This material world is not fit for living for any gentleman
Expressions researched:
"This is not a place for a gentleman"
|"This is not the place for a gentleman to live"
|"not fit for living for any gentleman"
|"not a fit place for gentleman"
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 6
SB Canto 7
Conversations and Morning Walks
1976 Conversations and Morning Walks
Prabhupāda: Civilization means to push the man forward for perfection. That is civilization.
Hari-śauri: Development.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Society and economic condition, everything should be so arranged that this human child should be gradually pushed for perfection of life, go back home, back to Godhead. This is civilization. And modern civilization is "Don't care for what is going to happen. So long you live, eat, drink, be merry, enjoy," that's all. Sense gratification. This is called nāstika-vāda. Very dangerous. And that is going on all over the world. How a gentleman can live in that society?
Hari-śauri: They can't. Gradually people...
Prabhupāda: Therefore my Guru Mahārāja used to say, "This is not a place for a gentleman." Formerly, therefore, they used to go away from the society, go in the forest, to give up this bad association. Live alone.
Hari-śauri: Practically speaking, that's what we've done. By your establishing these temples, it's given us someplace to go where we can get out of Kali-yuga.
Prabhupāda: Therefore our temples should be very carefully managed. It may not become again another pandemonium.Correspondence
1967 Correspondence
- Yasya asti bhagavati akincana bhakti
- Sarvai gunais tatra samasate sura
- Harav abhaktasya kuto mahat guna
- Manorathena asato dhavato bahi.
Page Title: | This material world is not fit for living for any gentleman |
Compiler: | Visnu Murti |
Created: | 22 of Feb, 2009 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=2, Con=1, Let=1 |
No. of Quotes: | 4 |