Two things (SB lectures - cantos 4-7)

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Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

Because if in human society these two things are neglected, cows and the brāhmaṇa, that is animal society. Animal society. That is not human society.

Lecture on SB 5.5.1-2 -- London (Tittenhurst), September 13, 1969:

So why this specific stress has been given to the cows and brāhmaṇas? Just see Kṛṣṇa's picture, how He's loving the cow. You see? He is instructing by His practical life how He is compassionate with the cows. He played as a cowherd boy. Why? Because if in human society these two things are neglected, cows and the brāhmaṇa, that is animal society. Animal society. That is not human society. That is the idea. Because the brāhmaṇas, they will give you good information of spiritual life, and cows will give you the best food you can have within this material world. That is the real interpretation of go-brāhmaṇa-hitāya ca.

Material life means one who does not know God, one who does not serve God. These are the two things. So if you know God and if you serve God, that is not material life.

Lecture on SB 5.5.1-2 -- Paris, August 12, 1973:

Yogeśvara: He wants to know how can we live in this material world without becoming entangled.

Prabhupāda: That he cannot know, God, by living here. You are trying to know so many things, why don't you try to know God? Material life means one who does not know God, one who does not serve God. These are the two things. So if you know God and if you serve God, that is not material life. So if you try to know God, and if you serve God, that is not material life.