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Limited means if you understand that, "I am bound up. I am going round the law," that is all right. But don't say that - Beyond this limit there is nothing

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"limited means if you understand that, "I am bound up. I am going round the law," that is all right. But don't say that "Beyond this limit there is nothing"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1977 Conversations and Morning Walks

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: They say: "We accept this premise, that we are limited." Prabhupāda: But then limited, you cannot say final. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: "But we say within our limited means we can understand that . . ." Prabhupāda: And limited means if you understand that, "I am bound up. I am going round the law," that is all right. But don't say that "Beyond this limit there is nothing." Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: No, they don't.

Prabhupāda: You are flying west or east—you do not know. You are controlled.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: They say: "No, our compass shows it. And you accept the compass."

Prabhupāda: That's all right. You are going west, but do you think where you think that the west is end, that is not end. You can go further.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: They say it never ends because we're going around the planet.

Prabhupāda: No, that is his dog's mentality, going round. That is dog. He is thinking that "This is the area. Now I . . ." He's controlled by superior power that, "You cannot go." An example is . . . there are so many. "There are so many stars, moons, and we'll go there." But he cannot go.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: They say: "We accept this premise, that we are limited."

Prabhupāda: But then limited, you cannot say final.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: "But we say within our limited means we can understand that . . ."

Prabhupāda: And limited means if you understand that, "I am bound up. I am going round the law," that is all right. But don't say that "Beyond this limit there is nothing."

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: No, they don't.

Prabhupāda: No.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: But supposing that within this limit we accept that we are limited.

Prabhupāda: That is all right.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: But we say that we're going west and . . .

Prabhupāda: That's right, west up to this point, rascal, not more than that. Why don't you understand this? West you have gone. That's all right. But after this point, no more. You cannot go. You don't say that there is no more after this west . . . they are saying that.

Page Title:Limited means if you understand that, "I am bound up. I am going round the law," that is all right. But don't say that - Beyond this limit there is nothing
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-04-28, 07:57:24
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1