Real satisfaction
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 4
SB Canto 7
SB Canto 9
- bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ
- sarva-loka-maheśvaram
- suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ
- jñātvā māṁ śāntim ṛcchati
Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
- rāga-dveṣa-vimuktais tu
- viṣayān indriyaiś caran
- ātma-vaśyair vidheyātmā
- prasādam adhigacchati
- [Bg. 2.64]
Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures
General Lectures
Conversations and Morning Walks
1973 Conversations and Morning Walks
Karandhara: The saying is "Even the pauper is proud of his penny."
Prabhupāda: Yes. He is also... You see... In Vṛndāvana I showed you? The dogs were starving, but as soon as he gets another female dog, oh, he is satisfied. To have sex. Oh. You see. So is that satisfaction? He is starving. The belly has gone down, and still, he is satisfied with sex. You see.
Svarūpa Dāmodara: That's called illusion.
Prabhupāda: Yes, this is illusion. Actually, he is not satisfied.
Karandhara: You once gave the example, Prabhupāda of the drunkards in New York.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Karandhara: If they just get a bottle of wine they are satisfied even though they are freezing and starving and have no place to stay.
Prabhupāda: Yes, they are satisfied. Real satisfaction will prevail when one knows God. That is real satisfaction. Bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ sarva-loka-maheśvaram [Bg. 5.29]. A devotee will see how by God's design the sea is working, how the sky is staying, how the sun is rising. He is satisfied, "Oh, how my Lord is great, how He has arranged." That is satisfaction.Correspondence
1971 Correspondence
Page Title: | Real satisfaction |
Compiler: | Rati, Madhavananda |
Created: | 25 of Nov, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=3, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=6, Con=1, Let=1 |
No. of Quotes: | 11 |