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Those who are not self-realized, they have got many questions and many answers. And those who are . . . one who is self-realized, he has only one question and one answer. One question, that - What I am

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"Those who are not self-realized, they have got many questions and many answers. And those who are . . . one who is self-realized, he has only one question and one answer. One question, that" |"What I am"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1976 Conversations and Morning Walks

It is not the question of "maybe." Self-realization must be. That is self-realization. Apaśyatām ātma-tattvaṁ gṛheṣu gṛha-medhinām. Śrotavyādīni rājendra nṛṇāṁ santi sahasraśaḥ (SB 2.1.2). (aside:) You come this side, that's all right. Those who are not self-realized, they have got many questions and many answers. And those who are . . . one who is self-realized, he has only one question and one answer. One question, that "What I am?" There is no self-realization, one question, "What I am?" And now "What I am," do you think there is a student, he is inquiring, "What I am?" and whatever he thinks, that is his answer? If the student is ignorant . . . Therefore there are many students and many questions about self-realization.

Prabhupāda: So what I am, then you have to study in this way, whether you are this body or you are something else. Is it not? So that is in the beginning of the Bhagavad-gītā explained, dehino 'smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā (BG 2.13). Find out this verse. This is self-realization. Bhagavad-gītā begins with self-realization, "What I am." Am I this body or I am something other than this body? That is self-realization. So that is the beginning of Bhagavad-gītā.

Indian man: Yes, he has spoken on Bhagavad-gītā also.

Prabhupāda: No, I mean to say, this self-realization, as you said, that "There are as many ways as there are students," that is not scientific.

Indian man: That's what he says.

Prabhupāda: That is wrong. Not maybe. Then let us try to understand. It is not the question of "maybe." Self-realization must be. That is self-realization. Apaśyatām ātma-tattvaṁ gṛheṣu gṛha-medhinām. Śrotavyādīni rājendra nṛṇāṁ santi sahasraśaḥ (SB 2.1.2). (aside:) You come this side, that's all right. Those who are not self-realized, they have got many questions and many answers. And those who are . . . one who is self-realized, he has only one question and one answer. One question, that "What I am?" There is no self-realization, one question, "What I am?" And now "What I am," do you think there is a student, he is inquiring, "What I am?" and whatever he thinks, that is his answer? If the student is ignorant . . . Therefore there are many students and many questions about self-realization. Do you think that there are many answers?

Indian man: Answer will be one.

Prabhupāda: One. This is self-realization. The answer is one, that "I am not this body." This is self-realization. You cannot say that because there are many students, so there are many answers.

Indian man: But who am I? Every individual starts quest, asking himself, "Who am I?" And everybody is thinking in his own terms, that "I am something, I am somebody." Somebody is attached to the upper garments . . .

Prabhupāda: So long he is student, student means he does not know.

Page Title:Those who are not self-realized, they have got many questions and many answers. And those who are . . . one who is self-realized, he has only one question and one answer. One question, that - What I am
Compiler:Nabakumar
Created:2022-09-27, 03:37:48
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1