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Human life is so important. So many things are to be learned, neither in the school, college, educational institution, society, nothing of the sort

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"Human life is so important. So many things are to be learned, neither in the school, college, educational institution, society, nothing of the sort"

Lectures

Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

Here in Hawaii we see that children, children and elderly person also, the whole day and night simply jumping in the sea. Someone is swimming, somebody is doing something else, somebody is something . . . how they're wasting time. But they have taken, "This is civilization. This is civilization." Human life is so important. So many things are to be learned, neither in the school, college, educational institution, society, nothing of the sort. Just like a dog is also jumping, a man is also jumping. This is going on. But that is not civilization. Real civilization means these things are to be acquired in real life, personal life; then that is civilization.

Prabhupāda: These things are all mentioned, how the human society can be peaceful and progressive. These are the qualification. Not like animal-like jumping all day and night. Here in Hawaii we see that children, children and elderly person also, the whole day and night simply jumping in the sea. Someone is swimming, somebody is doing something else, somebody is something . . . how they're wasting time. But they have taken, "This is civilization. This is civilization." Human life is so important. So many things are to be learned, neither in the school, college, educational institution, society, nothing of the sort. Just like a dog is also jumping, a man is also jumping. This is going on. But that is not civilization. Real civilization means these things are to be acquired in real life, personal life; then that is civilization. Now, these are mentioned one after another. Read.

Pradyumna: (continues leading chanting of synonyms)

Prabhupāda: (interrupting after "truthfulness") Now, truthfulness is a, nowadays, is a matter of dream only. There is no truthfulness. Everyone is . . . beginning from the president and down to the ordinary man in the street, nobody is truthful. Now the president in your country is being questioned so many ways because he has proved himself not truthful. So this is a forgotten story, truthfulness. That is brahminical qualification. All these qualification are mentioned. It is not possible to acquire all the qualities by one man. That is not possible. Just like we divide some . . . if there is something to be done, we divide the task, "Mr. You, you do this. And you, you do this. You do this." Similarly, all these qualities must be divided amongst the whole population

Page Title:Human life is so important. So many things are to be learned, neither in the school, college, educational institution, society, nothing of the sort
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Created:2023-05-19, 13:59:35
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