Kṛṣṇa says that udārāḥ: "They are also good, because gradually they will come to this understanding." Because a jñānī knows that "What are these material things? They are only flickering. Flickering. Suppose I get too much wealth and too much everything. What is this mater . . .?" Lābha, pūjā, pratiṣṭhā. These material assets are three. Something, I want some gain out of my work, profit. And pūjā. Pūjā means people will adore me, "Oh, you are such a rich man. You are so great man." Lābha, pūjā and pratiṣṭhā, and fame: "People may know me that 'I am Carnegie,' 'I am Rockefeller,' 'I am Birla.' " But he does not know that Birla or Rockefeller is this body. As soon as this body is finished, all Birla, Rockefeller is finished. Then I do not know whether I am entering into cat or dog. Huh?
Because after finishing this body, you are neither Birla, neither Rockefeller—you are spirit soul. And according to your own karma, according to your own work, your own work, you have to enter another body, which is different from Birla and Carnegie. A jñānī knows, "So why shall I bother myself for these temporary designation?" That is jñānī. He is jñānī. He is man in knowledge. "I am pure soul. My eternal connection—with Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Lord. Let me establish that connection very firmly, so that Kṛṣṇa may take me back into His kingdom. That is my business." So this is the preference to the jñānī, that although . . .
So these persons who come to the shelter of God being distressed or being poverty-stricken, they are also welcome, because there may be chance that one day he may be fully in knowledge: "No, I don't want all these material things. I want simply You. That is my mission. That is my life's mission." One should take it like that. Then that is perfect life. The whole, I mean to say, natu . . . cosmic situation is giving us all facility that you should enjoy.
So far body is concerned, you get all things supplied by you, er, supplied by God. You have got enough grains. You have got enough fruits. You have got enough milk. You have got everything enough. You eat it, live peacefully. Because what is my want of this body? Āhāra-nidrā-bhaya-maithunaṁ ca (Hitopadeśa).
Oh, you can eat. Āhāra means eating. So you can eating suffi . . . you can eat sufficiently. Nidrā. You can make shelter. God has given you so many wood, so many, I mean to say, planks you can get, make your home. That's all right. Sleep there peacefully.
And āhāra-nidrā-bhaya. And you can defend as far as possible. Then, you want sex life? All right. There are so many women. Get them married. Live peacefully and culture God consciousness, Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That arrangement is there. Why don't you do it? Why do you want more and more, more and more, more and more? This is foolishness.
So far your material necessities are concerned, oh, there is enough. All right, you are eating? Can your manufacturing process can supply eating from the factories? No. Then why do you bother about the factory? Why you spoil your energy? Just eat. Be satisfied, whatever God has given you, and culture, devote your time for reviving your eternal relationship with God.
Plain living and high thinking—that is the best type of civilization. You want sex? Can you manufacture sex in the factory? No. Then? It is supplied by God. So everything, whatever you require, that is supplied by God. You take advantage of it and be God conscious, or Kṛṣṇa conscious. That is your business.
So God has given us all facilities to come to Him, but we are unfortunate. And He has given us still more facilities in this age, because in this age we are all unfortunate, short-living. So even we have no facility for the primary necessities of life, āhāra-nidrā-bhaya-maithuna (Hitopadeśa 25): eating, sleeping and defending and mating.
These things are, I mean to say, absolutely necessary for keeping the body fit. But we have no such arrangement even that, you see, in this age. There are so many people who have no shelter, so many people who have no food, so many people who have no married life, no sex life, and there are so many people not dependant from the onslaught of nature or anything. This age is like that.