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I don't know means

Conversations and Morning Walks

1976 Conversations and Morning Walks

So "I don't know" means that you are rascal. So you know. So why you are preaching? You know that you are a rascal. Then why you are preaching?
Morning Walk -- February 19, 1976, Mayapura:

Acyutānanda: The scient... There was a scientific law called Heisenberg's Law of Uncertainty that—'cause this Heisenberg just died, so they wrote his philosophy—that you cannot observe anything and give a conclusive answer to anything that was uncertain. No one can make a decisive statement...

Prabhupāda: So why you are giving this conclusive answer? Why he is giving?

Acyutānanda: No.

Prabhupāda: This is conclu...

Acyutānanda: All he's saying is like what Socrates..., "I only know that I don't know."

Hari-śauri: In other words, he's in ignorance.

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Guru-kṛpā: In other words, he's admitting that he has limited senses.

Prabhupāda: So "I don't know" means that you are rascal. So you know. So why you are preaching? You know that you are a rascal. Then why you are preaching? You are teaching.

Acyutānanda: They, they showed his picture in the...

Prabhupāda: That's all right. He said, "I know. I know that I don't know." So if you don't know, that means you are a rascal. So, knowingly that you are a rascal, why you are taking the position of a teacher? That is cheating. You are rascal, cheater. That's all.

Acyutānanda: And his picture is, was with a beer.

Hṛdayānanda: He wanted to teach everyone...

Acyutānanda: Einstein was also a drunkard.

Hṛdayānanda: He would say, "I have taken this position, teacher, because I want everyone to say, 'I don't know.' "

Acyutānanda: So just say, "I don't know."

Hari-śauri: If you don't know, why say anything?

Prabhupāda: It is very difficult to deal with these rascals. The other day one professor came to see me from Khabudvīpa(?). He was very submissive, but still, he would argue like this, that "Whatever Kṛṣṇa is making me to do, I am doing." So I told him, "Kṛṣṇa is asking you to surrender. Why don't you surrender?" "No, when He will will, I shall surrender."

Acyutānanda: "He should make me..."

Prabhupāda: Yes. Just see.

Page Title:I don't know means
Compiler:Rishab
Created:25 of Mar, 2012
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