740610 - Morning Walk - Paris
Bhagavān: They are willing to take so many material risks, but they are not willing to try spiritual life.
Prabhupāda: That is their fault. That is their foolishness. Mūḍhā nābhijānāti mām ebhyaḥ param avyayam . Therefore, they are called mūḍhās .
Yogeśvara: So how would we define the word "responsibility" in Krsna consciousness?
Prabhupāda: Responsibility is that you have got this human form of life, realize God, this is wanted. Otherwise you are finished. Three words. You have got this human form of life, your only responsibility is to understand God. This is your responsibility. That is Vedic culture. For understanding God, many, many kings, many, many saints, they left everything and went to the forest to realize God. That is Vedic culture. Bharata Mahārāja, under whose name India is called Bhāratavarṣa, he was the emperor of this planet, and at the age of twenty-four years he left everything to realize God. This is Vedic culture. Caitanya Mahāprabhu, His position was very, very nice as a gṛhastha . A nice beautiful wife, affectionate mother, good influence, brāhmaṇa family, learned scholar—everything first class. He left everything, just to show us. He was God Himself, but to set the example, tyaktvā su-dustyaja-surepsita-rājya-lakṣmīm SB 11.5.34 , He gave up a kingdom, a fortune, which is aspired by the demigods. Such a nice life, such a nice family, (indistinct). Tyaktvā su-dustyaja-surepsita-rājya-lakṣmīṁ dharmiṣṭha ārya SB 11.5.34 , just to teach us the process of realizing God. This is Vedic culture. Be careful, somebody may not (indistinct). There is enough water? No.
Devotee (1): (indistinct)
Prabhupāda: Hm? Very deep?
Devotee (1): Not so much.
Prabhupāda: When you asked me, what is that, definition of responsibility? Do you understand what is your responsibility?
Yogeśvara: We have this human life, we must realize God.
Prabhupāda: These three words. Let the rascals understand this. We speak the whole responsibility in three words. Is it complete or not?
Yogeśvara: Yes.
Prabhupāda: You have got any further....
Bhagavān: Let Śrīla Prabhupāda go through.
Devotee (2): They have not taken God realization as a responsibility.
Prabhupāda: That is their misfortune.
Devotee (3) : Simply as a pastime.
Prabhupāda: That is their ignorance. They do not know what is responsibility.
Devotee (3) : They would say that so many have taken God realization as a responsibility following some Christian church or something like that, but they are also frustrated.
Prabhupāda: We are not frustrated. We are not frustrated. Are you frustrated? (laughter) How the rascal says frustrated? If you take false thing, then you will be frustrated. If you take real path of God realization, there is no question of frustration. It is ānandāmbudhi-vardhanam, increasing pleasure. No frustration.
Devotee (3) : But they'd say that no one has real information of God.
Prabhupāda: You have no, rascal, because you are rascal. I have got. You just wash my feet and I will inform you.
Devotees: Jaya! Haribol!
Prabhupāda: You do not know how to swim, that does not mean I do not know. Is it a very honest statement? "Nobody can swim because he does not know." But if anyone knows how to swim, then why do you say that no one has done? You do not know, you accept that.
Devotee (3) : Everyone thinks in terms of their own relative position.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Even an insignificant bird, because he knows swimming, he knows swimming, so he can (indistinct). Because you do not know swimming, you cannot say like that. Even insignificant bird, just see how nicely he is swimming. He knows the art. Everyone, cent percent of the modern people, they do not believe in God and they do not know what is religion. That is the position. They think religion is sentiment, anyone can manufacture his own sentiment, there is no God. This is going on. So we are in fault. It is folly to be wise where ignorance is bliss. The whole world is under this conception; therefore we are at fault, we are preaching God consciousness.
Devotee (4): Generally they make it difficult.
Prabhupāda: Eh?
Devotee (4): Generally they make it difficult for us to preach.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Devotee (4): They hinder us in so many ways.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Devotee (4): Because they have not realized that we have taken a responsibility. When a man has a responsibility, usually he is given some certain facilities to carry out that responsibility.
Prabhupāda: Everyone cent percent godless, neither they have got intelligence to understand what is God. This is going on.
Yogeśvara: Then we are giving them the intelligence as well as the answers? Because if they have no intelligence to understand...
Prabhupāda: Yes, our organization is that. Why you are opening so many centers? Just to give these rascals intelligence. Why Krsna is recognizing so nicely a preacher? Because He knows that he has to face so many difficulties. It is not easy going. Armchair politician, no. He has to face so many difficulties.
Devotee (3): Therefore, Krsna recognizes by giving knowledge of Himself?
Prabhupāda: Yes. Krsna immediately gives him all facilities.
Devotee (3): There has never been a movement like this which has given them factual knowledge of God. Therefore, they think it's sentiment, religion.
Prabhupāda: So we have to abide by their sentiment? Because they are rascals, we have to become rascal? Even if you take so-called responsibility, you will not be allowed to carry it out. The example I was giving., Napoleon, Hitler, and Gandhi, they took responsibility but they were driven away. What can you do? So what is the meaning of your responsibility? You will not be allowed to execute your responsibility. What remedy you have done that you will not be allowed, kicked out? Then what is your responsibility? Even if you are very nice gentleman, you have taken responsibility, but nature will not allow you to execute the responsibility. What is your answer to that? Big, big Napoleon, big, big Hitler, big, big Gandhi came and gone. Where is the responsibility executor? The Napoleon was given horse urine, you know, by the Britishers.
Devotee (2): To drink.
Prabhupāda: Yes, at the last stage. When he was asking for water, they have given horse urine. He died like that. [break] Now he has gone to hell, America is there. Just see. Just see the position of regency. The Nixon, when he was in the office, oh, he was a big man, he was a responsible man. Now he is kicked out, he is begging, and America is going on. Where is the need of this responsibility? For several months he was asked that "You give up your responsibility." The rascal will not do. "No, without me, America will go to hell." Just see. This is responsibility.
Yogeśvara: All of these big politicians, they seem to fall very ill afterwards.
Prabhupāda: Huh?
Yogeśvara: They seem to become very sick. Nixon is also ill.
Prabhupāda: Not only sick, they die very soon.
Yogeśvara: Radhakrishnan was paralyzed?
Prabhupāda: Yes, brain paralyzed. (end)