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The leader must be perfect. If the leader is blind, how can I accept such blind leader? I am blind man. What is the use

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"The leader must be perfect. If the leader is blind, how can I accept such blind leader? I am blind man. What is the use"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1976 Conversations and Morning Walks

Prabhupāda: Why shall I accept you, blind leader? If a blind . . . I am blind, and if a blind man says: "Come on, I shall guide you," why shall I accept that leader? Madhudviṣa: Their contention is not that, though. Their contention is that Mao Tse Tung, along with being the political leader, is also the spiritual guide of the people. Prabhupāda: Political, social is not. The leader must be perfect. If the leader is blind, how can I accept such blind leader? I am blind man. What is the use? I am blind; therefore I am asking, "Can you help me to cross the road?" Another blind, "Yes, yes, come on, I shall." Why shall I accept? First of all I shall ask, "You have got eyes?" "No, I am also blind." What is this nonsense?.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Just like you pointed out yesterday that Communism holds that everyone should have an equal right, but, you pointed out, then why do they limit that simply to human beings?

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: It is imperfect system.

Prabhupāda: Why they become sectarian?

Madhudviṣa: They will say this is the natural development. When a system develops to this size there will be . . .

Prabhupāda: That you cannot change, natural development. You rascal, why you become leader? I don't require your leadership if everything is going on by nature.

Madhudviṣa: No, it requires a guide.

Prabhupāda: No, because you are rascal, you are under nature. So how you can guide me? Your position is the same. You are blind, I am blind. How you can lead me?

Madhudviṣa: They won't say that.

Prabhupāda: So, "They won't say" means . . .

Madhudviṣa: They say that . . .

Prabhupāda: Why shall I accept you, blind leader? If a blind . . . I am blind, and if a blind man says: "Come on, I shall guide you," why shall I accept that leader?

Madhudviṣa: Their contention is not that, though. Their contention is that Mao Tse Tung, along with being the political leader, is also the spiritual guide of the people.

Prabhupāda: Political, social is not. The leader must be perfect. If the leader is blind, how can I accept such blind leader? I am blind man. What is the use? I am blind; therefore I am asking, "Can you help me to cross the road?" Another blind, "Yes, yes, come on, I shall." Why shall I accept? First of all I shall ask, "You have got eyes?" "No, I am also blind." What is this nonsense?

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Do they admit their leader to be blind?

Revatīnandana: No. They use their leader's book as Bible.

Prabhupāda: Then why you change? Why you change?

Revatīnandana: They don't change. They follow Mao.

Prabhupāda: Yes. They . . .

Revatīnandana: They have a book. They accept it as fact.

Prabhupāda: They say there is necessity of revolution. The Communist theory they accept, that periodically there is need of revolution.

Dhṛṣṭadyumna: But it all culminates.

Madhudviṣa: That's not to change. That's not to change.

Prabhupāda: You have change, change of the system.

Madhudviṣa: No, that's not to change the system. That's to purify it.

Prabhupāda: That change of the leader . . .

Madhudviṣa: That's to purge the system.

Revatīnandana: Continuous purification.

Prabhupāda: That's means . . . purge out means it is not perfect.

Page Title:The leader must be perfect. If the leader is blind, how can I accept such blind leader? I am blind man. What is the use
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-02-09, 09:31:14
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1