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Why does He (Krsna) say, sa mahatma sudurlabhah? Because the path is not very easy. Spiritual path and to attain complete perfection is not very easy, especially in this age

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"Why does He say, sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ? Because the path is not very easy. Spiritual path and to attain complete perfection is not very easy, especially in this age"

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

This Bhagavad-gītā says that those who are trying to make a show of their knowledge, so let them do that. Viśvato-mukham. The universal form, pantheism, monotheism, monism—we have so many theories. But not atheism. You see? So they will have come to this point. And sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ. Why does He say, sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ? Because the path is not very easy. Spiritual path and to attain complete perfection is not very easy, especially in this age. In this age we are not living for long time. We are not very intelligent. We may think that we are very intelligent, but we are not intelligent, because we do not know "What I am." Ask anybody, "What you are?" He has the conception of this body. Therefore he's not intelligent.

Some scientist and some layman . . . and the teacher says, "This is fire." Oh, scientist says: "Oh, I'll see the characteristics of fire. I must see. Then I shall accept." All right, you can see. And somebody says: "All right, you are teacher. You are saying it is fire. All right, I accept it." But the scientist, who after studying the characteristics fire may come to the fire, he'll also feel the warmth of the fire, the heat of the fire, the light of the fire. He'll also understand. And this man, blindly or by devotion, by love, accepts . . . the result is the same, because fire is fire. Either you blindly touch it or your scientifically touch it, fire will act.

So this Bhagavad-gītā says that those who are trying to make a show of their knowledge, so let them do that. Viśvato-mukham. The universal form, pantheism, monotheism, monism—we have so many theories. But not atheism. You see? So they will have come to this point. And sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ. Why does He say, sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ? Because the path is not very easy. Spiritual path and to attain complete perfection is not very easy, especially in this age.

In this age we are not living for long time. We are not very intelligent. We may think that we are very intelligent, but we are not intelligent, because we do not know "What I am." Ask anybody, "What you are?" He has the conception of this body. Therefore he's not intelligent. As soon as one will say: "Yes, I am this, such-and-such gentleman, a son of such-and-such gentleman. My country is such and such," these are all false. So nobody knows it.

Page Title:Why does He (Krsna) say, sa mahatma sudurlabhah? Because the path is not very easy. Spiritual path and to attain complete perfection is not very easy, especially in this age
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-04-15, 23:17:39
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
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