View source for They are working on the mental platform. Therefore today they fix up, "This is the conclusion," and tomorrow, another conclusion, another conclusion, because it is mental platform

<div id="compilation">
<div id="facts">
{{terms|"they are working on the mental platform. Therefore today they fix up, "This is the conclusion," and tomorrow, another conclusion, another conclusion, because it is mental platform"}}
{{notes|}}
{{compiler|Ionelia}}
{{complete|ALL}}
{{first|2015-12-25T09:25:35Z}}
{{last|2015-12-25T09:25:35Z}}
{{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=1|Con=0|Let=0}}
{{total|1}}
{{toc right}}
[[Category:They Are]]
[[Category:Work]]
[[Category:Mental Platform]]
[[Category:Therefore]]
[[Category:Today]]
[[Category:Fixed]]
[[Category:This is the Conclusion]]
[[Category:Tomorrow]]
[[Category:Another]]
[[Category:Conclusion]]
[[Category:Because]]
[[Category:Prabhupada Speaks - Lectures, 1966 - 1977]]
[[Category:Prabhupada Speaks - Lectures, 1975]]
[[Category:Prabhupada Speaks - Lectures, Caitanya-caritamrta]]
[[Category:Prabhupada Speaks - in India, Bombay]]
</div>
<div id="section">
<h2>Lectures</h2>
</div>
<div id="sub_section">
<h3>Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures</h3>
</div>
<div class="quote">
<div class="quote_heading">
Simply mental speculation, the whole world, the scientists... They are working on the mental platform. Therefore today they fix up, "This is the conclusion," and tomorrow, another conclusion, another conclusion, because it is mental platform. So above the mental platform, intellectual platform; and above the intellectual platform is the spiritual platform, and that is called Brahman platform. So athāto brahma jijñāsā. One should be inquisitive on the spiritual platform. That is success of life.
</div>


<mp3player>https://vanipedia.s3.amazonaws.com/clip/751109CC-BOMBAY_clip002.mp3</mp3player>
<div class="quote_link">
[[Vanisource:751109 - Lecture CC Madhya 20.100-108 - Bombay|751109 - Lecture CC Madhya 20.100-108 - Bombay]]
</div>
<div class="text">
When Vyāsadeva was not satisfied even after giving the ''Vedānta-sūtras'', ''Brahma-sūtras'', then his spiritual master advised him that "You write something simply on the pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; otherwise you cannot be satisfied." Then he, on the basis of ''Vedānta-sūtra'', he wrote a commentary, ''bhāṣyaṁ brahma-sūtrānām''. Therefore in each end of chapter of ''Bhāgavatam'' you'll find, ''brahma-sūtrasya bhāṣyayam''. So the ''Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam'' is the natural comment on ''Vedānta-sūtra'' by the author himself. So the ''Vedānta-sūtra'' says, ''athāto brahma jijñāsā''. Unless one is inquisitive to understand about Brahman or the supreme spirit or the basic principle of our life . . .

:''indriyāṇi parāṇy āhur''
:''indriyebhyaḥ paraṁ manaḥ''
:''manasas tu parā buddhir''
:''buddhes tu ya para saḥ''
:([[vanisource:BG 3.42 (1972)|BG 3.42]])

Brahman means . . . generally we are identified with this body. Body means the senses. We take prominent the senses. Whole world is going on on the sense perception, sense gratification. So ''indriyāṇi parāny āhuḥ''. The ''indriyas'' are very prominent in materialistic way of life. ''Indriyebhyaḥ paraṁ manaḥ''. Then, above the ''indriyas'', there is the mind. Just like philosopher, psychologist or scientist, who are thoughtful, thinking, they are also on the mental platform. The ordinary men, they are on the bodily platform like animal, sense gratification. And little higher than that—''indriyāṇi parāṇy āhuḥ indriyebhyaḥ paraṁ manaḥ''—those who are on the mental platform. But mental platform will not help us. It is said, ''mano-rathena asato dhāvato bahiḥ. Mano-rathena''. If one is on the mental platform, naturally he has no higher information. He'll glide down again to the material platform. ''Harāv abhaktasya kuto mahad-guṇā manorathena asato dhāvato bahiḥ'' ([[vanisource:SB 5.18.12|SB 5.18.12]]). So simply mental speculation, the whole world, the scientists . . . they are working on the mental platform. Therefore today they fix up, "This is the conclusion," and tomorrow, another conclusion, another conclusion, because it is mental platform. So above the mental platform, intellectual platform; and above the intellectual platform is the spiritual platform, and that is called Brahman platform. So ''athāto brahma jijñāsā''. One should be inquisitive on the spiritual platform. That is success of life.
</div>
</div>
</div>