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<h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2>
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<h3>1974 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3>
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This is advancement of civilization. Sarve sukhino bhavantu. This is Vedic civilization. "Let everyone be happy." That is Vedic civilization. And the demonic civilization, they're, "Let everyone suffer; I become happy. That's all." And Vaiṣṇava is thinking, "For my salvation it is all guaranteed." But he is thinking, "How these poor people will be saved?" Śoce tato vimukha-cetasa māyā-sukhāya bharam udvahato vimūḍhān (SB 7.9.43). Prahlāda Mahārāja. This is Vaiṣṇava's position.
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Gupta: "You have to work." Maybe a friend or not.

Prabhupāda: This is philosophy. Not that, "Because I am friend, I will do, and you will sleep and get dysentery." No. You have to work. Everything is already arranged, but you must work. That is wanted. Otherwise, why Arjuna was induced to fight? Kṛṣṇa has already arranged. And Arjuna also: "Yes." Kariṣye vacanaṁ tava ([[Vanisource:BG 18.73 (1972)|BG 18.73]]): "Whatever you say . . ." This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. (break) . . . politician, Balavanta? He's not here. So let him preach that "We shall, if you take our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, there will be no unemployment." He can at least give this manifesto to the . . . "There will be no more unemployment." People will be very nice, very glad to hear. Now this machine, this machine nonsense, means unemployment. One machine will work for hundred men. So hundred men becomes unemployed, and one technician, he gets all the salaries. To work on the computer, com . . .

Devotee: Computer, yes.

Prabhupāda: Machine. And he's very expert. He'll take three thousand dollar. And others will be unemployed. This is going on. And they are thinking, "Advancement of civilization." Advancement of civilization means "Exploit others and you become happy." This is advancement of civilization. "Others may die for such . . . out of starvation, and one man takes all the money and spends it for wine and woman and motorcar." That's all. This is advancement of civilization. Sarve sukhino bhavantu. This is Vedic civilization. "Let everyone be happy." That is Vedic civilization. And the demonic civilization, they're, "Let everyone suffer; I become happy. That's all." And Vaiṣṇava is thinking, "For my salvation it is all guaranteed." But he is thinking, "How these poor people will be saved?" Śoce tato vimukha-cetasa māyā-sukhāya bharam udvahato vimūḍhān ([[Vanisource:SB 7.9.43|SB 7.9.43]]). Prahlāda Mahārāja. This is Vaiṣṇava's position. Para-duḥkha-duḥkhī. He's unhappy by seeing others unhappy. For himself, he has no unhappiness. Para-duḥkha-duḥkhī. Kṛpāmbudhir yas tam ahaṁ prapadye ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 6.254|CC Madhya 6.254]]). This is Vaiṣṇava philosophy. Vaiṣṇava shall work hard, undergo all tribulation, for others. He has no problem. A Vaiṣṇava has no problem. Because he has taken shelter of Kṛṣṇa, he has no problem. Kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati ([[Vanisource:BG 9.31|BG 9.31]]). Kṛṣṇa also gives guarantee, "Anyone who has taken shelter of My . . . he is saved. I will give him protection." Kṛṣṇa says, ahaṁ tvāṁ mokṣayiṣyāmi sarva . . . everything is there. For Vaiṣṇava there is no suffering, personally. But he is very much anxious, "How these rascals will be happy?" That is his business. "These rascals are misled. They are going astray, unhappy. So how they should be happy?" So that is Vaiṣṇava's business. So the Vaiṣṇava, therefore, will have no politics. Politics means planning for one's own happiness. That is politics. So in our society there should be no diplomacy, no politics. Everyone should be eager how to do good to others. That is Vaiṣṇava. If he's planning something that, "I shall be leader," "I shall be doing something," that is not Vaiṣṇavism. That politics is not good.
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