There is no institution...
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 3
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 5
SB Canto 8
Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
General Lectures
Conversations and Morning Walks
1976 Conversations and Morning Walks
Mike Barron: So your teachings go much further than just being part of the Kṛṣṇa movement. Everyone, whether they like it or not, are indirectly concerned with it.
Prabhupāda: The.... Our movement is an educative movement to understand the real position of living condition, and then we act. Just like if you know your real position, then, if you act intelligently, then it is nice. If you do not know what is your position, what is the use of your education and acting? You do not know your real position. That is ignorance. And that is dog mentality. The dog cannot understand that he is not body; he is something else. But human intelligence is advanced. If they do not try to understand this fact, then what is the difference between him and dog?
Mike Barron: None.
Prabhupāda: That is being misused. There is no institution, no university, no education system, to understand what is that living force, without which it is a lump of matter. Where is that education?
Mike Barron: What do you call that force?
Prabhupāda: That is the soul, or consciousness. The same thing, the pilot. The pilot may be a small man, and the airship may be very gigantic. You can make still more. But the pilot is the same. So the body may be elephant or a small ant, but the pilot is the same. That is real understanding.Correspondence
1968 Correspondence
1971 Correspondence
1973 Correspondence
Page Title: | There is no institution... |
Compiler: | Serene, Haya |
Created: | 21 of Nov, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=3, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=4, Con=3, Let=3 |
No. of Quotes: | 13 |