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Arr NY 1973-04-05 This Life is Not Very Congenial
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ANNOUNCER: The following
is an arrival address lecture
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given by His Divine Grace
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda,
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recorded on April 5th,
1973, in New York.
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PRABHUPĀDA: Ladies
and Gentlemen,
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I thank you very much for kindly
receiving me in this honorable way.
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According to our
Vaiṣṇava philosophy,
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whatever honor is offered
to the spiritual master:
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That is transferred to the
Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo
yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto ’pi
[Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura]
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Our… This philosophy—
Vaiṣṇava philosophy:
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It teaches that if you please
your spiritual master,
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then God is also pleased.
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Because the spiritual master is the
most confidential servant of God:
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Therefore, by honoring
the spiritual master,
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the Supreme Personality
of Godhead is honored.
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Just like in English language there is the
word, “If you love me, love my dog.”
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So the spiritual master is the “dog” of God;
therefore if the spiritual master is patted,
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God is very much pleased.
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Now, so far our
movement is concerned…
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You know, more or less,
about our movement.
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But you should know that
this is the most scientific,
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authorized movement
in the human society,
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because the movement is based
on the authority of Bhagavad-gītā.
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Bhagavad-gītā is spoken by the
Supreme Personality of Godhead
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for the benefit of the
whole human society.
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Do not take Bhagavad-gītā or
Kṛṣṇa as something sectarian:
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“Hindu God,” “Hindu scripture.”
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No; it is meant for everyone.
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These names, “Hindu,” “Muslim,”
“Christian,” or “Buddhist:”
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These are the
designation of the body.
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Actual religion is different.
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Actual religion means to understand
God and to develop your love for God.
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That is actual religion.
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It doesn’t matter through which
religion you develop your love for God,
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but the test is,
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you are first-class religionist if you have
developed your dormant love of God.
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So this movement is meant for
awakening the dormant love of God.
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So, the subject
matter is very serious.
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We are distributing the subject
matter in so many books.
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We have already big, big books—about
twenty books—and small books also.
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Just now one book published:
Rāja-vidyā, the King of Knowledge.
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There are different
kinds of knowledge.
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But as there are different
types of citizens,
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but in the state there is
a king or the president.
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Similarly, there are different
types of knowledge,
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but we are distributing
the king of knowledge:
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God consciousness—
Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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So the necessity of this movement
is that we are creating brain.
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At the present moment the
human society is lacking brain.
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Exactly they are living like cats
and dogs: Not with human brain.
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In the Bhagavad-gītā it is said,
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cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ
guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ
[Bg. 4.13]
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The human society must be divided into
four classes or divisions (catur-varṇya):
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The brāhmaṇa, the kṣatriya,
the vaiśya, and the śūdra.
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Brāhmaṇa means the most
intelligent class of men.
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And kṣatriya means administrators.
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And the vaiśya means
mercantile people.
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And śūdra means
ordinary workers.
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All of them are required proportionately.
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Just like to keep up your body you
require your head, you require your arms,
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you require your belly, and
you require your legs also.
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Comparatively studying, head is
[more] important than the leg,
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but that does not mean
leg is unimportant.
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Everything wanted for
the upkeep of the body.
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Similarly, for upkeep of the
society—human society—
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there must be intelligent class of men,
there must be administrator class of men,
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there must be productive class of men,
and there must be worker class of men.
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At the present moment,
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the human society is giving stress
on the mercantile class of men
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and worker class of men.
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Actually, there is no intelligent class
of men or administrative class of men.
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So our movement is creating
some intelligent class of men.
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According to our
Vedic knowledge,
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the first-class intelligent man
is he who knows what is God.
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He’s first-class intelligent man.
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Otherwise cats and dogs, they also eat,
sleep, have sexual intercourse, and die.
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So this life is not very congenial
to the human society.
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The chaotic situation of
the present human society
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is due to that there is no
intelligent class of men.
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This is our challenge.
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The so-called scientists, so-called
philosophers, they have no intelligence.
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Therefore the whole society
[is] in the chaotic condition.
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So these boys and girls—
American boys and girls—
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they’re being taught—instructed—to
become first-class, intelligent man.
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This is the movement.
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But without intelligence…
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Just like your brain: If
your brain is crazy…
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Your body may be very strong, but that
is useless because there is no brain.
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So, at the present moment,
[indistinct] especially in this Kali-yuga,
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there is lack of
intelligent class of men,
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and this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement
is creating some intelligent class of men.
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And if other class of men
follow their instruction,
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then the whole society
will be peaceful,
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and they’ll be happy in this life and
they’ll be happy in the next life.
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This is the sum and substance of
our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.
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Those who are interested will kindly
come to our temple here in New…
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We have got so many temples, and we
have got our temple here also: New York.
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And there are preachers also.
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We have got good preachers.
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And educated boys and girls.
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We have got books.
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So my only request is that you take some
interest—active interest—in this movement.
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Try to understand it.
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And if you cooperate, the whole
human society will be happy.
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Thank you very much; Hare Kṛṣṇa.
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