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Human life means developed consciousness for enjoying senses, that's all - which is the business of the animals

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"Human life means developed consciousness for enjoying senses, that's all—which is the business of the animals"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1972 Conversations and Morning Walks

Human life means developed consciousness for enjoying senses, that's all—which is the business of the animals. They think that from bullock cart to motorcar is scientific advancement. From lying down on the ground to lie down on a high skyscraper building in a nice bed—that is advancement. This is the defect—or if a man is drowned if one can save his shirt and coat that is benefit. The man may go to hell but he got his shirt and coat is saved and they think it is now saved. This is their knowledge, bahir-artha-māninaḥ.


Prabhupāda: That is the defect. They are. The living entity is transmigrating from different types of bodies and coming to human consciousness and on account of developed consciousness God has given them all this Vedic information they should take advantage and should understand what is his position and then make further development. That is the aim of human life but the so-called science means.

Human life means developed consciousness for enjoying senses, that's all—which is the business of the animals. They think that from bullock cart to motorcar is scientific advancement. From lying down on the ground to lie down on a high skyscraper building in a nice bed—that is advancement. This is the defect—or if a man is drowned if one can save his shirt and coat that is benefit. The man may go to hell but he got his shirt and coat is saved and they think it is now saved. This is their knowledge, bahir-artha-māninaḥ.

Svarūpa Dāmodara: Sure. So the principle is.

Prabhupāda: They are concerned with the outward body that's all, shirt and coat civilisation. But actually in the Western countries there is the system, inside they are unclean they won’t take bath there are so many perspiration's, germs. Outside clean coats and shirt, is it not?

Svarūpa Dāmodara: Oh yes.

Prabhupāda: That's all. Inside the body unclean, or. Skin they are unclean suffering from so many skin diseases.

Page Title:Human life means developed consciousness for enjoying senses, that's all - which is the business of the animals
Compiler:Iswaraj
Created:2017-02-19, 17:13:19
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