Anything which is done for sense gratification, that is vikarma. So people are engaged in vikarma. Everywhere, all over the world, the education, the scientific advancement, culture, everything.... Now culture means some dancing. Now it has become a culture. And what is that dancing? Sense gratification. Boys and girls, dancing ball dance, sense gratification. That is vikarma. But here, the same dancing before the Deity is bhakti. The same dancing. You dance in a theatrical performance, in a platform. That is also dancing. And here, in this stage, before the Deity, if you are dancing with Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, then you are making bhakti, progress. And that dancing means you are becoming entangled in your karma. Because that dancing is sense gratification, vikarmaṇaḥ.
Culture means
Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
Now culture means some dancing. Now it has become a culture. And what is that dancing? Sense gratification.
Lecture on BG 4.17 -- Bombay, April 6, 1974: Page Title: | Culture means |
Compiler: | Rishab |
Created: | 21 of Mar, 2012 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=1, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 2 |