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Shameless men. We cannot say even gentlemen. A gentleman will be shameful, ashamed to speak something nonsense

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Conversations and Morning Walks

1973 Conversations and Morning Walks

Shameless men. We cannot say even gentlemen. A gentleman will be shameful, ashamed to speak something nonsense.

The individual soul is never lost. That is our philosophy. Dehino 'smin. He's simply changing different body under different circumstances. That's all. The soul, individual soul, is never lost. Neither he takes birth, neither he dies. He's simply changing the garments. This is perfect theory.

Svarūpa Dāmodara: So when they think nicely, there's no reason why they don't accept it.

Prabhupāda: But they are not nice men. They are rascals. They're not even gentlemen. A gentleman will have some shyness, some shame. But they're shameless. They cannot answer properly, still, shamelessly, they claim they're scientist.

Brahmānanda: They're expert bluffers.

Prabhupāda: They're not even gentlemen. At least, I take them like that. They're talking that in the past, from matter, living force came, and when I ask them, "Why don't you produce?" "Oh, that we shall do in the future." Why? You have already experienced in the past, and you cannot do it, and you are leaving the matter for future. So they're shameless. Not even ordinary gentlemen. Shameless, that in talking all this nonsense. That is my charge. What do you think?

Svarūpa Dāmodara: Yes. They're . . .

Prabhupāda: Shameless. Shameless men. We cannot say even gentlemen. A gentleman will be shameful, ashamed to speak something nonsense.

Svarūpa Dāmodara: They do not think.

Prabhupāda: That means they are not human being. A human being thinks twice before saying anything. Animals.

Karandhara: And all the innocent, they're all misled.

Prabhupāda: Yes. That is . . . that is our protest that, "You remain a rascal at home. Why you are misleading others?"

Svarūpa Dāmodara: They're spoiling themselves, but not only that, they want to spoil others also.

Prabhupāda: Yes. That is their business. Andhā yathāndhair upanīyamānāḥ (SB 7.5.31).

(pause)

Kṛṣṇa so easily simplifies the matter. They'll not accept it. Dehino 'smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā, tathā dehāntara-prāptir . . . (BG 2.13). In two lines, He solves the whole biological problems. In two lines. That is knowledge. Minimum words, maximum solution. That is knowledge. And talking nonsense and no meaning. Books, volumes of books, talking nonsense and there is no meaning. Is that knowledge?

Svarūpa Dāmodara: That's ignorance.

Prabhupāda: Ignorance. You see?

Brahmānanda: Like the wolves, they bay, "Ohhh, ohhh."

Prabhupāda: The frogs.

Brahmānanda: The frogs, croaking, yes.

Prabhupāda: Cacala-caw, cacala-caw, cacala-caw, cacala-caw, cacala-caw . . . that's all. They're thinking, "Oh, we're talking very nicely." The result is the snake, they find out here is a . . . (indistinct) . . . pop. Finish. So this cacala-caw scientist means when death comes, oh, everything's finished. That's all. All their cacala-caw, scientific investigation, finished. And he becomes a dog, cat and something like that. That's all. Therefore mūḍhāḥ. They do not know that, "I have got this valuable life, human form of life, advanced intelligence.

I'll have to take lesson from Kṛṣṇa and make my life successful." They do not know that. Cacala-caw, cacala-caw, cacala-caw, cacala-caw, and then die, and become again. When he dies, there is no question of science and talking nonsense. That is under the grip of nature. "Yes, come on. Enter this body. Finished." Just like the rascal rogue. He's very much proud of his strength. And the police comes, arrest: "Come on. Enter this custody. Finished." It is like that.

Devotee: We should go back, Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Prabhupāda: Yes. (break) All these big scientists, they discover so many things. Why they did not discover something that he would not die? He would not become old? Where is that discovery? They will say: "Yes, in future." (chuckles) One man is kicking on your face, and you are saying: "Yes, in future, when I shall become strong, I shall kick you." But you are, my dear sir, being kicked now. What you are doing now? "Yes, I'm getting strength by your kicking." So you all write very strongly, vehemently.

Even it is little offensive, still these rascals should be taught good lesson. Yes. They're misleading. Godlessness. As soon as you say, "God created," immediately they become arrogant. That is our protest. If they accept God, then we give them all credit. That's all right. Otherwise zero. We don't deprecate their intention of advancement in knowledge, but we simply protest against their defying the authority of God. That is our point.

Page Title:Shameless men. We cannot say even gentlemen. A gentleman will be shameful, ashamed to speak something nonsense
Compiler:SharmisthaK
Created:2022-09-08, 07:40:21
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1