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== Other Books by Srila Prabhupada | <div class="section" id="Other_Books_by_Srila_Prabhupada" text="Other Books by Srila Prabhupada"><h2>Other Books by Srila Prabhupada</h2></div> | ||
=== Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead | <div class="sub_section" id="Krsna,_The_Supreme_Personality_of_Godhead" text="Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead"><h3>Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead</h3></div> | ||
< | <div class="quote" book="OB" link="KB 1" link_text="Krsna Book 1"> | ||
<div class="heading">Man thinks that he belongs to the human community, or a particular country or particular place.</div> | |||
< | <div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:KB 1|Krsna Book 1]]:''' “The luminous planets like the sun, moon or stars reflect themselves in different types of reservoirs, like water, oil or ghee. The reflection moves according to the movement of the reservoir. The reflection of the moon is on the water, and the moving water makes the moon also appear to be moving, but actually the moon is not moving. Similarly, by mental concoction the living entity attains different kinds of bodies, although actually he has no connection with such bodies. But on account of illusion, being enchanted by the influence of māyā, the living entity thinks that he belongs to a particular type of body. That is the way of conditioned life. Suppose a living entity is now in a human form of body. He thinks that he belongs to the human community, or a particular country or particular place. He identifies himself in that way and unnecessarily prepares for another body, which is not required by him.</div> | ||
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== Lectures = | <div class="section" id="Lectures" text="Lectures"><h2>Lectures</h2></div> | ||
=== Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures | <div class="sub_section" id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures"><h3>Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures</h3></div> | ||
< | <div class="quote" book="Lec" link="Lecture on BG 7.1 -- San Francisco, March 17, 1968" link_text="Lecture on BG 7.1 -- San Francisco, March 17, 1968"> | ||
<div class="heading">Why human community? Living being community. If you make this world as belonging to the human society, that is defective.</div> | |||
< | <div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 7.1 -- San Francisco, March 17, 1968|Lecture on BG 7.1 -- San Francisco, March 17, 1968]]:''' It is mental concoction that "Kṛṣṇa is Indian," or "Kṛṣṇa is worshiped by the Hindus; therefore He is one of the Hindu gods." He never said that "I am Hindu god; I am Indian." Just like the sun. If you say, "It is American sun," is it possible, American? Sun is sun. Why American sun or Indian sun? Nothing is American, Indian. It is all artificial. This planet, this planet also, it belongs to the human society, that's all. This is real communism. This is real communism. These Communists also, they are defective because... Just like the Russians. They say... [break] ...Russians or the Chinese. They are speaking that China is for the Chinese. Why not for others? Then what sort of communism it is? Just think in terms of the human community. Human community. So this... Why human community? Living being community. If you make this world as belonging to the human society, that is defective. It belongs to everyone. It belongs to the trees community, it belongs to the beast community. They have got right to live.</div> | ||
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=== Philosophy Discussions | <div class="sub_section" id="Philosophy_Discussions" text="Philosophy Discussions"><h3>Philosophy Discussions</h3></div> | ||
< | <div class="quote" book="Lec" link="Philosophy Discussion on John Dewey" link_text="Philosophy Discussion on John Dewey"> | ||
<div class="heading">Ours is the responsibility of accepting a precious heritage of values, accumulated by the continuous human community</div> | |||
< | <div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:Philosophy Discussion on John Dewey|Philosophy Discussion on John Dewey]]:''' | ||
Prabhupāda: Yes. This is Kṛṣṇa's position. | Prabhupāda: Yes. This is Kṛṣṇa's position. | ||
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Śyāmasundara: He says that "Ours is the responsibility of accepting a precious heritage of values, accumulated by the continuous human community at great cost in effort and suffering, and to expand, conserve, transmit, and rectify these values bequeathed to us." In other words, he says that we must take the lessons of history and build upon them in order to transmit these values and preserve them. | Śyāmasundara: He says that "Ours is the responsibility of accepting a precious heritage of values, accumulated by the continuous human community at great cost in effort and suffering, and to expand, conserve, transmit, and rectify these values bequeathed to us." In other words, he says that we must take the lessons of history and build upon them in order to transmit these values and preserve them. | ||
Prabhupāda: Yes. We are doing that. We are taking from the history of forty millions of years ago and transmitting it by guru-paramparā, evaṁ paramparā-prāptam [Bg. 4.2]. Accepted by great authorities like Vyāsa, Nārada, Devala, five thousand years, Arjuna, and later on the great ācāryas, Rāmānujācārya, Madhvācārya. Lately, five hundred years ago, Lord Caitanya. And we are following Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura and Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura.</ | Prabhupāda: Yes. We are doing that. We are taking from the history of forty millions of years ago and transmitting it by guru-paramparā, evaṁ paramparā-prāptam [Bg. 4.2]. Accepted by great authorities like Vyāsa, Nārada, Devala, five thousand years, Arjuna, and later on the great ācāryas, Rāmānujācārya, Madhvācārya. Lately, five hundred years ago, Lord Caitanya. And we are following Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura and Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura.</div> | ||
