If a human being tries to exist without ego, desire, feelings, dislikes, and so on, he will be converted into inert matter. This is not spiritual elevation. When a person gradually progresses from materialistic perception to spiritual perception, he can clearly understand how trivial are his mundane desires, feelings, dislikes, and so on which were so long contaminated by ignorance. As this ignorance dissipates, mundane desires become insignificant. Desires remain, but they are no longer mundane. They become transcendental. In that state, one perceives Brahman, the Supersoul, and the Supreme Lord as one. Such higher perceptions are possible only when one's mind and senses are transcendental, a stage impossible to reach in one leap. Those who try the impossible are irrational and overambitious. Everyone has to proceed gradually, placing each step securely before taking the next one. In this way one will ultimately reach the goal.
Irrational
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Cantos 10.14 to 12 (Translations Only)
Just as men of childish intelligence consider a mirage in the desert to be a pond of water, so those who are irrational look upon the illusory transformations of Māyā as substantial.
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Philosophy Discussions
Śyāmasundara: He uses the example of someone who doesn't want anyone to steal something from him but he steals something from others.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Śyāmasundara: And that is self-contradictory.
Prabhupāda: Yes, self-contradictory action is here, that I don't want to be killed but I kill another animal. This is self-contradictory. Supporting by some nonsense philosophy. I don't want to be killed but I kill other, this is self-contradictory.
Śyāmasundara: He would say a self-contradictory act is irrational.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Śyāmasundara: Is not acting according to the rational will.
Prabhupāda: He is irrational and he is taking the position of a philosopher.
| Page Title: | Irrational |
| Compiler: | Sahadeva, RupaManjari |
| Created: | 13 of Nov, 2011 |
| Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=1, CC=0, OB=1, Lec=14, Con=2, Let=1 |
| No. of Quotes: | 19 |