaja sādhu-samāgamam: "Always try to associate with learned, what is, sādhu, with devotees. Avoid this worldly men's association and try to associate with devotees." Tyaja durjana-saṁsargam bhaja sādhu-samāgamam, and then smara nityam anityatam: "And always think that everything here in this material world is for few days." That's all. Tyaja durjana-saṁsargam bhaja sādhu-samāgamam. (break) Anityatam. (break) . . . be the motto of life. (break) . . . associate with the materialistic person. Try to associate with devotee, and always think that this world is for few days. That's all.

Bali-mardana: On the island with the farm, the people are . . . now they are afraid that there will be a volcanic eruption and the whole island will be finished.

Prabhupāda: There is such sign?

Bali-mardana: Yes, because that volcano over there, it is still active. It is smoking. It is always smoking.

Śrutakīrti: Siddha-svarūpa had said every twelve years it erupts, and I think it's been ten years since the last one or something. So it's expected that in two years . . .

Prabhupāda: The last time it devastated? No.

Śrutakīrti: I don't know. He said some damage, yes.

Bali-mardana: Paritally, not completely.

Paramahaṁsa: Partial devastation.

Prabhupāda: No, when volcano is in smoke, that is dangerous. That is dangerous. (break)

Devotee: Shall we sell our land, then?

Prabhupāda: What will come? Trust no future, that's all. We must be always ready for destruction. Material world is like that. Nitya anityatam. Canakya Paṇḍita has says, tyaja durjana-saṁsargam: "Avoid bad men's company." Bhaja sādhu-samāgamam: "Always try to associate with learned, what is, sādhu, with devotees. Avoid this worldly men's association and try to associate with devotees." Tyaja durjana-saṁsargam bhaja sādhu-samāgamam, and then smara nityam anityatam: "And always think that everything here in this material world is for few days." That's all. Tyaja durjana-saṁsargam bhaja sādhu-samāgamam. (break) Anityatam. (break) . . . be the motto of life. (break) . . . associate with the materialistic person. Try to associate with devotee, and always think that this world is for few days. That's all.

Ambarīṣa: This world is what?

Prabhupāda: For few days.

Ambarīṣa: Oh, yeah.

Prabhupāda: Nityam anityatam. (break) . . . other. Kuru puṇyam aho-ratram: "And act piously, day and night." This should be the motto.

Page Title:Canakya Pandita has says, tyaja durjana-samsargam: "Avoid bad men's company." Bhaja sadhu-samagamam - Always try to associate with learned, what is, sadhu, with devotees
Compiler:Soham
Created:2024-01-09, 06:00:05.000
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