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== Conversations and Morning Walks | <div class="section" id="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="Conversations and Morning Walks"><h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2></div> | ||
=== 1974 Conversations and Morning Walks | <div class="sub_section" id="1974_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="1974 Conversations and Morning Walks"><h3>1974 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3></div> | ||
< | <div class="quote" book="Con" link="Morning Walk -- February 17, 1974, Bombay" link_text="Morning Walk -- February 17, 1974, Bombay"> | ||
<div class="heading">If one is paṇḍita, he does not make any distinction between animal community and human community.</div> | |||
< | <div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:Morning Walk -- February 17, 1974, Bombay|Morning Walk -- February 17, 1974, Bombay]]:''' | ||
Prabhupāda: That is also community. | Prabhupāda: That is also community. | ||
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Dr. Patel: Śuni caiva śva-pāke ca | Dr. Patel: Śuni caiva śva-pāke ca | ||
Prabhupāda: Ah, that is paṇḍita. As soon as you see, "This is animal community, this is human community," then you are not paṇḍita. You are still in, equal learning. Brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati, samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu [Bg. 18.54].</ | Prabhupāda: Ah, that is paṇḍita. As soon as you see, "This is animal community, this is human community," then you are not paṇḍita. You are still in, equal learning. Brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati, samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu [Bg. 18.54].</div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:15, 7 December 2012
Other Books by Srila Prabhupada
Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead
Man thinks that he belongs to the human community, or a particular country or particular place.
Krsna Book 1: “The luminous planets like the sun, moon or stars reflect themselves in different types of reservoirs, like water, oil or ghee. The reflection moves according to the movement of the reservoir. The reflection of the moon is on the water, and the moving water makes the moon also appear to be moving, but actually the moon is not moving. Similarly, by mental concoction the living entity attains different kinds of bodies, although actually he has no connection with such bodies. But on account of illusion, being enchanted by the influence of māyā, the living entity thinks that he belongs to a particular type of body. That is the way of conditioned life. Suppose a living entity is now in a human form of body. He thinks that he belongs to the human community, or a particular country or particular place. He identifies himself in that way and unnecessarily prepares for another body, which is not required by him.
Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
Why human community? Living being community. If you make this world as belonging to the human society, that is defective.
Lecture on BG 7.1 -- San Francisco, March 17, 1968: It is mental concoction that "Kṛṣṇa is Indian," or "Kṛṣṇa is worshiped by the Hindus; therefore He is one of the Hindu gods." He never said that "I am Hindu god; I am Indian." Just like the sun. If you say, "It is American sun," is it possible, American? Sun is sun. Why American sun or Indian sun? Nothing is American, Indian. It is all artificial. This planet, this planet also, it belongs to the human society, that's all. This is real communism. This is real communism. These Communists also, they are defective because... Just like the Russians. They say... [break] ...Russians or the Chinese. They are speaking that China is for the Chinese. Why not for others? Then what sort of communism it is? Just think in terms of the human community. Human community. So this... Why human community? Living being community. If you make this world as belonging to the human society, that is defective. It belongs to everyone. It belongs to the trees community, it belongs to the beast community. They have got right to live.
Philosophy Discussions
Ours is the responsibility of accepting a precious heritage of values, accumulated by the continuous human community
Philosophy Discussion on John Dewey:
Prabhupāda: Yes. This is Kṛṣṇa's position.
Śyāmasundara: He says that "Ours is the responsibility of accepting a precious heritage of values, accumulated by the continuous human community at great cost in effort and suffering, and to expand, conserve, transmit, and rectify these values bequeathed to us." In other words, he says that we must take the lessons of history and build upon them in order to transmit these values and preserve them.
Prabhupāda: Yes. We are doing that. We are taking from the history of forty millions of years ago and transmitting it by guru-paramparā, evaṁ paramparā-prāptam [Bg. 4.2]. Accepted by great authorities like Vyāsa, Nārada, Devala, five thousand years, Arjuna, and later on the great ācāryas, Rāmānujācārya, Madhvācārya. Lately, five hundred years ago, Lord Caitanya. And we are following Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura and Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura.Conversations and Morning Walks
1974 Conversations and Morning Walks
If one is paṇḍita, he does not make any distinction between animal community and human community.
Morning Walk -- February 17, 1974, Bombay:
Prabhupāda: That is also community.
Dr. Patel: That is why twenty-four avatāras have been shown to us in Bhāgavata, from fish to the highest.
Prabhupāda: Paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ [Bg. 5.18]. If one is paṇḍita, he does not make any distinction between animal community and human community.
Dr. Patel: Śuni caiva śva-pāke ca
Prabhupāda: Ah, that is paṇḍita. As soon as you see, "This is animal community, this is human community," then you are not paṇḍita. You are still in, equal learning. Brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati, samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu [Bg. 18.54].