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Unless he thinks that everything belongs to God, there is no question of humanity. That is "dognity," doggish mentality. Humanity means that he understands that everything belongs to God, I am servant of God. That is humanity

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Conversations and Morning Walks

1976 Conversations and Morning Walks

That good quality is God consciousness. So unless humanity comes to the position of God consciousness, unless he thinks that everything belongs to God, there is no question of humanity. That is "doganity," doggish mentality. Humanity means that he understands that "Everything belongs to God. I am servant of God." That is humanity. Otherwise, there is no question of humanity. If you think like dog, where is humanity?.

Nava-yauvana: Just look at the United Nations, how they are brothers.

Prabhupāda: You think they're united?

Nava-yauvana: No, they . . .

Prabhupāda: They are all dogs barking, that's all. I said in the public. Some dogs are brought together, and they are barking. That's all. Where is the unity? That is the fact. If you bring some dogs of this quarter and ask them, "Please live peacefully," will they do that? Why they cannot do it? You bring some dogs, neighborhood, and ask them, "Don't bark. Live together peacefully." Will they be able to do that? What do you think?

Dayānanda: No, it is their nature.

Prabhupāda: So if you keep them dog there cannot be any peace. You make them human being actually, then there will be peace. So they are keeping them as dogs. So they will go on barking. That's all. All these members of the United Nations, everyone is thinking in the bodily concept, "I am American," "I am Indian," "I am Chinese." So how there will be unity? There cannot be. That is we are proposing, that don't think in the bodily concept of life. Brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati (BG 18.54): that we are teaching. But they are thinking they have gone to the United Nation, but they are keeping themselves as dogs. There cannot be any peace. They must go on barking against one another. That's all.

Nava-yauvana: They are thinking that they have to protect their so-called interest.

Prabhupāda: So the dog is also thinking. From three miles he begins to bark, "Why you are coming here? Don't come. I am protecting my interest." That mentality is there in the dog; so how you are greater than the dog?

Nava-yauvana: But the devotee, he is thinking that the proprietor is protecting his interest.

Prabhupāda: Anyway, that kind of interest is felt by the dog. It is not very astonishing thing. In that mentality you cannot bring in unity. That is not possible.

Dayānanda: But they accept that there is some good quality in humanity. They say that that is inherent in humanity, that we need to worship . . .

Prabhupāda: Yes, that good quality is God consciousness. So unless humanity comes to the position of God consciousness, unless he thinks that everything belongs to God, there is no question of humanity. That is "doganity," doggish mentality. Humanity means that he understands that "Everything belongs to God. I am servant of God." That is humanity. Otherwise, there is no question of humanity. If you think like dog, where is humanity?

Dayānanda: They think that everything belongs to humanity as a group.

Prabhupāda: But that is not practical. Everything belonging to the humanity, then why you are making divisions of nations?

Dayānanda: That's what they say, that that is the problem, the divisions of nations.

Prabhupāda: And the problem will continue, because you are taking account a section of living entity. You, because you have no idea of dog and other animals, what they are, they are also sons of God. That is described in the Bhagavad-gītā. Find out. Sarva-yoniṣu kaunteya sambhavanti mūrtayaḥ yāḥ. Unless you come to this understanding, there is no question of humanity. This is the humanity understanding. Sarva-yoniṣu kaunteya sambhavanti mūrtayaḥ yāḥ.

Page Title:Unless he thinks that everything belongs to God, there is no question of humanity. That is "dognity," doggish mentality. Humanity means that he understands that everything belongs to God, I am servant of God. That is humanity
Compiler:Nabakumar
Created:2022-08-30, 14:32:45
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
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