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They appear like a forest fire which takes place without being set by anyone. Similarly, the world situation is such …

"The Vedic wisdom therefore advises that in order to solve the perplexities of life and to understand the science of …

Prabhupāda: This is a translation of a Vedic version, ācāryavān puruṣo veda [Chāndogya Upaniṣad].

[One who follows the disciplic succession of ācāryas knows things as they are.]

Ācāryavān, one who has ācārya as his guidance, he is supposed to know everything. Ācāryavān puruṣo veda. That is been …

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: "One should not, therefore, remain in material perplexities but should approach such a teacher. This is the purport …

"In the Garga Upaniṣad this is described as follows: He is a miserly man who does not solve the problems …

Prabhupāda: As a miser does not properly use his asset... Suppose you have got one million dollar, you keep it …

Similarly, Garga Upaniṣad says, makes distinction, two classes. One class of men he says kṛpaṇa. Kṛpaṇa means miser. And another …

So he classifies, etad viditvāsmāt ya praiti sa brāhmaṇaḥ. This self-realization process... We shall die. It is sure. Every one …

Those who are trying to understand what he is, what is his relation with God and how he should live, …

So death is inevitable. That is also advised by Prahlāda Mahārāja in his instruction to his class fellows: kaumāra ācaret …

[Prahlāda Mahārāja said: One who is sufficiently intelligent should use the human form of body from the very beginning of …

"My dear friends, from this beginning of life—we are now five years old—from this life we should try to understand …

Just like modern education system, if children are given some playthings, engineering... I've seen in your country especially; he's given …

That is the mistake of the modern civilization. Everyone is becoming engineering, technologist or medical man or so many. But …

Devotee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Prabhupāda: Yes. So I explained there that "Here is a nice technological institute, but where is your this technological department, …

Factually, this is the defect. We know—this will be the beginning of Bhagavad-gītā—that there is something which minus, this body …

The real thing is missing. You have got all departments for comforts of this body, for maintaining this body, but …