That dog also doing, jumping, always. "Bow! Bow! Bow! Ra-ra-ra-ra-ra!" What is called? Active foolishness. They remain foolish, but still, they are active. That means they are simply creating dangerous position. That's all

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"That dog also doing, jumping, always. Yes, we get . . . "Bow! Bow! Bow! Ra-ra-ra-ra-ra!" That kind of . . . active busy-ness. What is called? Active foolishness. They remain foolish, but still, they are active. That means they are simply creating dangerous position. That's all"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1973 Conversations and Morning Walks

Svarūpa Dāmodara: It is better than doing something than doing nothing. Prabhupāda: Yes. That dog also doing, jumping, always. Yes, we get . . . "Bow! Bow! Bow! Ra-ra-ra-ra-ra!" That kind of . . . active busy-ness. What is called? Active foolishness. They remain foolish, but still, they are active. That means they are simply creating dangerous position. That's all. Jagataḥ ahitāḥ, it is said in the Bhagavad-gītā. These demons, their progress means only for the mischief of the world. That's all. That is demonic progress.

731217 - Morning Walk - Los Angeles

Prabhupāda: So that is nice. The scientific discoveries act under relative condition. That is not absolute, final. If such-and-such conditions are there, then the so-called scientific laws will act. Otherwise it will not act. (break) . . . see. But you cannot see even so many things. Now you cannot see there, what is there. So what is that seeing power?

Svarūpa Dāmodara: It's limited.

Prabhupāda: Therefore everything is limited. Under condition you can see. So what is your seeing? Imperfect seeing. If the sun rises, then you can see. That also not correctly. So what is the value of your seeing? You say: "We want to see God." And what is the value of your seeing?

Karandhara: Well, they think they can make machines.

Prabhupāda: That is also imperfect.

Karandhara: They have one machine they have they could see right now . . . infrared telescopes.

Prabhupāda: No, that machine is imperfect. That is also imperfect. That machine is made by imperfect senses, so it is imperfect.

Karandhara: Imperfect, but they think it is becoming more perfect. They're always making it more perfect.

Prabhupāda: That is imperfect. They are becoming more perfect means they are imperfect. Becoming more perfect means their always position is imperfect. That very word means that, that you are perpetually imperfect. (break)

Svarūpa Dāmodara: It is better than doing something than doing nothing.

Prabhupāda: Yes. That dog also doing, jumping, always. Yes, we get . . . "Bow! Bow! Bow! Ra-ra-ra-ra-ra!" That kind of . . . active busy-ness. What is called? Active foolishness. They remain foolish, but still, they are active. That means they are simply creating dangerous position. That's all. Jagataḥ ahitāḥ, it is said in the Bhagavad-gītā. These demons, their progress means only for the mischief of the world. That's all. That is demonic progress. Kṣayāya jagato . . . for the destruction of the world and for mischievous condition of the world, their progress. Is it not? Kṣayāya jagataḥ ahitāḥ (BG 16.9). Kṣayāya means "For destruction and for mischievous condition." Therefore, despite all advancement of so-called scientific knowledge, the world becoming more and more in dangerous and destructive condition. (