Spiritual cause
Bhagavad-gita As It Is
BG Chapters 1 - 6
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 3
SB Canto 6
Conversations and Morning Walks
1973 Conversations and Morning Walks
Prabhupāda: Cause of all causes.
Svarūpa Dāmodara: That, the two causes, are not very clear. The material and instrumental.
Prabhupāda: Hmmm?
Svarūpa Dāmodara: The two types of causes, the relative...
Prabhupāda: There is only one cause. Only one cause. But they are manifested in two, material and spiritual. Cause is one. But they are manifested in two; one is material, one is spiritual.
Svarūpa Dāmodara: So the instrumental is the spiritual?
Prabhupāda: Eh?
Svarūpa Dāmodara: The instrumental cause...?
Prabhupāda: Yes. Efficient cause. Maybe. Which is actually acting.
Karandhara: Just like the material cause of the ocean is the rain.
Prabhupāda: Hmmm?
Karandhara: Or the material cause of the rain is the ocean. The efficient cause, the spiritual, the original cause was Kṛṣṇa because He created the material energy.
Prabhupāda: Yes. yes.1976 Conversations and Morning Walks
Page Title: | Spiritual cause |
Compiler: | Visnu Murti, Kanupriya |
Created: | 11 of Jan, 2008 |
No. of Quotes: | 5 |
Totals by Section: | BG=1, SB=2, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=2, Let=0 |