Material history
Bhagavad-gita As It Is
BG Chapters 7 - 12
Conversations and Morning Walks
1974 Conversations and Morning Walks
Hṛdayānanda: So Prabhupāda, in this varṇāśrama college, is it true that there will be no need, for example, for teaching material history and mathematics and...?
Prabhupāda: No, there is no need. History, we simply read Mahābhārata, history of the great men, Pāṇḍavas, how they were fighting for the good cause, how they were reigning. That history. Not this rascal history. If you study that history millions of years, what is that history and what you'll learn from that history? You learn history of the really great men, how they worked, how they ruled. That is a... You study history of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira.
Hṛdayānanda: Mahābhārata.
Prabhupāda: Study the history of Mahārāja Parīkṣit. That is required. Not that simply chronological record, all nonsense, and big, big books, and making research. Why should you waste your time in that way?
Hṛdayānanda: Jaya. Yes. And so...
Prabhupāda: Hm? History must be for great person. This is history.1975 Conversations and Morning Walks
Page Title: | Material history |
Compiler: | Visnu Murti |
Created: | 07 of Jan, 2008 |
No. of Quotes: | 3 |
Totals by Section: | BG=1, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=2, Let=0 |