0 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,780 Iso 01 LA 1970-04-29 Our Foolishness 1 00:00:00,781 --> 00:00:05,260 ANNOUNCER: Next is a class from the Śrī Īśopaniṣad, mantra number 1, 2 00:00:05,261 --> 00:00:10,980 given by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, 3 00:00:10,981 --> 00:00:17,890 recorded in May of 1970 in Los Angeles. 4 00:00:17,891 --> 00:00:21,490 - PRABHUPĀDA: Hare Kṛṣṇa. - DEVOTEES: Hare Kṛṣṇa! 5 00:00:21,491 --> 00:00:23,790 Hare Kṛṣṇa. 6 00:00:23,791 --> 00:00:25,446 GARGAMUNI: Fourteen. 7 00:00:25,447 --> 00:00:29,280 - Yes. - Of the last sentence. 8 00:00:29,281 --> 00:00:34,900 “This point is confirmed by the Bhagavad-gītā in the Seventh Chapter, 9 00:00:34,901 --> 00:00:39,660 where parā and aparā prakṛti are discussed. 10 00:00:39,661 --> 00:00:47,870 The elements of nature—earth, fire, water, air, sky, mind, intelligence and ego— 11 00:00:47,871 --> 00:00:52,335 all belong to the inferior, or material energy of the Lord, 12 00:00:52,336 --> 00:00:55,307 whereas the living being, the organic energy, 13 00:00:55,308 --> 00:00:59,670 is the superior energy, the parā prakṛti of the Lord. 14 00:00:59,671 --> 00:01:04,160 Both the prakṛtis, or energies, are emanations from the Lord, 15 00:01:04,161 --> 00:01:08,090 and ultimately He is the controller of everything that exists. 16 00:01:08,091 --> 00:01:11,296 There is nothing in the universe which does not belong, 17 00:01:11,297 --> 00:01:14,680 either to the parā or aparā prakṛti, 18 00:01:14,681 --> 00:01:22,840 and therefore everything is under the… …proprietary right of the Supreme Being.” 19 00:01:22,841 --> 00:01:31,900 So here, in the Īśopaniṣad also, 20 00:01:31,901 --> 00:01:35,381 the same thing is explained, that 21 00:01:35,382 --> 00:01:38,440 īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam [Īśo mantra 1] 22 00:01:38,441 --> 00:01:44,520 Whatever we are seeing, animate or inanimate, 23 00:01:44,521 --> 00:01:51,490 there is control of the Supreme Lord. 24 00:01:51,491 --> 00:01:55,710 The same thing is explained in the Bhagavad-gītā, 25 00:01:55,711 --> 00:02:01,760 that His energies are working. 26 00:02:01,761 --> 00:02:07,610 In the Viṣṇu Purāṇa it is said, 27 00:02:07,611 --> 00:02:17,940 just like fire staying in one place distributes its heat and light… 28 00:02:17,941 --> 00:02:24,436 eka-deśa-sthitasyāgner jyotsnā vistāriṇī yathā [Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.22.52] 29 00:02:24,437 --> 00:02:27,580 Agni, agni means fire. 30 00:02:27,581 --> 00:02:31,180 Fire is… Just like the sun. 31 00:02:31,181 --> 00:02:38,980 Sun is also fire, very high temperature fire. 32 00:02:38,981 --> 00:02:41,927 So it is staying in one place, 33 00:02:41,928 --> 00:02:51,510 but it is distributing its light and heat all over the universe. 34 00:02:51,511 --> 00:02:59,985 eka-deśa-sthitasyāgner jyotsnā yathā vistāriṇī 35 00:02:59,986 --> 00:03:07,960 tathaiva parasya brahmaṇaḥ śaktiḥ [Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.22.52] 36 00:03:07,961 --> 00:03:09,820 Similarly, 37 00:03:09,821 --> 00:03:20,630 two energies from the Supreme Lord is being distributed all over the creation. 38 00:03:20,631 --> 00:03:25,600 One kind of energy is called material energy, 39 00:03:25,601 --> 00:03:32,280 and the other kind of energy is called the spiritual energy. 40 00:03:32,281 --> 00:03:41,190 So in this world, in this temporary material world, the spiritual energy is there. 41 00:03:41,191 --> 00:03:43,352 That is prominent. 42 00:03:43,353 --> 00:03:47,950 But it is covered by the material energy. 43 00:03:47,951 --> 00:03:54,752 Just like there is sunshine— sunshine, nobody can check 44 00:03:54,753 --> 00:03:59,880 —but it is sometimes covered by cloud. 45 00:03:59,881 --> 00:04:07,190 When it is covered by the cloud, the sunshine is dim. 46 00:04:07,191 --> 00:04:12,010 The more it is covered… Just like in Western countries, 47 00:04:12,011 --> 00:04:16,050 in the northern countries, it is very much covered. 48 00:04:16,051 --> 00:04:20,640 Practically, there is no sunshine. 