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Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 5
Lectures
Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures
Conversations and Morning Walks
1973 Conversations and Morning Walks
Svarūpa Dāmodara: They make a model of the planets, of the movement.
Prabhupāda: They can make everything, but why, why don't you make a sun, imitation sun, so that so many electricity lights can be saved? But these rascals say everything, but cannot do anything. (laughs) That is their position. They can model a universe. First of all make a model of moon like this so that in the dark night we won't have to spend so much money. Now there is energy shortage. But they cannot do anything. Still, they'll speak big, big words. That's all. Simply to take money from the taxpayer. Why do they not manufacture an imitation moon so that we can save the electric energy? Imitation sun, imitation moon, they know the composition of the moon, the composition of the sun. Why do they not make? Simply talks. And fools are befooled by their words. Where is that power? Now in the Vedic literature it is described: yac cakṣur eṣa savitā sakala-grahāṇāṁ rājā samasta-sura-mūrtir aśeṣa-tejāḥ. Unlimited temperature. This is creation of Govinda.1976 Conversations and Morning Walks
Rādhāvallabha: Everyone believes that they went.
Prabhupāda: They went, but what is the benefit? What for they went?
Rādhāvallabha: For scientific exploration. They consider that very noble.
Prabhupāda: Scientific exploration at the expense of these taxpayer?
Rādhāvallabha: They consider it a very noble cause to increase knowledge.
Prabhupāda: That... The same story, that some frogs were there, and children was throwing stone. Then the frogs appealed, "Sir, why you are throwing stone upon us?" "No, we are playing." "So what is play for you, it is death to us." So these rascals are playing, and we have to pay heavy tax for that. This is going on. We are playing, making some scientific research, and who will pay for that? You. You work hard in the factory and pay tax. This is civilization. "You pay tax, and we spend it as we like." Frivolity(?). This is going on. This is the government of Kali-yuga. What can you do?
Devotee (2): "In God We Trust."Prabhupāda: Yes. What is this building?
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Museum of Natural History. Actually, it is made of stone. The museums are...
Prabhupāda: Government building, they can stand at the cost of taxpayer. [break] West Central Park?
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes. Central Park West, it's called.
Rāmeśvara: That portion there, Śrīla Prabhupāda, through the trees there is a green dome—I don't know if it can be seen now—that is the Planetarium of the Museum of Natural History. All atheistic arguments are presented there.1977 Conversations and Morning Walks
Page Title: | Taxpayer |
Compiler: | Vraj Kishori, Aparajita Radhika |
Created: | 26 of Nov, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=1, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=2, Con=6, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 9 |