One has to believe
Bhagavad-gita As It Is
BG Chapters 1 - 6
Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
Philosophy Discussions
Prabhupāda: So inform him that "Your theory is that God's representative..." He is expecting God's representative?
Devotee: No, no. I'll tell you what he says about God. He says that the belief in God arose due to man's inability to understand his world, but that man no longer needs such a fiction.
Prabhupāda: Then one has to believe him?
Śyāmasundara: Yes.
Devotee: He also says that we have the capacity to take matters into our own hands. We don't have to ruin it by some controller far away who we have no control over.
Prabhupāda: But that you cannot do. You cannot take the question of birth, death, old age in your hands. How he says that you shall be able to take matters into your own hands?Conversations and Morning Walks
1973 Conversations and Morning Walks
Mr. Wadell: But that is not... Belief is not quite the same thing as...
Prabhupāda: No that is not belief; that is fact. Suppose a radio message is coming from Sydney, we accept it-fact. Although I am not in Sydney. So it is a question of process, how to receive the message. If the process is perfect, then the message is perfect.
Mr. Wadell: But one has to believe the...
Prabhupāda: Yes, if the process is perfect, one has to believe, one has to believe. Just like I will give you one example: Nobody knows who is his father; neither it is possible to know one's father by speculation. But there is a process. If you ask your mother, and if she: "This gentleman is your father," you accept the process and you get the perfect knowledge.1975 Conversations and Morning Walks
Correspondence
1970 Correspondence
Page Title: | One has to believe |
Compiler: | Serene |
Created: | 20 of Nov, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=1, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=2, Con=2, Let=1 |
No. of Quotes: | 6 |