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Everything has consciousness, but it is covered. The degree is of covering

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"everything has consciousness, but it is covered. The degree is of covering"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1973 Conversations and Morning Walks

No, it has, but it is covered too much. Consciousness is covered. Potency, potent. It is potent. Yes, everything has consciousness, but it is covered. The degree is of covering.
Morning Walk -- December 5, 1973, Los Angeles:

Svarūpa Dāmodara: I remember Śrīla Prabhupāda used this "acintya" to differentiate between the life and the non-living.

Prabhupāda: Acintya means living.

Svarūpa Dāmodara: No, acintya-śakti. Life, life has acintya...

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Svarūpa Dāmodara: Whereas non-life doesn't have.

Prabhupāda: Eh?

Svarūpa Dāmodara: Matter, just like a molecule doesn't have this acintya. But they may...

Prabhupāda: No, it has, but it is covered too much. Consciousness is covered. Potency, potent. It is potent.

Svarūpa Dāmodara: Molecule has consciousness?

Prabhupāda: Yes, everything has consciousness, but it is covered. The degree is of covering.

Page Title:Everything has consciousness, but it is covered. The degree is of covering
Compiler:MadhuGopaldas
Created:18 of Mar, 2011
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1