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This material world is created for the forgotten souls. And here the business is to again revive them to God consciousnes

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"this material world is created" |"Created for the forgotten souls" |"And here the business is to again revive them to God consciousness"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1973 Conversations and Morning Walks

Prabhupāda: Yes. So when the living entity forgets this business, that is material life. Cardinal Danielou: That is . . .? Yogeśvara: (translates) Cardinal Danielou: (agrees in French) Prabhupāda: Therefore in this material world we find almost everyone has forgotten God. Yogeśvara: (translates) Cardinal Danielou: (agrees in French) Prabhupāda: The conclusion is that this material world is created . . . Cardinal Danielou: Created . . . Prabhupāda: Created for the forgotten souls. Yogeśvara: (translates) Cardinal Danielou: Yes. Prabhupāda: And here the business is to again revive them to God consciousness. Yogeśvara: (translates) Cardinal Danielou: Yes. Prabhupāda: So the process of enlightening the living entities, especially the human being . . . because in the animal form of life, one cannot be enlightened. Neither the animal can understand what is God.

Cardinal Danielou: Christianity thinks that creation is the work of the love of God, and the signification of creation is that God wants to partake His richness, His joy, His beauty with free spirit, and the goal of the creation is essentially the realization of this communion with God. The communion with God. Alors, the visible world is without great importance. It is an appearance. But there is a reality in human person, in human personality, because human personality is . . . has a . . .

Yogeśvara: If you like, I can translate. (French: suggesting he translate so the other people can understand)

Cardinal Danielou: Oui. You understand, you understand what I say? Or not very well? (French)

Prabhupāda: So the creation . . . we are, we all living entities, we are also part and parcel of God.

Yogeśvara: (translates)

Cardinal Danielou: Oui.

Prabhupāda: Just like this finger . . .

Cardinal Danielou: Yes, yes, is a . . .

Prabhupāda: Part and parcel of this body. Similarly, everything . . .

Cardinal Danielou: Is a part.

Prabhupāda: Part and parcel of God.

Cardinal Danielou: Yes.

Prabhupāda: So the part and parcel of the God, the living entity, its business is to render service to God.

Cardinal Danielou: To render . . .?

Yogeśvara: (translates)

Cardinal Danielou: Yes, yes, yes. I agree, I agree.

Prabhupāda: Just like this finger is part and parcel of my body, but its business is to serve the body. I ask the finger, "Come here." It is doing like that. I ask the finger to come here; it is doing like that. So it is the business of the finger is to serve the whole. It is part. And the body is the whole. So therefore the business of the part and parcel is to serve, render service, to the whole. This is natural condition.

Yogeśvara: (translates)

Cardinal Danielou: I agree with this . . .

Prabhupāda: Let me finish.

Cardinal Danielou: Yes. And I think that the vocation of each creature is the service of God, yes.

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Cardinal Danielou: The service of God.

Prabhupāda: Yes. So when the living entity forgets this business, that is material life.

Cardinal Danielou: That is . . .?

Yogeśvara: (translates)

Cardinal Danielou: (agrees in French)

Prabhupāda: Therefore in this material world we find almost everyone has forgotten God.

Yogeśvara: (translates)

Cardinal Danielou: (agrees in French)

Prabhupāda: The conclusion is that this material world is created . . .

Cardinal Danielou: Created . . .

Prabhupāda: Created for the forgotten souls.

Yogeśvara: (translates)

Cardinal Danielou: Yes.

Prabhupāda: And here the business is to again revive them to God consciousness.

Yogeśvara: (translates)

Cardinal Danielou: Yes.

Prabhupāda: So the process of enlightening the living entities, especially the human being . . . because in the animal form of life, one cannot be enlightened. Neither the animal can understand what is God.

Cardinal Danielou: No, can't understand. Yes, yes, yes, yes.

Prabhupāda: It is only the human being who can understand. If he's trained, then he can come to God consciousness.

Cardinal Danielou: Yes, yes, yes, yes. It is so.

Prabhupāda: So this creation is meant for the forgotten souls to give them a chance for reviving their God consciousness.

Yogeśvara: Is it clear?

Cardinal Danielou: Yes, it is clear. It is very, very clear. Very clear.

Prabhupāda: And for this business, sometimes God personally comes; sometimes He sends His representative, His son, or His devotee, His servant. This is going on. God wants that these forgotten souls should come back to home, back to Godhead.

Cardinal Danielou: Yes, return. Yes.

Prabhupāda: Therefore from His side, there is constant endeavor to revive their God consciousness.

Cardinal Danielou: Yes, God consciousness.

Prabhupāda: Now this God consciousness can be awakened in the human form of life, not in other form of life.

Page Title:This material world is created for the forgotten souls. And here the business is to again revive them to God consciousnes
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-01-29, 07:02:36
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1