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Arr PAR 1973-08-09 Understand This Movement
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ANNOUNCER: The following
is an arrival address,
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with His Divine Grace
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda,
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recorded on the 9th of
August, 1973, in Paris, France.
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PRABHUPĀDA: I thank you very
much for your kind invitation.
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Spiritual value:
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You have spoken very nicely about
the spiritual value of living entity.
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Actually, we are all
spiritual entities.
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In the Bhagavad-gītā it is said,
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dehino ‘smin yathā dehe
kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā
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tathā dehāntara-prāptir
dhīras tatra na muhyati
[Bg. 2.13]
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This in…
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In Sanskrit it is said that within the body,
there is the proprietor of the body.
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They…
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Proprietor of the body
is there within the body,
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but the body is changing from babyhood
to childhood, to childhood to boyhood,
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boyhood to youthhood,
similarly, aged man.
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The body is changing.
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As we are experiencing different
changes of the body, similarly,
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when this body will no longer
exist, either you, every one of us,
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will accept another body.
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I can remember; you can remember: Your
childhood body; your boyhood body.
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But those bodies are no longer existing,
but I remember; you remember.
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Similarly, when I give up this
body, I accept another body:
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It may not be I remembering
it, but that’s a fact.
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But the spirit soul, the proprietor
of the body, is described:
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[ajo] nityaḥ śāśvato 'yaṁ [purāṇo]
na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre
[Bg. 2.20]
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The spirit soul is eternal:
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it does not annihilate after
the destruction of the body.
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We have got two bodies
just like coat and shirt.
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The coating body is made of five
elements: earth, water, air, fire, sky.
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And the subtle body is made
of mind, intelligence and ego.
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So when the gross body is finished
we remain within the subtle body:
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mind, intelligence and ego.
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So as the air carries
the flavor, similarly,
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the mind, intelligence carries
the soul to another gross body.
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There are 8,400,000 forms of
bodies: some of them are aquatics,
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some of them are trees,
some of them are plants,
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some of them are insects,
some of them are birds,
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some of them are beasts, and at
last, the human body is obtained.
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Therefore, human form of
body is the natures best gift
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to the living entity entangled
in repetition of birth and death.
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So in the human form of body we can
understand our real constitutional position.
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So, if the leaders of human society
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do not give education to the human
society, how the spirit soul can get out
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of the clutches of birth,
death, old age and disease?
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You have rightly said that Indian
sages and great personalities:
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They specifically
cultivated this knowledge
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[of] how the living entity encased in
this material body can be liberated.
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Therefore, to give education
to the human society,
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how we can get out
of this entanglement
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of birth, death, old [age] and
disease is the best welfare activity.
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We can remember the history in your
country: there was great Napoleon.
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In other countries also,
there are many big heros.
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They constructed their country very nicely,
but at last they had to leave the country.
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So whatever we create materially
with this material body in this life
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along with my giving up this
body, I have to give up everything.
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And after this I have to
accept another body;
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we do not know what kind
of body I’m going to accept.
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But suppose I’m going to accept a lower
grade of body: Less than human being.
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Then what is my condition?
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My love of country may give me another
body in this country, or in my country,
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but if I am not well situated…
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Suppose if I get the body of an animal like
cow, I shall be sent to the slaughterhouse.
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Therefore, in the Vedic
literature it is said:
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parābhavas tāvad abodha-jāto
yāvan na jijñāsata ātma-tattvam
[SB 5.5.5]
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means “a person, unless he’s
interested in his spiritual identity,
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whatever he’s doing he's
simply being defeated.”
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So our this Kṛṣṇa consciousness
movement is to save the human being
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from repeatedly being
defeated by the laws of nature.
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So, I know your country has
a great history behind you:
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you are very cultured
and enlightened people.
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We admire the French
people from India.
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I have come to your country to
spread this spiritual knowledge.
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If you cooperate with us we will
get great facility to preach this cult.
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Do not misunderstand us that
we are sect of religious people:
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We are spreading this knowledge
from the spiritual platform.
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We accept God is the
father of all living entities,
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nevermind in whatever
form he is staying.
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We are teaching people to forget these
outward dress: Bodily concept of life.
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Let everyone realize that he is
brahma or spiritual identity.
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It is said: When one realizes
his brahma identity:
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brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā
na śocati na kāṇkṣati
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samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu
mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām
[Bg. 18.54]
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means “when one
is Brahman-realized
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he understands spiritual identity then
he becomes immediately joyful.”
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The symptom of joyfulness means
“no lamentation, no hankering,
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equal vision to all living
entities; and then he’s elevated
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to the platform of serving the
Supreme Personality of Godhead.”
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Equality, fraternity can be realized
only on the spiritual platform;
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not on the material platform.
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The United Nations have tried for
the last 25 years to unite people.
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Unfortunately the disunited
flags are increasing.
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So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement
is very important movement;
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scientific movement.
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We invite all scientists, philosophers,
thinkers to understand this movement.
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It is very essential at the present
moment for the human society.
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I invite hearing in this hall.
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Some of you may
come personally:
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Talk with me about this
important scientific movement,
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and if possible, kindly
cooperate with us.
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I thank you very much for
your giving time to hear me.
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