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I am not this (body). This is most essential education. Unfortunately, the so-called scientists are making more and more attached to this body

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"This is most essential education. Unfortunately, the so-called scientists are making more and more attached to this body"

Lectures

Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

In the Bhagavad-gītā it is said prakṛti, the nature, because that living entity has associated with this certain quality of nature, the nature is making him dance in that quality. I am thinking, "I am this, I am that, I am that, I am that." This is the basic principle of understanding. One should know . . . that is freedom that, "I do not belong to anything of this bodily connection." Because to conceive in the bodily concept of life, sa eva go-kharaḥ. Yasyātma-buddhiḥ kuṇape tri-dhātuke (SB 10.84.13). I am not this.

This is most essential education. Unfortunately, the so-called scientists are making more and more attached to this body. How much misleading they are. Therefore I am speaking to our scientist friend that, "Now it is the time for making propaganda amongst the so-called scientist, philosophers, leaders, politicians." Because they are misleading the whole people of the world under the bodily concept of life.

So Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave this concession to the fallen souls of this age that, "You simply chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, you'll be delivered." Kīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya mukta-saṅgaḥ paraṁ vrajet (SB 12.3.51). That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's special concession. Otherwise, a devotee . . . Kuntī is not ordinary devotee. She has become one of the relative of Kṛṣṇa, and Kṛṣṇa has come to offer her respect. So Kuntī's not an ordinary devotee. Still, she says that "Kṛṣṇa, kindly help me to become detached from my this family attachment. I am attached to two families: my father's family and my husband's family, vṛṣṇiṣu and pāṇḍuṣu."

So the purpose is that one has to become detached from this so-called society, friendship, love. This will entangle us. One has to become free from this attachment. Sarvopādhi-vinirmuktam (CC Madhya 19.170). So long I shall think that "I belong to this family, I belong to this nation, I belong to this religion, I belong to this color, I belong to . . ." So many things we have created, there is no possibility of become Kṛṣṇa conscious. No. So long I shall think, "I am American," "I am Indian," "I am African," then we are attached. So long I am thinking that "I belong to this family, that family," then I'm attached. So long I'm thinking, "I'm father of this, mother of this, husband of this, wife of this," that is attachment.

So we have . . . these are designations. Because I am spirit soul. All these attachment, they belong to the body. But I am not this body. That is the essence of understanding. If I am not this body, then I am whose father? If I am not this body, then I am whose mother? The supreme father, mother is Kṛṣṇa. We are simply playing the part of father, mother, sister, this, that. They're on the stage. The māyā, the material nature, is causing to dance like this, that "You are father of this," "You are mother of this," "You are member of this family, member of this nation." This is our dancing, monkey's dancing. Yes.

prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni
guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ
ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā
kartāham iti manyate
(BG 3.27)

In the Bhagavad-gītā it is said prakṛti, the nature, because that living entity has associated with this certain quality of nature, the nature is making him dance in that quality. I am thinking, "I am this, I am that, I am that, I am that." This is the basic principle of understanding. One should know . . . that is freedom that, "I do not belong to anything of this bodily connection." Because to conceive in the bodily concept of life, sa eva go-kharaḥ. Yasyātma-buddhiḥ kuṇape tri-dhātuke (SB 10.84.13). I am not this.

This is most essential education. Unfortunately, the so-called scientists are making more and more attached to this body. How much misleading they are. Therefore I am speaking to our scientist friend that, "Now it is the time for making propaganda amongst the so-called scientist, philosophers, leaders, politicians." Because they are misleading the whole people of the world under the bodily concept of life. They are fighting. So the opportunity of becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious—this is the human life—they are checking that, stopping that. Greatest enemy of the human civilization, these rascals. These rascals who is checking Kṛṣṇa consciousness, or God consciousness, and alluring them in different concept of life by designation, they're the greatest enemy of the human society. They are checking the progress of human life. If we accept evolutionary theory, by evolution we have come to . . . actually, we have come from aquatics to plants and trees and then insect, then beast, birds. In this way we have come to this human form of life. Now what is next evolution? That they do not know.

Page Title:I am not this (body). This is most essential education. Unfortunately, the so-called scientists are making more and more attached to this body
Compiler:Nabakumar
Created:2022-11-28, 09:13:59
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1