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[[Category:Questions asked to Srila Prabhupada]]
[[Category:Questions asked to SP... 1971]]
[[Category:Questions On... Other Religions, Religion in General]]
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<div class="heading">Yes. Yes. Why not practical? Do you mean to say that you are, all Kṛṣṇa conscious people, you are after something impractical?
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Philosophy Discussion on Karl Marx|Philosophy Discussion on Karl Marx]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Śyāmasundara: In fact, when he says that what is practical is the criterion for truth, that is also relative, what is practical. Just like for the child the practical thing is the laddu.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes. That's all right. For a child the lugdoo is reality, but that does not mean that is equal to that one thousand dollar note.</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: So we have to find out what is really practical.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes. No, practical, both things practical. But according to the person, the value is different.</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: Oh. But isn't there an absolute value?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: The absolute value is God. That is division (?). Satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi. That is our objective. We take in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam that janmādy asya yataḥ: ([[Vanisource:SB 1.1.1|SB 1.1.1]]) "The original source of everything." Satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi: "I meditate upon the Supreme Truth, Absolute Truth."</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: And that is also practical?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes. Yes. Why not practical? Do you mean to say that you are, all Kṛṣṇa conscious people, you are after something impractical?</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: Well, they will say...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: They may say. What is your position? They may say.</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: The practical thing is that it makes us happy.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Huh?</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: The practical result is that we are happy.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: So anyway, unless you feel practical, why you are after it? That is my proposal. They may say whatever nonsense they can say.</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: So the practical result should be satisfaction, happiness.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes. You are eating, but somebody says, "What you  are doing?" But by eating, if you feel satisfaction of your hunger, that is practical. You haven't got to take certificate from others. You are eating; if you feel satisfaction, if you feel strong, that is the...</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: So these men, both of them, they have a great faith that philosophy can change the world.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: And this is the real philosophy. Janmādy asya yataḥ ([[Vanisource:SB 1.1.1|SB 1.1.1]]). This is philosophy. Athāto brahma jijñāsā. This is real... What is the original source? This is real philosophy. What is that Absolute Truth? Everything is relative truth. What is the Absolute Truth? That is philosophy, Vedānta philosophy.</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: That has social effects that could change the world?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes. This, our whole Indian, Vedic civilization, is standing on Vedānta philosophy. And Bhāgavata is explanation of Vedānta philosophy.</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: So the source of everything is...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Everything is there, ideal.</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: So that's all today. Tomorrow we will discuss Mao Tse Tung, the Chinese Communist.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Oh, Mao.</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: Mao. (end)</p>
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