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The chicken is also dying; you are also dying. What is your improvement? That they cannot say. Real problem they cannot solve. Simply a little high standard of living, and they think this is advancement

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"The chicken is also dying; you are also dying. What is your improvement? That they cannot say. Real problem they cannot solve. Simply a little high standard of living, and they think this is advancement"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1975 Conversations and Morning Walks

Even in the heavenly planet, wherever you go, the same thing, simply . . . just like this country and Europe, the standard of living different, but the business is the same. And the. . . When they improve or so-call improve the standard of living, they think, "Now we are advanced." And what about your death? (aside) Stop. The chicken is also dying; you are also dying. What is your improvement? That they cannot say. Real problem they cannot solve. Simply a little high standard of living, and they think this is advancement. And the Western civilization is influencing all other parts of the world in that way—"Improve the standard of living." There is no improvement, but it is māyā; they are thinking, "This is improvement."

Harikeśa: Do you want another cover, Śrīla Prabhupāda?

Prabhupāda: No. This is all right. (break) . . . the male, that one.

Brahmānanda: The red one?

Prabhupāda: Yes. That is also male. (break) . . . for their family. Gṛha-vratānām. Wife, children, they are also enjoying. Viṣayaḥ khalu . . . this wife and children and material happiness he will get in any form of life. So if the human life is also the same thing, then where is the benefit? But they are proud that, "The. . . They are loitering on the . . . without any home. We have constructed this home. Therefore we are advanced." This is their philosophy. The business is the same. "That's all right. But we are improved." This is advancement. Business is the punaḥ punaś carvita-carvaṇānām (SB 7.5.30), the same sex, same eating, the same sleeping, same defending, but in an improved way.

Even in the heavenly planet, wherever you go, the same thing, simply . . . just like this country and Europe, the standard of living different, but the business is the same. And the. . . When they improve or so-call improve the standard of living, they think, "Now we are advanced." And what about your death? (aside) Stop. The chicken is also dying; you are also dying. What is your improvement? That they cannot say. Real problem they cannot solve. Simply a little high standard of living, and they think this is advancement. And the Western civilization is influencing all other parts of the world in that way—"Improve the standard of living." There is no improvement, but it is māyā; they are thinking, "This is improvement."

Page Title:The chicken is also dying; you are also dying. What is your improvement? That they cannot say. Real problem they cannot solve. Simply a little high standard of living, and they think this is advancement
Compiler:Nabakumar
Created:2022-10-10, 03:37:16
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1