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Just now in the morning we were talking that inventing some means for curing the leprosy. That is good, but …

So from abodha, one has to be brought to the platform of bodha. Bodhayantaṁ parasparam. This word is there in …

So this is jijñāsu. And to dissipate this ignorance, get out of this ignorance, one has to approach a person …

So our education at the present moment is given just dull like stone and trees. Trees standing, cutting. No inquiry, …

yasya deve parā bhaktir yathā-deve tathā gurau tasyaite kathitā hy arthāḥ prakaśante

[ŚU 6.23]

It is a different science. The more you are inclined to render service, the more spiritual truth becomes revealed. And …

There was no education for even the vaiśyas. There are four divisions = brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra. But vaiśya and …

So this abodha-jātaḥ, this rascal civilization, whatever they are planning, whatever they are doing, that is simply defeat. He does …

Therefore whatever plan they are making, that's all defeat. Plan-making is already there. Kṛṣṇa has given plan gradually. The last …

dharmaḥ svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsāṁ viṣvakṣena-kathāsu yaḥ notpādayed ratiṁ yadi śrama eva hi kevalam

[SB 1.2.8]

If you do not know ultimately that Kṛṣṇa is required, then all your jñāna, karma, yoga, tapasya, everything is simply …

Therefore it is said parābhava. Whatever you are doing, simply defeat, because you do not know ātma-tattva. Apaśyatām ātma-tattvaṁ gṛheṣu …

yaḥ śāstra-vidhim utsṛjya vartate kāma-kārataḥ na siddhiṁ sa avāpnoti parāṁ gatim

[Bg. 16.23]

The same thing. No siddhi. If you do not get success, then what is the use of your working so …

So without consulting śāstra, without consulting guru, without consulting Kṛṣṇa... Kṛṣṇa is so kind, He has given. He has come …

Thank you very much.

Devotees: Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda. [end]