49 00:04:20,641 --> 00:04:27,290 In London I saw the sunshine is very rare. 50 00:04:27,291 --> 00:04:34,520 At ten o’clock it is early in the morning, and at half past three again evening, 51 00:04:34,521 --> 00:04:37,268 so long I was there. 52 00:04:37,269 --> 00:04:43,590 So this covering of the sunshine is temporary. 53 00:04:43,591 --> 00:04:47,545 Actually, sunshine cannot be covered. 54 00:04:47,546 --> 00:04:49,700 The whole sunshine cannot be covered. 55 00:04:49,701 --> 00:04:51,660 That is not possible. 56 00:04:51,661 --> 00:04:57,340 An insignificant portion of the sunshine may be covered, 57 00:04:57,341 --> 00:05:00,900 or is covered sometimes by the cloud. 58 00:05:00,901 --> 00:05:11,650 Similarly, this material world is an insignificant portion of the spiritual world, 59 00:05:11,651 --> 00:05:13,589 covered by this material energy. 60 00:05:13,590 --> 00:05:16,540 That’s all. 61 00:05:16,541 --> 00:05:20,550 And what is the position of material energy? 62 00:05:20,551 --> 00:05:27,050 The material energy is also another form of the spiritual energy. 63 00:05:27,051 --> 00:05:31,250 That means absence of spiritual activity, that is material. 64 00:05:31,251 --> 00:05:33,220 That’s all. 65 00:05:33,221 --> 00:05:36,294 Just like what is this cloud? 66 00:05:36,295 --> 00:05:41,990 This cloud is another transformation of the sunshine. 67 00:05:41,991 --> 00:05:50,670 The sunshine evaporates water from the sea, and the cloud is formed. 68 00:05:50,671 --> 00:05:57,100 Therefore sunshine is the cause of the cloud. 69 00:05:57,101 --> 00:06:02,912 Similarly, this material energy is also caused by the Supreme Lord, 70 00:06:02,913 --> 00:06:06,553 because it is His energy. 71 00:06:06,554 --> 00:06:14,572 So two energies are working in this material world: the spiritual energy 72 00:06:14,573 --> 00:06:17,050 and the material energy. 73 00:06:17,051 --> 00:06:22,470 The material energy means these eight kinds of material elements. 74 00:06:22,471 --> 00:06:32,760 Bhūmir āpo ’nalo vāyuḥ: earth, water, fire, air, sky, mind, intelligence, and ego. 75 00:06:32,761 --> 00:06:34,640 These are all material. 76 00:06:34,641 --> 00:06:41,810 And similar, finer, finer, finer, finer, and grosser, grosser, grosser. 77 00:06:41,811 --> 00:06:52,130 Just like water is finer than the earth, then fire is finer than the water, 78 00:06:52,131 --> 00:06:59,890 then air is finer than the fire, then sky, or ether, is finer than the air. 79 00:06:59,891 --> 00:07:07,020 Similarly, intelligence is finer than the ether, or mind is finer than the ether. 80 00:07:07,021 --> 00:07:14,231 The mind… You know, I have given several times example: the speed of mind. 81 00:07:14,232 --> 00:07:19,571 Many thousands of miles within a second you can go. 82 00:07:19,572 --> 00:07:25,231 So the finer it becomes, it is powerful. 83 00:07:25,232 --> 00:07:32,051 Similarly, ultimately, when you come to the spiritual part, finer, 84 00:07:32,052 --> 00:07:38,801 from which everything is emanating, oh, that is very powerful. 85 00:07:38,802 --> 00:07:41,691 That spiritual energy. 86 00:07:41,692 --> 00:07:46,197 That is given in the Bhagavad-gītā. 87 00:07:46,198 --> 00:07:49,171 What is that spiritual energy? 88 00:07:49,172 --> 00:07:54,671 That spiritual energy is this living entity. 89 00:07:54,672 --> 00:07:58,492 apareyam itas tu viddhi me prakṛtiṁ parā [Bg. 7.5] 90 00:07:58,493 --> 00:08:02,761 Kṛṣṇa says, “These are material energies. 91 00:08:02,762 --> 00:08:07,561 Beyond this there is another, spiritual energy.” 92 00:08:07,562 --> 00:08:08,309 Apareyam. 93 00:08:08,310 --> 00:08:12,000 Aparā means inferior. 94 00:08:12,001 --> 00:08:13,081 Apareyam. 95 00:08:13,082 --> 00:08:19,281 “All these described material elements, they are inferior energy. 96 00:08:19,282 --> 00:08:23,931 And beyond this there is superior energy, My dear Arjuna.” 97 00:08:23,932 --> 00:08:25,181 What is that? 98 00:08:25,182 --> 00:08:28,025 jīva-bhūta mahā-bāho [Bg. 7.5] 99 00:08:28,026 --> 00:08:30,931 “These living entities.” 100 00:08:30,932 --> 00:08:32,591 They are also energy. 101 00:08:32,592 --> 00:08:38,651 We living entities, we are also energy, but superior energy. 