“There is a clash between our movement and others. They want to make all people to work hard like an ass, and we say that they… There is a difference of philosophy.”
Prabhupada, Bombay, April 8, 1974: […] Therefore present policy is that, “Engage them in work only, and never mind. There is no need of spiritual education. There is no need of jnana. You throw them out, then. Now work just like ass. That’s all.” This is the modern policy of the whole world, engage them.
In England and other countries, they want to see that everyone is engaged in working. Then their factories and other things will go on. And if one is engaged in philosophy, jnana, then the work will stop. So they do not like this Krishna consciousness movement anywhere. We are not liked.
They are under the impression that we’ll make the people escaping. But that is not the fact. We are actually distributing knowledge. Jnanagni-dagdha-karmanam. When one becomes actually on the platform of knowledge, then he does not work like an ass. But people want that people should work like ass. That is the difficulty. That is… There is a clash between our movement and others.
They want to make all people to work hard like an ass, and we say that they… There is a difference of philosophy. Nayam deho deha- bhajam nrloke kastan kaman arhate vid-bhujam ye [Bhag. 5.5.1]. We are preaching the, nayam deha nrloke, in the human society, this is not meant for working so hard, like an ass, like a hog, simply for sense gratification. This is Krishna consciousness philosophy. Nayam deho deha-bhajam nrloke.
Deha-bhajam. Deha-bhajam means one who has got this material body. So there are eight million four-hundred-thousands of forms, material body. It is not spoken for them, but nrloke, one who has got this body, material body, as human being, for him, it is not good to work so hard like hogs and pigs and asses simply for sense gratification, kastan kaman.
Why one should? You should be peaceful. You should be sober. You should think what is the value of life. And, you be satisfied with nature’s gift. Nature will give you so many things. Krishna has given you food grains, fruits, milk. You don’t require to eat meat and open slaughterhouses. Be satisfied with… As Krishna is satisfied: patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati.
Krishna does not say, dima macha mamsa. No. Krishna says, patram puspam phalam toyam. And one who is Krishna conscious, he should simply take what is taken by Krishna. That is the meaning of distribution of prasadam. Why? Krishna has given you everything. So many varieties of fruits, so many varieties of grains, and sufficient milk. You can make milk products, so many. This is Vedic civilization, that be satisfied…
And you can produce food anywhere. Anywhere, any part. You haven’t got to go from hundred miles away from Bombay city by the electric train hanging, full, for earning your livelihood. This is not civilization, making all people like asses. Kastan kaman arhate vid- bhujam ye. This is the philosophy of Krishna consciousness.
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