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This is the demonic civilization. They do not know what is the aim of life. And, in the material atmosphere, they're not happy, they're failing always, missing the real point

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Conversations and Morning Walks

1976 Conversations and Morning Walks

This is the demonic civilization. They do not know what is the aim of life. And, in the material atmosphere, they're not happy, they're failing always, missing the real point.

Devotee (1): The house is there, under the trees.

Prabhupāda: Yes. (aside:) You have got this card.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: In the Western countries they would call this primitive.

Devotee (1): Call it . . .?

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Primitive.

Prabhupāda: They do not know what is civilization, that is the . . . The difficulty is they have no education about human civilization. Bahir-artha-māninaḥ. They are simply captivated by the external energy, bodily conception of life. They do not know what is the aim of life. This is Western civilization. Na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇum (SB 7.5.31). This is not Western; this is the demonic civilization. They do not know what is the aim of life. And, in the material atmosphere, they're not happy, they're failing always, missing the real point.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: The people who live in the cities think that the farmers work so hard.

Prabhupāda: Hmm?

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: The people who are living in the cities . . .

Prabhupāda: And these rascals rise early in the morning and start their car to go to the office, five hours coming and going, and eight hours working there . . .

Lokanātha: Again in the evening they have to drive back. (break)

Pañcadraviḍa: In San Francisco I saw that these big men, they were taking so many pep pills during the day to do their work, and in the evening they had to take tranquilizers to go to sleep.

Prabhupāda: Yes, I have seen so, so many advertisements. One has to take at least five to six types of.

Pañcadraviḍa: No peace of mind.

Madhudviṣa: In this way the Kali-yuga will progress, and they'll eat less and less food and take more pills, and they will think it is advancement.

Prabhupāda: Hmm. Yes.

Page Title:This is the demonic civilization. They do not know what is the aim of life. And, in the material atmosphere, they're not happy, they're failing always, missing the real point
Compiler:Anurag
Created:2022-10-09, 13:18:36
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1