True self
Bhagavad-gita As It Is
BG Chapters 1 - 6
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 5
SB Cantos 10.14 to 12 (Translations Only)
Conversations and Morning Walks
1973 Conversations and Morning Walks
Reporter: My question was that when there is no more people following their sva-dharma, their true self...
Prabhupāda: That anyone can do at any moment, any moment.
Reporter: Hm?
Prabhupāda: Any moment.
Reporter: Yeah. But then what is the action for the... Practical action, practical...
Prabhupāda: Practical action... If you give up... If a brāhmaṇa gives up sva-dharma, then it becomes a varṇa-saṅkara.
Reporter: Yes, yes.
Prabhupāda: Kula-dharma, what is that in the Bhagavad-gītā? Jāti-dharma, kula-dharma. So they produce varṇa-saṅkara. If one does not follow the jāti-dharma, the kula-dharma, then he comes to the category of varṇa-saṅkara. Saṅkaro narakāyaiva. So when... A person born in brāhmaṇa family not acting as a brāhmaṇa, he's varṇa-saṅkara. So when there are number of people from the varṇa-saṅkara class, then the whole society becomes hell, narakāyaiva. Śaṅkaro narakāyaiva.1976 Conversations and Morning Walks
Prabhupāda: Yes, God means spirit, supreme spirit. If you cannot understand what is spirit, then how you'll understand God? You must know what is spirit, what is matter, and when we have little understanding of the spirit, then we can make progress spiritually. Ali: How does one get to know the true spirit?
Prabhupāda: By knowledge, by knowledge. Just like you are talking. How you are talking? Because the spirit soul is there within you. As soon as it is gone, you cannot talk. Your this body and everything will remain, but you cannot talk, you cannot understand, everything is finished. So this is matter. Body is matter, and the force which is helping you to talk, that is spirit. Now you have to understand it thoroughly.Page Title: | True self |
Compiler: | Rati, RadhaMadanGopalDas |
Created: | 19 of Nov, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=1, SB=10, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=2, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 13 |