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You are not strong enough to live there, so why you are making strong building? The building will stay, and you will die. So what is the use of making a strong building

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"You are not strong enough to live there, so why you are making strong building? The building will stay, and you will die. So what is the use of making a strong building"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1975 Conversations and Morning Walks

After death everything is finished—that a child knows—but why you are making so permanent building? Piling, (imitates pile-driver sound) "donkhs, donkhs," very strong building. You are not strong enough to live there, so why you are making strong building? The building will stay, and you will die. So what is the use of making a strong building? Let the building also go with you. Why do you labor so much? Is it not? You are making strong building, but you are not strong enough to live there. And why you are laboring so much? What is the answer.

Prabhupāda: But if you will be finished, then why you are attempting so much? Sit down now. Why you are making advancement of civilization?

Devotee (6): For their children, they say.

Prabhupāda: If you advance in civilization or do not advance in civilization, you will die. That is sure. Then why do you labor so much? Huh? The animals, they do not labor so much. They live peacefully on the condition of the nature. Why do you labor so much? If the result is the same—the animal will die and you will die—then why you are laboring so much for nothing? That means they have no common sense even. Therefore they are rascals. That is discussed in my . . . (indistinct) . . . Kṛṣṇa said to Arjuna, "If you think there was no life before this body, and if you think that there will be no life after this body, then why you are anxious for the body of your brothers and sisters?" So all these philosophies have been discussed in Bhagavad-gītā. After all, the conclusion is that they are all rascals. That's all. We have to take them as such: rascals. After death everything is finished—that a child knows—but why you are making so permanent building? Piling, (imitates pile-driver sound) "donkhs, donkhs," very strong building. You are not strong enough to live there, so why you are making strong building? The building will stay, and you will die. So what is the use of making a strong building? Let the building also go with you. Why do you labor so much? Is it not? You are making strong building, but you are not strong enough to live there. And why you are laboring so much? What is the answer?

Hari-śauri: Their excuse is that they are leaving something for the next generation, for their children.

Prabhupāda: But they will also not live.

Devotee (1): They think they will be recognized by their works.

Prabhupāda: Huh?

Devotee (1): They will be recognized by their good works.

Prabhupāda: That means asses. The asses think that "I will be recognized by my work." He takes so much labor, load, although nothing, not a grain of the load belongs to him. But he takes the load, unnecessarily. So this is their business. He will not live, his son will not live, his grandson will not live, but he is making permanent business.

Amogha: But when we're living we can enjoy. We can enjoy when we're living.

Prabhupāda: Yes, that enjoy. Pramattaḥ. They are called madmen. Pramattaḥ paśyann api na paśyati (SB 2.1.4). They know it certainly, "Every one of us will die," but seeing also, they do not see. And that is madman. Pramattaḥ paśyann api na paśyati. That the animal, he is seeing that "One animal is being killed. Next time is mine," but still eating grass. He has no anxiety. This is called pramattaḥ paśyann api na paśyati. This is animal life, that even though fact is there, they will close their eyes. That's all. This is animal life.

Page Title:You are not strong enough to live there, so why you are making strong building? The building will stay, and you will die. So what is the use of making a strong building
Compiler:SharmisthaK
Created:2022-10-15, 05:12:55
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
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