Must take help
Bhagavad-gita As It Is
BG Preface and Introduction
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 7
Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
Suppose if I want to do some engineering work. That is not possible for me. I must take help of an engineer. But if one wants to understand something about Bhagavad-gītā, about the spiritual movement, he may consult me. Therefore, the society must be divided into four divisions. Cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ [Bg. 4.13]. There must be a class of men very intelligent, brahminical class. They should also work just like brāhmaṇa. The kṣatriya, they should work just like kṣatriya. Because there will be some violence. Kṣat. So one who defends or protects from injury, that person also should be there in the society, kṣatriya. So on this basis the society must be divided. But at the present moment, because everything is lost, now simply śūdras are there, therefore the common medicine is prescribed:
- harer nāma harer nāma
- harer nāmaiva kevalam
- kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva
- nāsty eva gatir anyathā
- [Cc. Ādi 17.21]
Philosophy Discussions
Prabhupāda: Why he was alone? Why he would become being for others? He remained alone; let them remain alone.
Śyāmasundara: He says that we require other people for our self-realization, if we want to understand who I am.
Prabhupāda: That means he requires a guru.
Śyāmasundara: That is what he means.
Prabhupāda: Sometimes he means that it is blind, there is no end, there is no plan, again he wants to have a guru?
Śyāmasundara: He doesn't say guru, but he says other people.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Guru is also another man.
Śyāmasundara: We interact with other people in order to understand ourselves.
Prabhupāda: Yes. So why not the best man-guru? If we require other men to understand, then why not take the best man?
Śyāmasundara: He says because there are other people, that in the presence of others we feel ashamed.
Prabhupāda: No. There are many other people, many people, but we have to take help from others, and I must take help from the best man, who knows things.
Śyāmasundara: He has observed that if I am acting in bad faith, that I will be ashamed in the presence of others.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Therefore you should take advice from a man who can give you right direction, so at the end you may not be ashamed; you may be glorious. That is the injunction of the Vedas: tad vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigacchet [MU 1.2.12]. In order to be conversant with that science, transcendental science, one must approach a bona fide guru.Correspondence
1972 Correspondence
Page Title: | Must take help |
Compiler: | Kanupriya |
Created: | 22 of Mar, 2009 |
Totals by Section: | BG=1, SB=1, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=2, Con=0, Let=1 |
No. of Quotes: | 5 |