- karmaṇo hy api boddhavyaṁ
- boddhavyaṁ ca vikarmaṇaḥ
- akarmaṇaś ca boddhavyaṁ
- gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ
Don't believe in hell
Expressions researched:
"not believe in hell"
|"no longer believe in hell"
|"don't believe in hell"
|"people disbelieve these descriptions of hell"
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 5
Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
Man (8): I have some sympathy for you, sir, but I think that tonight you have been postulating the old concept that most of our established religions have thrown out, that is that the reward for the miseries of this life lie in the transmigration of one's soul. But...
Prabhupāda: Yes. That is actual misery. Man (1): But, but but... In the West, our theologies have taught us that we no longer believe in heaven, we no longer believe in hell, we no longer believe in a soul. So I think that if you want to generate some sympathy, you had better change your tack. (laughter)
Prabhupāda: No, I... If you do not believe, that does not mean the things become null and void. That is not a fact. Suppose a thief does not believe in the prison house. That does not mean the prisonhouse will be closed. A thief may think like that. That is another thing. But the prisonhouse will continue, and as soon as you commit theft, you will be put there. That's all.
Man (8): I think that there is no point in answering a question with a parable. In point of fact, the things you've been postulating tonight is a denial of observable truth.Conversations and Morning Walks
1974 Conversations and Morning Walks
Pṛthu: She says that this is their... She's also on your side. She says that this would not be right if the bad men were to get the same thing as the good men.
Prabhupāda: She said the bad man also will get peace. (laughs) (German)
Pṛthu: So this lady's point is: where shall the bad man go after death?
Prabhupāda: He'll become a dog. (German)
Pṛthu: She says that this would mean that there is a hell. But she doesn't believe in hell.
Prabhupāda: He may not believe, but hell is there. If... You read this book. Ūrdhvaṁ gacchanti sattva-sthāḥ [Bg. 14.18]. Read this verse. Just see how misbelief, that there is no hell. Just see. In this way, misled, whole world. The so-called rascal leaders mislead, "There is no hell. Don't believe in hell." Vivekananda said, "Yes. There is no hell." Ūrdhvaṁ gacchanti sattva-sthāḥ.
Pṛthu: What is it?
Prabhupāda: Ūrdhvam. And she is a philosopher? (German)Page Title: | Don't believe in hell |
Compiler: | Vrindi |
Created: | 21 of Dec, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=2, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=1, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 4 |