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The statement in the Caitanya-caritamrta: "Unless one is very, very extraordinarily intelligent, he cannot be a devotee of Krsna"

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"the statement in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, kṛṣṇa yei bhaje sei baḍa catur:" |"Unless one is very, very extraordinarily intelligent, he cannot be a devotee of Kṛṣṇa"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1974 Conversations and Morning Walks

The statement in the Caitanya-caritamrta: "Unless one is very, very extraordinarily intelligent, he cannot be a devotee of Krsna".


Indian man (2): I have worked with men of international fame like Colonel de Gaulle, Colonel Acton, Colonel Knowles, but worldwide . . . (break)

Prabhupāda: . . . living entities. Because you do not accept the soul, medical science.

Dr. Patel: Soul can go anywhere. Soul is already everywhere. But what do you say? Everywhere means only on the earth, not away from the earth, and then outer space. You want to say . . . do you mean outer space also?

Prabhupāda: Oh, yes. Sarvaga. Sarvaga means . . .

Dr. Patel: But these boys have to be kept in those living bags, with saturation of oxygen, who have landed on moon. (break)

Prabhupāda: . . . the statement in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, kṛṣṇa yei bhaje sei baḍa catur: "Unless one is very, very extraordinarily intelligent, he cannot be a devotee of Kṛṣṇa." Svalpa-puṇya-vatāṁ rājan viśvāso naiva jāyate.

mahā-prasāde govinde
nāma-brahmaṇi vaiṣṇave
svalpa-puṇyavatāṁ rājan
viśvāso naiva jāyate
(Mahābhārata, Skanda Purāṇa)

This is the statement of the śāstras, "Those who are less pious, they cannot believe in Kṛṣṇa and mahā-prasāda and the holy name." Yeṣāṁ anta-gataṁ pāpam (BG 7.28). So you have given some medicine. (break) . . . na bhinnam. Nāsau munir yasya mataṁ na bhinnam (CC Madhya 17.186). So the medical . . . anyone, lawyer, medical man, although they are very advanced in science, they have got difference of opinion.

Dr. Patel: Otherwise the research would not have . . . these modern researches would not have been brought into existence if there was no difference.

Prabhupāda: No, that is their nature, to differ. That is the nature. Nāsau munir yasya mataṁ na bhinnam: "He is not a muni if he does not differ with other muni."

Page Title:The statement in the Caitanya-caritamrta: "Unless one is very, very extraordinarily intelligent, he cannot be a devotee of Krsna"
Compiler:Ionelia
Created:2015-12-17, 14:46:56
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1