102 00:08:38,652 --> 00:08:40,597 How superior? 103 00:08:40,598 --> 00:08:42,126 Because, 104 00:08:42,127 --> 00:08:44,761 yayedaṁ dhāryate jagat [Bg. 7.5] 105 00:08:44,762 --> 00:08:51,221 The superior energy is controlling the inferior energy. 106 00:08:51,222 --> 00:08:55,591 Matter has no power. 107 00:08:55,592 --> 00:09:04,231 The big airplane, nice machine, is flying in the sky, made of material things. 108 00:09:04,232 --> 00:09:11,501 But unless the spiritual energy, pilot, is there, it is useless. 109 00:09:11,502 --> 00:09:14,041 It is useless. 110 00:09:14,042 --> 00:09:19,321 Thousands of years the jet plane will stand on the airport; 111 00:09:19,322 --> 00:09:28,741 it will not be flying, unless the small particle spiritual energy, that pilot, 112 00:09:28,742 --> 00:09:31,611 comes and touches it. 113 00:09:31,612 --> 00:09:37,051 So what is the difficulty to understand God? 114 00:09:37,052 --> 00:09:45,162 So plain thing, that if this huge machine… 115 00:09:45,163 --> 00:09:47,521 There are so many huge machineries, 116 00:09:47,522 --> 00:09:52,261 they cannot move without the touch of the spiritual energy, 117 00:09:52,262 --> 00:09:56,361 a human being or a living being. 118 00:09:56,362 --> 00:10:01,722 How can you expect that this whole material energy is working 119 00:10:01,723 --> 00:10:08,171 out of automatically or without any control? 120 00:10:08,172 --> 00:10:14,161 How you can put your arguments in that way? 121 00:10:14,162 --> 00:10:16,221 That is not possible. 122 00:10:16,222 --> 00:10:19,021 Therefore less intelligent class of men, 123 00:10:19,022 --> 00:10:22,913 they cannot understand, how this material energy 124 00:10:22,914 --> 00:10:27,151 is being controlled by the Supreme Lord. 125 00:10:27,152 --> 00:10:29,581 The godless men, 126 00:10:29,582 --> 00:10:35,411 those who are of opinions that this material energy is working automatically; 127 00:10:35,412 --> 00:10:37,551 they are fools. 128 00:10:37,552 --> 00:10:41,171 That is the explanation of Īśopaniṣad. 129 00:10:41,172 --> 00:10:43,681 īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam [Īśo mantra 1] 130 00:10:43,682 --> 00:10:49,871 Everything is being controlled by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 131 00:10:49,872 --> 00:10:55,611 And therefore, because He is the supreme controller, 132 00:10:55,612 --> 00:10:59,371 therefore He is the supreme proprietor. 133 00:10:59,372 --> 00:11:02,201 We can see in our practical experience, 134 00:11:02,202 --> 00:11:06,921 the man who controls the whole establishment, he is proprietor, 135 00:11:06,922 --> 00:11:09,231 or the president. 136 00:11:09,232 --> 00:11:19,981 Similarly, if it is being controlled by some superior person, then He is God. 137 00:11:19,982 --> 00:11:22,501 That is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā: 138 00:11:22,502 --> 00:11:26,215 mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram [Bg. 9.10] 139 00:11:26,216 --> 00:11:27,861 Kṛṣṇa says, 140 00:11:27,862 --> 00:11:34,551 “Under My superintendence, this material energy is working, 141 00:11:34,552 --> 00:11:42,271 and all these animate and inanimate objects are being produced.” 142 00:11:42,272 --> 00:11:47,032 Mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram 143 00:11:47,033 --> 00:11:52,131 hetunanena kaunteya jagad viparivartate [Bg. 9.10] 144 00:11:52,132 --> 00:11:58,011 So unless there is some living force, energy, 145 00:11:58,012 --> 00:12:04,111 behind any material manifestation, it cannot work. 146 00:12:04,112 --> 00:12:07,351 If we simply understand this fact, 147 00:12:07,352 --> 00:12:15,381 that everywhere there is control of the Supreme Lord, that is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. 148 00:12:15,382 --> 00:12:20,451 Kṛṣṇa consciousness means to understand things as it is. 149 00:12:20,452 --> 00:12:21,881 That’s all. 150 00:12:21,882 --> 00:12:29,272 Thank you very much. 151 00:12:29,272 --> 00:12:29,272 152 00:12:29,273 --> 00:12:29,274 Subtitles by Gopī Kāntā Dāsa, Causelessmercy.com Sponsored by Dr. Douglas Maki