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Is it a chemical state that some people are more covered than others by the modes of nature?

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"Is it a chemical state that some people are more covered than others by the modes of nature"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1974 Conversations and Morning Walks

Covered means with some dirty things. That's all.
Room Conversation with devotees about Twelfth Canto Kali-yuga, and Conversation with Guest -- June 15, 1974, Paris:

Yogeśvara: "Is there some, any qualities, in the sense that some people have more receptivity towards the divine than other people?"

Prabhupāda: Yes. That I explained, sattva-guṇa, rajo-guṇa, tamo-guṇa. Those who are in sattva-guṇa, they can understand easily. Those who are in rajo-guṇa, they have got difficulty. And those who are in tamo-guṇa, they cannot. (French)

Madame Devi: (French)

Yogeśvara: "Is this degree of covering, whether they are in goodness, in passion or in ignorance, is that a question of their physical body? Is it a question of their hormones or chemical state? Is it a chemical state that some people are more covered than others by the modes of nature?"

Prabhupāda: Covered means with some dirty things. That's all.

Yogeśvara: By past karma.

Prabhupāda: Just like the sun is covered with the cloud. That list is like that.

Madame Devi: (French)

Yogeśvara: She asks if by repeating the mantra, the name of God, it has more...

Prabhupāda: You become purified. Purified.

Yogeśvara: You give the example all the time of the more you polish the mirror, the more the light can shine. (French)

Madame Devi: (French)

Pṛthu Putra: She says, "Therefore we have to repeat a lot of times the name of God every day."

Prabhupāda: Hm. Yes.

Madame Devi: (French)

Pṛthu Putra: She is very happy to meet you and she thanks you.

Prabhupāda: Thank you very much.

Puṣṭa-kṛṣṇa: Tell her also that at the time of death one who fixes the mind on the name of God will go back to God.

Madame Devi: Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Bhagavān: So it's time for Śrīla Prabhupāda's massage. (break)

Page Title:Is it a chemical state that some people are more covered than others by the modes of nature?
Compiler:MadhuGopaldas, Rishab
Created:30 of Jun, 2011
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1