Vedic law
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Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 6
SB Canto 9
Lectures
Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures
- dharmyaṁ nyāyyaṁ sakaruṇaṁ
- nirvyalīkaṁ samaṁ mahat
- rājā dharma-suto rājñyāḥ
- pratyanandad vaco dvijāḥ
Conversations and Morning Walks
1968 Conversations and Morning Walks
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: He mentioned other religious people, and he said if we can just keep the crowd moving, then we have every right to be there. So he has given us right to go to Hollywood. In downtown Los Angeles we don't have that right yet. We'll still go there, but in Hollywood it is all right. So that's good enough.
Prabhupāda: That's all right. It is Kṛṣṇa's grace. I was telling the same thing to Dayānanda, that he should present this case to the higher officer. That's all. We are preaching God consciousness. We should be given... That was the Vedic law. Saintly persons, they should be given all protection. If somebody insulted a saintly person, there was a special punishment for that.1971 Conversations and Morning Walks
Prof. Kotovsky: That is due to analyze. That's right. That's from common sense point of view.
Prabhupāda: Similarly, another, another instance is there. Just like conchshell. Conchshell is the bone of an animal. So according to Vedic instruction, if you touch the bone of an animal, you become impure. You have to take bath. You become impure. But this conchshell is kept in the deity room because it's accepted as pure by the Vedas. So my point is that we accept Vedic laws in such a way, without argument, accept because it is stated in the Vedas, and that is the principle followed by scholars. If you can substantiate your statement by quoting from the Vedas, then it is accepted. You do not require to substantiate in other ways if you prove by Vedic quotation. Śruti-pramāṇa. It is called śruti-pramāṇa. There are different kinds of pramāṇa, evidences. Just like in the legal court if you can give quotation from the law books, your statement is accepted, similarly, all statements which you give, if they are supported by śruti-pramāṇa... I think you know. The Vedas are known as Śrutis.1974 Conversations and Morning Walks
Prabhupāda: But why he's making nindā? You don't eat, even it is... Now in the first you said, you don't..., you cannot kill animal, even if it is...
Indian man (3): I, I follow even though you said that you kill it for the sake of yajña, I am not going to kill it, that's all. That is my personal...
Prabhupāda: No, no. That you can do. But you cannot decry the Vedic laws.
Indian man (2): This is not decrying the Vedic law...
Prabhupāda: Yes, yes... You said, api, even if it is enjoined in the Vedas...
Indian man (2): I don't think so.
Prabhupāda: Why not? It is clear, it is clear. You don't think, but the writing is there.
Indian man (3): The writing...
Prabhupāda: Writing is there.
Indian man (3): The writing can be interpreted in a lot of ways.
Prabhupāda: No, no, no, no! You can interpret. No, no, no, no. We are not interpreting.
Indian man (3): We are not going to take that way.
Prabhupāda: We cannot... As soon as you say api, even if it is enjoined in the Vedas, don't do it. That means decrying the Vedas. What do you think?1975 Conversations and Morning Walks
Harikeśa: The two countries that have women as leaders are in the headlines all the time. Like Israel, Golda Meir, they are always war between there and Egypt.
Brahmānanda: Argentina also.
Harikeśa: Argentina, and India. Now there will be war. Wherever there is woman in charge, there is war, disruption. But they think because they are in charge, that proves they are equal.
Prabhupāda: I think in Indian history she is the first woman to be in charge of the state. Before her, there is no instance of woman becoming in charge.
Brahmānanda: In Śrī Lanka also, they have woman in charge. That is also considered Indian.
Prabhupāda: According to Manu-saṁhitā, which is Vedic laws, it is said that "Woman is not to be given freedom." They have to be protected. According to Vedic civilization, women, children, old man, brāhmaṇa, and cow—they are to be given protection. The state should give protection. [break] ...the defect of modern civilization is that vox populi.1976 Conversations and Morning Walks
Hari-śauri: But when you go through, Śrīla Prabhupāda, everybody offers their respects.
Prabhupāda: They also sometimes show me the favor, but generally.... Sometimes they also search.
Guru-kṛpā: Search your pockets?
Prabhupāda: Yes. No, like this. (laughter) That way.
Devotee (1): That's a great mercy for them.
Prabhupāda: Yes. That is mercy. When they excuse a saintly person, that is, that is their great mercy. Now, according to Vedic law, a saintly person is never subjected to any law. He's paramahaṁsa. He's never.... Rather, the order is he must be given all help that he wants. That is the Vedic civilization. And brahmacārī, sannyāsīs, they should be treated as children at home, so that wherever they go, they will be treated just like children: "Oh, he's my son. He's my dependent." They will treat like that. And they also go to every home: "Mother, give me some food." So he's children, as the child asks from the mother, "Give me some food." This is system. This is civilization. And M.A., Ph.D., and searching after woman, how to induce her, and being searched out in the airport, whether he's a rogue—what is this education? We don't want this education.Page Title: | Vedic law |
Compiler: | Visnu Murti |
Created: | Dec 14 2007, |
No. of Quotes: | 17 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=2, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=8, Con=7, Let=0 |