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<h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2>
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<h3>1971 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3>
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Prabhupāda: Ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā. (Dr. Singh laughs) So humbleness is very good qualification. And in the Bible also it is said the humble and meek will reap the kingdom of God. I think you will find. Devotee: Inherit the earth. Prabhupāda: Ah, yes. Devotee: "The meek shall inherit the earth." Prabhupāda: So this is . . . because our puffed-up condition on account of this body is illusion, because I am not this body. Therefore brahma-bhūtaḥ, those who are self-realized, they are prasannātmā. Any condition of life they are happy, jolly. Dr. Singh: So Swāmījī, if er . . . if Īśa is everywhere, īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam (ISO 1), then surely He is in the body also. Prabhupāda: Yes.
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Prabhupāda: Therefore, simply for decoration of the body, that is not human civilization. The whole civilized activity is going on on the basis of keeping this body in comfort. Yasyātma-buddhiḥ kuṇape tri-dhātuke ([[Vanisource:SB 10.84.13|SB 10.84.13]]) . . . (indistinct) . . . everywhere attempt is being made how to keep this body comfortable. The karmīs, I mean to say . . . (indistinct) . . . they are trying to elevate themselves to the heavenly planet.

Enjoying here nicely and they are performing great sacrifices, ritualistic ceremonies and doing pious activities to elevate themselves to higher planetary system according to Vedas. But all the . . . anywhere we go, material . . . these people are trying to go to the moon planet. But wherever you go, you cannot be any way comfortable.

Therefore Bhagavad-gītā says that janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam ([[Vanisource:BG 13.8-12 (1972)|BG 13.9]]). Intelligent person will see that "However comfortable I may be, I have to meet death." And in the Bhagavad-gītā it is said, mṛtyuḥ sarva-haraś cāham ([[Vanisource:BG 10.34 (1972)|BG 10.34]]), "I am death." Death means to take away. Whatever you create, it will be taken away.

Dr. Singh: But is it not possible when the Upaniṣads, when they talk of this path . . . (indistinct) . . . yoga agni mayam shariram. (Hindi: this is what he meant to say?) So if you . . . what does that mean?

Prabhupāda: That means you become purified of this material body and you regain your spiritual body. Yogam.

Dr. Singh: Yoga agni māyām śarīraram.

Prabhupāda: Cinmaya-śarīra. Ānanda-cinmaya-rasa.

Dr. Singh: Coming now. This is my friend Sri Ramakrishna. I just called my wife and another lady inviting . . . (indistinct)

Prabhupāda: Cinmaya, cinmaya-śarīra we have got. In the Padma Purāṇa, the length and breadth of this cinmaya-śarīra is given: one ten-thousandth part of the tip of the hair. Keśāgra-śata-bhāgasya (Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 5.9).

Dr. Singh: This is my wife.

Prabhupāda: Ah, how are you?

Dr. Singh: And this is Mrs. Star one English friend of ours who is out . . . who is . . .

Prabhupāda: (to lady) So why are you sitting down?

Dr. Singh: Because I have a little problem in sitting on the floor, but she is all right.

Prabhupāda: Thank you very much for your humbleness. Caitanya Mahāprabhu, He has taught therefore that:

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:tṛṇād api sunīcena
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(indistinct) . . . because here everyone is puffed up.

Dr. Singh: Ahaṅkāra.

Prabhupāda: Ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā. (Dr. Singh laughs) So humbleness is very good qualification. And in the Bible also it is said the humble and meek will reap the kingdom of God. I think you will find.

Devotee: Inherit the earth.

Prabhupāda: Ah, yes.

Devotee: "The meek shall inherit the earth."

Prabhupāda: So this is . . . because our puffed-up condition on account of this body is illusion, because I am not this body. Therefore brahma-bhūtaḥ, those who are self-realized, they are prasannātmā. Any condition of life they are happy, jolly.

Dr. Singh: So Swāmījī, if er . . . if Īśa is everywhere, īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam ([[Vanisource:ISO 1|ISO 1]]), then surely He is in the body also.

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Dr. Singh: So is the body not to be treated with a certain amount of of em, of em . . . care, and even comfort, because it is the vehicle for our spiritual progress and so on?

Prabhupāda: Certainly. There are necessities. Yuktāhāra-vihārasya ([[Vanisource:BG 6.17 (1972)|BG 6.17]]). But the thing is, people are trying to keep the body in overcomfort, and the result is they are becoming diseased. We require to . . . the body is not to be neglected. Just like our system, our Vedic system, live on nature: you take grains, you take fruits, you take milk, sufficient nourishment. So why should you take animal food? It is simply taste for the tongue. You don't require. Now these boys and girls who are with me for the last four years, they have given (up) everything—meat eating, fish, eggs, everything.
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