0 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,008 RC VRN 1976-09-04 Happy Within Yourself 1 00:00:01,009 --> 00:00:03,314 ANNOUNCER: The following is a conversation, 2 00:00:03,315 --> 00:00:08,613 with His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, 3 00:00:08,614 --> 00:00:17,450 recorded on September 4th, 1976, in Vṛndāvana, India. 4 00:00:17,451 --> 00:00:22,165 PRABHUPĀDA: First of all, what is the problem and what is the solution? 5 00:00:22,166 --> 00:00:27,166 What is the problem that you require solution? 6 00:00:27,167 --> 00:00:33,375 INDIAN MAN: Sir, any problem which comes. - No, what is that? That I want to know. 7 00:00:33,376 --> 00:00:37,707 Problem is of being happy in the world. 8 00:00:37,708 --> 00:00:39,833 These are vague terms. 9 00:00:39,834 --> 00:00:48,033 You must distinctly say that this is happiness and this is problem. 10 00:00:48,034 --> 00:00:53,798 What is your, what is the idea of happiness and what is the problem? 11 00:00:53,799 --> 00:00:55,494 That I want to know. 12 00:00:55,495 --> 00:01:01,181 That I’m not very much clear at this stage of life. 13 00:01:01,182 --> 00:01:08,862 Happiness, suppose if you can get a nice palatable dish for eating, you’ll be happy. 14 00:01:08,863 --> 00:01:14,776 But the dog also, if he can get some good eating, he’ll be happy. 15 00:01:14,777 --> 00:01:24,117 So where is the difference between dog’s happiness and your happiness? 16 00:01:24,118 --> 00:01:27,639 Happiness should be combined with mental peace. 17 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:29,900 What is that mental peace? 18 00:01:29,901 --> 00:01:31,861 To rest in yourself only. 19 00:01:31,862 --> 00:01:35,750 Don’t run after worldly things. 20 00:01:35,751 --> 00:01:38,662 Yes. 21 00:01:38,663 --> 00:01:45,388 But that is not possible for the animal. 22 00:01:45,389 --> 00:01:56,187 Therefore to remain happy within yourself, that is a prerogative of the human being. 23 00:01:56,188 --> 00:02:00,599 But we are not trying for that purpose. 24 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:08,986 We are trying to be happy by eating, by sleeping, by sex or by defense. 25 00:02:08,987 --> 00:02:13,196 This is our platform of happiness. 26 00:02:13,197 --> 00:02:15,756 A dog cannot go to the restaurant, 27 00:02:15,757 --> 00:02:17,405 but a human being, 28 00:02:17,406 --> 00:02:21,525 if he goes to a restaurant and he can eat palatable dishes: 29 00:02:21,526 --> 00:02:24,474 He thinks he’s happy. 30 00:02:24,475 --> 00:02:26,972 But what is that eating? 31 00:02:26,973 --> 00:02:30,709 In your standard you feel happiness, 32 00:02:30,710 --> 00:02:38,634 whereas on the street you’ll find a pig, he’s happy by eating stool. 33 00:02:38,635 --> 00:02:42,251 One man’s food another man’s poison. 34 00:02:42,252 --> 00:02:50,225 So, eating happiness is there but the standard different. 35 00:02:50,226 --> 00:02:54,641 Therefore this eating is common affair, 36 00:02:54,642 --> 00:02:57,183 and happiness derived from eating 37 00:02:57,184 --> 00:03:04,536 is as good by the dog as by the pig and human being. 38 00:03:04,537 --> 00:03:11,770 Your idea is clear. 39 00:03:11,771 --> 00:03:17,234 So we should know… Happiness is described in the Bhagavad-gītā: 40 00:03:17,235 --> 00:03:22,594 sukham ātyantikaṁ yat tad buddhi-grāhyam atīndriyam [Bg. 6.21] 41 00:03:22,595 --> 00:03:27,889 What is happiness, that is beyond the senses. 42 00:03:27,890 --> 00:03:35,362 The sense happiness is there by the pig and the man. 43 00:03:35,363 --> 00:03:39,315 But his standard of sense happiness is different from the man’s. 44 00:03:39,316 --> 00:03:41,923 The standard may be different, 45 00:03:41,924 --> 00:03:48,538 but the happiness derived from the subject matter is the same. 46 00:03:48,539 --> 00:03:52,588 There is no difference. 47 00:03:52,589 --> 00:03:55,640 So happiness lies above the senses. 48 00:03:55,641 --> 00:03:57,357 Above our indriyas. 49 00:03:57,358 --> 00:03:58,452 Ha. 50 00:03:58,453 --> 00:04:00,198 Happiness means spiritual happiness. 51 00:04:00,199 --> 00:04:01,907 That they do not know. 52 00:04:01,908 --> 00:04:07,181 Therefore I began my words that so long one is after material happiness 53 00:04:07,182 --> 00:04:13,647 he remains as an animal. 54 00:04:13,648 --> 00:04:17,665 Because the animal cannot derive spiritual happiness. 55 00:04:17,666 --> 00:04:19,684 They do not know. 56 00:04:19,685 --> 00:04:23,432 The man can know. 57 00:04:23,433 --> 00:04:25,429 Just like this boy, 58 00:04:25,430 --> 00:04:30,918 he’s coming from very high family in America but he’s now happy in this way, 59 00:04:30,919 --> 00:04:36,374 by taking sannyāsa, giving up everything. 60 00:04:36,375 --> 00:04:38,633 Living very plainly. 61 00:04:38,634 --> 00:04:42,577 He has got money; he has got beautiful wife; he has got beautiful home: 62 00:04:42,578 --> 00:04:45,952 Everything; but he has given up. [splice] 63 00:04:45,953 --> 00:04:46,862 NEXT DAY: So these people, 64 00:04:46,863 --> 00:04:51,981 these Americans and Europeans: they are intelligent. 65 00:04:51,982 --> 00:04:54,164 They are seeing that, 66 00:04:54,165 --> 00:05:01,795 “Here are some ideas which is not to be found throughout the whole world.” 67 00:05:01,796 --> 00:05:01,797 Subtitles by Pratyatoṣa Dāsa, Causelessmercy.com