Do not forget the principle
Expressions researched:
"Forgetting this principle"
|"Forget this principle"
|"forgets this principle"
|"forgetting the principles"
|"forgotten the principle"
|"forgetting these principles"
|"forget our principles"
Bhagavad-gita As It Is
BG Chapters 13 - 18
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 1
SB Canto 6
Other Books by Srila Prabhupada
Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead
Light of the Bhagavata
Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures
- pañca-tattvātmakaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ
- bhakta-rūpa-svarūpakam
- bhaktāvatāraṁ bhaktākhyaṁ
- namāmi bhakta-śaktikam
Conversations and Morning Walks
1974 Conversations and Morning Walks
Yogeśvara: Why does the living entity try to enjoy material nature in such a way?
Prabhupāda: The, the... When he forgets that he cannot enjoy, the only enjoyer is God, Kṛṣṇa, when he forgets this principle he wants to enjoy.
M. Lallier: Yes.
Prabhupāda: That is called illusion, māyā. Actually, he cannot enjoy, but, forgetting Kṛṣṇa, the real enjoyer, he wants to enjoy. That is his... Just like a child imitates the mother for cooking. The other day, in Geneva, the fire ceremony was going on. The mother was offering oblations, and the child also immediately took some and he... You have seen that?
Yogeśvara: Yeah.
Prabhupāda: So he's not fit for that business, but he imitates. That is childish. Sometimes goes to the kitchen, wants to make foodstuff, preparation, and he is given some toys that "You just play with it." So every living entity is part and parcel of God. So God is enjoyer, God is controller. So he wants to imitate God. That is called māyā.Correspondence
1973 Correspondence
Page Title: | Do not forget the principle |
Compiler: | Visnu Murti, Kanupriya |
Created: | 14 of Dec, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=1, SB=2, CC=0, OB=2, Lec=5, Con=1, Let=1 |
No. of Quotes: | 12 |