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Because educated class means wine, women, meat, and Vivekananda allows this. That is the point

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"Because educated class means wine, women, meat, and Vivekananda allows this. That is the point"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1971 Conversations and Morning Walks

Because educated class means wine, women, meat, and Vivekananda allows this. That is the point. Vivekananda has no distinction of eating, "Eat any . . . all Brahman, all Nārāyaṇa. You are Nārāyaṇa. Goat is Nārāyaṇa. So Nārāyaṇa is going in the belly of Nārāyaṇa. What is the wrong? One Nārāyaṇa is going, being absorbed by another Nārāyaṇa." But he is not agreeable to be eaten by a tiger, another tiger Nārāyaṇa.

Prabhupāda: Vivekananda has influence here in higher class, amongst educated class. They talk about Vivekananda and this and that, nonsense. In your country, fortunately, that opposition was not there. There was no influence of Vivekananda-class men. Here amongst the educated class there is influence of all these rascals—Vivekananda, Aurobindo, and . . . that is their one defect. But in the mass there is no influence. In the class, educated class.

Because educated class means wine, women, meat, and Vivekananda allows this. That is the point. Vivekananda has no distinction of eating, "Eat any . . . all Brahman, all Nārāyaṇa. You are Nārāyaṇa. Goat is Nārāyaṇa. So Nārāyaṇa is going in the belly of Nārāyaṇa. What is the wrong? One Nārāyaṇa is going, being absorbed by another Nārāyaṇa." But he is not agreeable to be eaten by a tiger, another tiger Nārāyaṇa.

Haṁsadūta: They actually say that?

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Haṁsadūta: "One Nārāyaṇa is being absorbed by another."

Prabhupāda: One respectable pleader in Allahabad, I said: "Why you are eating this?" We also find that he's a very religious man. So I inquired. He was just like our father; still, I inquired. He said: "No, what is the wrong there? Nārāyaṇa, Brahman. So one Brahman is going into the belly of another Brahman. Brahman being absorbed, brahmeti."

So they have got so dangerous theory. But still, we shall not hesitate to kick on their face. But because they are making a propaganda, it should be peaceful.But I become very much agitated with this nonsense, because I know they are creating havoc.

(aside) Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on.

So many rascals.

Haṁsadūta: So yesterday we went to that place, that svāmī with the silver glasses and black beard that always gives his respect to you.

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Haṁsadūta: Well, he has become head svāmī of this temple, very big, very nice place.

Prabhupāda: Very nice place?

Haṁsadūta: Yes. Hodgepodge, but very . . .

Prabhupāda: There.

Haṁsadūta: Yes. Yes. A big marble statue of Buddha, very costly, and tiles from Japan.

Prabhupāda: Tiles?

Devotee (1): This temple is made by one American.

Haṁsadūta: By an American?

Devotee (1): I was told it was built by one American. I don't know who.

Prabhupāda: So why not give us that place?

Haṁsadūta: I don't think he's prepared to do that.

Prabhupāda: They have residential quarter? They have made some residential quarter?

Haṁsadūta: I didn't see any residential quarter. Mostly temple. They're just building.

Prabhupāda: Very big temple?

Haṁsadūta: It's one big temple with different rooms. Very large, very nice.

Prabhupāda: Better than this Gītā Bhavan?

Haṁsadūta: No, I don't think it's better than Gītā Bhavan. Not better.

Prabhupāda: It was simply attempted, not finished.

Haṁsadūta: It's not finished.

Prabhupāda: Aiye (Hindi: Please come). Oh, thank you. Why not spread those blankets? Then you can . . . they are being used?

Haṁsadūta: There is a blanket in your room.

Prabhupāda: Blanket or mattress?

Haṁsadūta: They have blankets in their rooms. They left them in their rooms.

Prabhupāda: Bring mattress and spread.

(aside) Sit down. This is comfortable.

Guest (1): In God's temple, what human wants? And what type of life he wants so that he can be happy?

Prabhupāda: (to devotee:) Not upon that. You spread separately. You have no bed sheet? Bed sheet you can spread. The human demand is happiness.

Guest (1): Happiness, yes. But happiness means increase in which is already happy. It is . .

Prabhupāda: Yes. Now, the thing is, what is that happiness? That is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, sukham ātyantikaṁ yat tad atīndriya-grāhyam (BG 6.21): "The absolute happiness, or the perpetual happiness, or the greatest happiness is that which is enjoyed by supernatural senses."

Guest (1): Would that be by all the senses—mind, intelligence . . .

Prabhupāda: Yes, everything, but in their supernatural, not in this condition.

Guest (1): Not in this . . .

Prabhupāda: Condition.

Guest (1): You see, otherwise it is said that when a person is happy with the self, happy with others . . .

Prabhupāda: No, no. No, no. Try to understand. He has got his senses. These senses are now covered with the coating of material conception of life. Therefore this sense pleasure is not complete or perfect. Just like everyone has got . . . now, you have got your tongue. Now the tongue, when it is coated, you cannot taste the things.

Page Title:Because educated class means wine, women, meat, and Vivekananda allows this. That is the point
Compiler:SharmisthaK
Created:2022-09-14, 11:44:57
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1