They are thinking: Better than Horse – now I have got this Tin Carriage

Prabhupada, New York, April 7, 1973: …They think that we are advancing civilization, because the cats and dogs they are lying on the floor and sleep, we have got 104-stories building and we lie down there. This is their advancement. But they do not understand that the sleeping, the enjoyment by sleeping, it is the same to the dog and to the man who is lying on the 104th planet, story.

Similarly, sex life to the dog and to the man or to the demigod, the pleasure is the same. There is no difference. If you drink milk on a golden pot or an iron pot, the taste is the same. You cannot change the taste of the milk, or anything, putting into the golden pot.

But these foolish persons they are thinking that, that, “Our material pleasure will be very much enjoyable when it is put into the golden pot instead of iron pot.” Mudhah. They are called mudhah. (laughter) They do not know that our real business is how to get out of this material body.

That is, janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi-duhkha-dosanudarsanam [Bg. 13.9]. This is real knowledge. One should keep in his thought that, “My real distress of life are these four things, janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi to take birth, to die, to become old and to become diseased. This is my problem.” But they do not know this. They are now busy in the petroleum problem. Yes. Yes. They have created this petroleum problem, this horseless tin carriage. (laughter) Yes. They are thinking, “Better than horse. Now I have got this tin carriage.”

As soon as it is old it has no value. You throw into the street, especially in your country. Nobody takes care of it. And…, but one must have this carriage. And it must run on petrol, and take labor, so hard labor, goes wihin the desert, drill it, and then take out the oil, then bring it in tanks.

And it is called ugra-karma. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gita, that these rascals, demons, they have created ugra-karma simply for trouble to the whole people. That’s all. Ksayaya jagato ‘hitah, and bringing destruction nearer, nearer. Now they are going on, and that may be big work that means destruction and simply for creating a little comfort.

Formerly also they were moving. Transport was there. But they do not like to remain in the former ways, because they have no other engagement. Better engagement that they do not know. Here is the better engagement: to come before Radha Krsna and glorify the Lord. Try to understand our relationship. This is our real, real business, but nobody is interested in the real business.

They are interested in superfluous engagement whole day work in the office, then come here, go to the club, go to the football club, tennis club. In this way they have invented simply how to waste valuable life of tis human form. They have invented.

They have no sense that how this life should be utilized for stopping this, I mean to say, prime problem, janma-mrtyu-jara. They do not know.
So, this Srimad Bhagavatam is giving to the whole world real life, real, what is meant by life. So this…, these are the etiquette. To take care, especially, of brahmana, old men, children, women and cows. This is civilization. These living entities should be taken care of.

Now these rascals they are killing cows and making women prostitutes, and killing the children even in the womb. And there is no question of brahmana respect, and neither there is the brahmana culture. Then how you can be happy? Huh? And if there is no brahminical culture in the society, then that society is less than animal society. Therefore we offer our prayers,

namo brahmanya-devaya
go-brahmana-hitaya ca
jagad-dhitaya krsnaya
govindaya namo namah

First deference is given, go-brahmana-hitaya ca, jagad-dhitaya. If you actually want to do some welfare activity for the benefit of the whole world, then these two things must be taken care of, go-brahmana-hitaya ca, cows and brahmanas. They should be given first protection. Then jagad-dhitaya, then there will be actual welfare of the whole world. […]