Prabhupāda: ...the modern civilization is that they have no knowledge about the change of body. Almost ninety-nine percent people, they do not know.
Yaśomatīnandana: Even the so-called religions. The religions even don't teach.
Prabhupāda: They do not know.
Girirāja: "This body is exactly like one of the bodies which we always see in dreams. During our dream of sleep we create so many bodies according to mental creation." (break)
Prabhupāda: ...the psychologically whatever mental condition we prepare throughout this life, that means you are preparing next life, and in the Bhagavad-gītā it is said, yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvam tyajanty ante kalevaram (BG 8.6). The situation of the mind at the time of death will carry you to the similar body. Just like one who likes to eat some special foodstuff, so... Suppose the meat-eaters. So the mentality is, "How to eat meat, how to eat meat." So they are given next life the canine teeth to give facility for eating meat. Canine teeth means dogs, cats, tigers, like that.
Girirāja: "Unless we have a particular type of body, we cannot enjoy or suffer according to our mental proclivities inherited from the previous life." (break)
Prabhupāda: ...another example. Asaṅgo 'yaṁ puruṣaḥ (Bṛhad-araṅyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.15). It is said that this living entity is untouched by this material body. Asaṅgo 'yaṁ puruṣaḥ. So the example is given that the moon reflected on water appears to be moving, but moon is separate from that movement. (Hindi) (japa) Go on. (Hindi) (break) ...good example. Unnecessarily he thinks that "I belong to this country. I belong to this society." That means he creates another body. And if he knows perfectly well that "I do not belong to any of these bodies," that is brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā (BG 18.54). That teaching required, that every being is unattached to this body. Therefore yasyātma-buddhiḥ kuṇape... Anyone who is maintaining himself under bodily concept of life, he is no better than the animals. (break) The demonic person does not accept any good lesson. Mūrkhāyopadeṣo hi prakopāya na śāntaye (Hitopadeśa 3.4). Because he is foolish, if you give him good advice, he will be angry. Still, we have to do that.
Girirāja: But for preaching it is better to find innocent persons.
Prabhupāda: Yes, better field, those who are innocent. That is the duty of the preacher, four things: īśvare tad-adhīneṣu baliśeṣu dviṣatsu ca (SB 11.2.46). The preacher should see four things. First of all īśvara, the Supreme Person, God. So that vision must be there. He knows what is īśvara, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Then tad-adhīneṣu, those who have taken shelter of that īśvara. That means devotees. Tad-adhīneṣu. And then baliśeṣu. Baliśeṣu means those who are innocent, have no sufficient knowledge. Innocent. And dviṣatsu. And there is always a class of men who are envious of God, dviṣat. Dviṣat means envious. So a preacher has to see these four classes of men, or three classes. One, īśvara, and the other three classes. So he has to behave like that. To behave with īśvara-prema, how to love, that is his business—how to increase love for the Supreme. Prema. Maitrī, how to make friendship with the devotees. And to the innocent—kṛpā, how to become merciful. And to the envious—upekṣa, negligence, not to talk with them. Four behaviors. Īśvare tad-a... This is madhyama adhikārī. And the position of the preacher is madhyama adhikārī. Therefore they have to point out, "Here is a jealous man, envious man." But people do not want it. They say, "Why you are pointing out? Why you are pointing out?" But this is business of the preacher. Otherwise how he will preach?