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Gandhi’s failure was there. He did not take to Krishna consciousness. Because the material civilization means pravrtti-marga, and spiritual civilization nivrtti-marga. Pravrttir esa bhutanam nivrttis tu maha-phalam. So pravrtti… Suppose he is in the village. He has to work with plow. And in the city, Goodyear Tire Company offering him twenty rupees per day. So he’ll see that “What is the use of working with this plow? Let me go to Goodyear Tire.” Then here the business will be finished.
Conversation:
“How to Secure Brahmacaris”
by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
June 24, 1977, Vrndavana
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