Facts of life
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 1
Other Books by Srila Prabhupada
Sri Isopanisad
As far as vidyā is concerned, the first mantra has explained very clearly that the Supreme Lord is the proprietor of everything and that forgetfulness of this fact is ignorance. The more a man forgets this fact of life, the more he is in darkness. In view of this, a godless civilization directed toward the so-called advancement of education is more dangerous than a civilization in which the masses of people are less "educated."
Of the different classes of men—karmīs, jñānīs and yogīs—the karmīs are those who are engaged in the activities of sense gratification. In the modern civilization, 99.9 percent of the people are engaged in the activities of sense gratification under the flags of industrialism, economic development, altruism, political activism, and so on. All these activities are more or less based on satisfaction of the senses, to the exclusion of the kind of God consciousness described in the first mantra.Conversations and Morning Walks
1974 Conversations and Morning Walks
Prabhupāda: But if you cannot cure, then where is that healing? First of all answer this. If you cannot cure, then where is that healing?
Robert Gouiran: But healing is a fact of life. I have seen.
Prabhupāda: What is that fact?
Robert Gouiran: I have seen healings.
Prabhupāda: Where is that? You heal some disease, and he gets another disease. Then where is the healing?Page Title: | Facts of life |
Compiler: | Visnu Murti, Serene |
Created: | 07 of Feb, 2009 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=1, CC=0, OB=1, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 3 |