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A first-class man is by these qualities, samo damo titiksa. It is not by the fat salary. By the first-class qualities

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"A first-class man is by these qualities, śamo damo titikṣā. It is not by the fat salary. By the first-class qualities"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1975 Conversations and Morning Walks

In the modern society there is no idea of first-class man, what is first-class man. They take it, a minister is first-class man. A first-class man is by these qualities, śamo damo titikṣā. It is not by the fat salary. By the first-class qualities.

Prabhupāda: So we are trying to make some first-class men. That's all. This is our aim. Even if he is fourth-class man, it doesn't matter. If he takes up the training, he becomes first class. And as soon as he becomes a first-class man, ūrdhvaṁ gacchanti: even if he is not liberated, he goes in higher planetary system amongst the demigods. Then there he gets more advanced. He goes to Brahmā. If he is not directly transferred to the spiritual world, then he gets this facilities. And with Brahmā, at the end of this creation, annihilation, they go to the spiritual world.

Gaṇeśa: Just by becoming first-class men.

Prabhupāda: That is described. Śamo damas titikṣā (BG 18.42), that . . . you were not here, hearing?

Gaṇeśa: I was here.

Prabhupāda: That is first class.

Gaṇeśa: So just by becoming first-class men you can go to the heavenly planets?

Prabhupāda: Yes. But that is meant for a first-class men. Ūrdhvaṁ gacchanti (BG 14.18). Ūrdhvam means higher planetary system.

Gaṇeśa: Are we not training all classes of men? In Kṛṣṇa consciousness . . .

Prabhupāda: We can train any class to become first class. It is simply by education. Just like anyone can become engineer by training. Where is the difficulty? Nobody is born first class, but we can make first class if he agrees to become first class. Two things required: he must agree, and the teachings are there. Then he becomes first class. Where is the difficulty?

Gaṇeśa: But you say, Śrīla Prabhupāda, that the four classes are necessary.

Prabhupāda: They already there, four classes of men, but they should be properly trained up. Then the society will be in order. Just like this man, he is considered to be first-class man in the society. He is in charge of some department. But actually, he is fourth class. So as he is little trained up by a moment's instruction, if he agrees to be trained up, he can become. He's young man, within thirty years old.

Amogha: Hmm. A very high position also. CSIRO. Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organization. He's commissioned by the government. They have to be very top intellectual researcher.

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Amogha: And he is in a good position materially.

Gaṇeśa: You spoke to three of those men in Melbourne last time.

Prabhupāda: Huh?

Amogha: Those scientists who came to see you last year in Melbourne were also from that organization.

Gaṇeśa: The same place.

Prabhupāda: Oh.

Amogha: There were three men, and you made them eat the gulābjāmun.

Prabhupāda: Ah, ah. He was there?

Amogha: No, no. But they were from the same organization, the Melbourne branch.

Prabhupāda: Oh. The some scientists came.

Amogha: Yes. They were from the same . . .

Prabhupāda: Oh, he remembers. Then that man remembers, I gave him gulābjāmun.

Amogha: No, not this man.

Prabhupāda: No, the other man.

Amogha: Oh, yes. He sure did. That's a all over Australia organization.

Prabhupāda: Good organization.

Gaṇeśa: They are inquisitive, because they come to see you.

Prabhupāda: Oh. Oh, you did not invite him?

Amogha: Yes, but he would not come unless he was interested.

Prabhupāda: In the modern society there is no idea of first-class man, what is first-class man. They take it, a minister is first-class man. A first-class man is by these qualities, śamo damo titikṣā. It is not by the fat salary. By the first-class qualities.

Amogha: Some people, like this man, they notice that qualities are degrading and natural resources are degrading, so many problems are coming. But they don't know what to do. They're simply reporting that, "There we go down."

Prabhupāda: They cannot counteract. The counteraction is here in our Society. They should accept it. Then it will be all right. So become first-class man. Everyone will hear you. And you can face any so-called first-class man and talk with him straightforward that, "You are fourth class."

Page Title:A first-class man is by these qualities, samo damo titiksa. It is not by the fat salary. By the first-class qualities
Compiler:SharmisthaK
Created:2022-09-04, 15:33:27
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1