Spiritual interest
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 3
SB Canto 4
Other Books by Srila Prabhupada
Sri Isopanisad
Lectures
Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures
So we have to take to kṛṣṇa-sūrya and everything will be cleared.
- kaliṁ sabhājayanty āryā
- guṇa-jñāḥ sāra-bhāginaḥ
- yatra saṅkīrtanenaiva
- sarva-svārtho 'bhilabhyate
Philosophy Discussions
Prabhupāda: So without religion, without spiritual ideas, then what is the difference between dogs and man? There is no difference. Dharmeṇa hīna paśubhiḥ samānāḥ. That is the verdict of Vedic civilization. If you do not know what is the spiritual necessity of life, and for awakening his spiritual interest of life the religious system is introduced in the human society... But in that, of course so-called religion system will not help. Therefore we repeatedly say religion means the execution of the order of God. So if you have no conception of God, no conception, no idea what is God's order, then there is no religion also. That is not religion. So that kind of religion is also, can be neglected, but religion must be there. Otherwise the human society becomes another edition of the animal society.
Hayagrīva: Well, his conception of religion is that of the..., having, playing some music, and uh, daliance with the supernatural, intellectual aesthetic enjoyment. He says, "What else does organized religion provide?" Religion is a form of, sort of enjoying art.
Prabhupāda: No. Art is there, and singing is there, dancing is there, but that is based on spiritual conception. That is the difficulty in the Western countries, that they are not fully aware of the conception of religion. Therefore Bhāgavata says that cheating religion, dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavaḥ. There is no purpose, simply a recreation of different nature in material life. That is, means, they do not know, except sense gratification, any other engagement. They think religion is also another kind of, type of sense gratification, "So we can perform it." And actually that is going on. Whenever there is some festival they change the daily way of life into some more eating, drinking, and dancing, like that. But religion means to understand God and our relationship with God and live in God practically. That is real religion. That is the aim of life.Page Title: | Spiritual interest |
Compiler: | Visnu Murti, Kanupriya, Serene |
Created: | 14 of Jan, 2008 |
No. of Quotes: | 8 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=2, CC=0, OB=1, Lec=5, Con=0, Let=0 |