He can say that, "I cannot see, on account of distant place, the planet," but you see the nearest. So you cannot see distant place things and you cannot see nearest. Then what is the value of your eyes?

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"He can say that," |"I cannot see, on account of distant place, the planet," |"but you see the nearest. So you cannot see distant place things and you cannot see nearest. Then what is the value of your eyes"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1975 Conversations and Morning Walks

Devotee (3): You were speaking about the blind person who is thinking that he can see. He is in illusion. How can we best convince him that he is not able to see? Prabhupāda: You have to convince him that, "Your eyes are imperfect." Then you can tell, "Just close your eyes. Can you see the eyelid? It closes, but you cannot see. Why? You have got eyes. When there is some particle in the eye, so close and find out where is the particle. Why making this way, this way, this way? So what is the value of your eyes?" This is the proof. "You cannot see even your eyelids. So why do . . . why you are so much proud of seeing?" Is it not? Devotee (3): Yes. Prabhupāda: This is conviction. He can say that, "I cannot see, on account of distant place, the planet," but you see the nearest. So you cannot see distant place things and you cannot see nearest. Then what is the value of your eyes? That means you can see only under certain condition.

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Devotee (3): You were speaking about the blind person who is thinking that he can see. He is in illusion. How can we best convince him that he is not able to see?

Prabhupāda: You have to convince him that, "Your eyes are imperfect." Then you can tell, "Just close your eyes. Can you see the eyelid? It closes, but you cannot see. Why? You have got eyes. When there is some particle in the eye, so close and find out where is the particle. Why making this way, this way, this way? So what is the value of your eyes?" This is the proof. "You cannot see even your eyelids. So why do . . . why you are so much proud of seeing?" Is it not?

Devotee (3): Yes.

Prabhupāda: This is conviction. He can say that, "I cannot see, on account of distant place, the planet," but you see the nearest. So you cannot see distant place things and you cannot see nearest. Then what is the value of your eyes? That means you can see only under certain condition. So condition is offered by somebody else. Therefore you are conditioned. Your seeing is conditioned, because it is not absolute. So how do you believe your eyes? Hmm?

Devotee (3): The vision of the eyes is imperfect. We have to see by intelligence, from the authority . . .

Prabhupāda: Yes. That is not intelligence; that is fact. Intelligence you should have that, "However I can perceive by the senses, the senses being imperfect, all our perceptions are imperfect." That is intelligence.

Devotee (3): Then one may ask, "Well, how do I recognize that this is the bona fide authority?"

Prabhupāda: Who authorized? Another rascal, that's all. He's a rascal, another rascal. Just like sva-vid-varāhoṣṭra-kharaiḥ saṁstutaḥ puruṣaḥ paśuḥ (SB 2.3.19). A lion is being praised by the rabbit in the jungle. The rabbit is also animal; lion is also. So what is the use of a lion being praised by a rabbit? If the lion is praised by a rabbit, does it mean lion is more than animal? So similarly, these so-called scientists, big men, they are being praised by small rascals. That does not mean on account of praising he has become more than animal. He remains animal.