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Unless one has got spiritual attraction, he will be attracted by the material

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"Unless one has got spiritual attraction, he will be attracted by the material"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1975 Conversations and Morning Walks

These Māyāvādīs, coming to the spiritual platform, (but) they do not take the spiritual attraction; therefore there must have some attraction. Attraction. Unless one has got spiritual attraction, he will be attracted by the material.


Prabhupāda: . . .all these . . . (indistinct) . . ., the workers. What for he's moved far away from his town, where he has come? (break) . . .this is the material plan. But those who are karmīs, acting materially, they have got some attraction for material ways. So Māyāvādīs, they give it up. Buddha philosophy is also like that—finish it, this material attachment.

Siddha-svarūpa: Yes.

Prabhupāda: Buddha philosophy is simply negation. His philosophy is that this is a combination of matter: you dismantle the matter by combination. Just like a skyscraper, how it has come into being by combination of these material things: earth, water, air? So if the earth goes to the earth, water goes to the water, fire goes to the fire—then there is no combination. So the botheration is finished. That is (indistinct—kīrtana very loud) philosophy and . . . (indistinct) . . . philosophy is not only finishes this material construction, but he merges in the spiritual world.

Bali-mardana: Merges.

Prabhupāda: . . . (indistinct) . . . Now we are not interested matter, and our philosophy is no merging in the spirit. Buddha is impersonalist because he has no information of the spirit and . . . (indistinct) . . . and he gives stress . . . (indistinct) . . . Brahma-saṁhitā, and this matter is personal. Whereas these Māyāvādīs, coming to the spiritual platform, but they do not take the spiritual attraction; therefore there must have some attraction. Attraction… Unless one has got spiritual attraction, he will be attracted by the material. And the material attraction means a white women . . . (indistinct) . . . is very good. That they are pushing that in the villages. But they must have attraction. Instead of brothels, theater and cinema, if they are become attracted to temple, Deity worship, chanting, then prasādam, holding festivals—same thing is there—then that will change the consciousness. Then they will stay.

Page Title:Unless one has got spiritual attraction, he will be attracted by the material
Compiler:Ionelia
Created:2015-12-24, 16:12:02
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1