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Prabhupada, Laguna Beach, September 30, 1972: I could come here walking or in another vehicle. So there was no difference. It would have taken little more time. But we are thinking, because we have got this motorcar instead of a bullock cart, we are advanced in civilization.
That is the mistake. Because either you travel on a bullock cart or in a motorcar, your business is to transport from one place to another, that’s all. It may save some time. You may feel some extra pleasure. No pleasure actually.
Rather, bullock cart is comfortable because this motorcar, you are always thinking, “There may not be any accident.” Yes. Always they are afraid. And there is happening accident. Recently one of our devotee has died. So many people are dying.
So this material advancement of life means you create little convenience, and side by side, you create so many inconvenience. That you must. You have created motorcar. That’s all right. But side by side, you have created death by motor accident, so many. What is the statistics in your country? How many people are dying?
Devotee: Sixty thousand a year.
Prabhupäda: Sixty thousand a year. So in this way you cannot be happy, because the more you advance in material civilization, the more you become complicated. The real purpose is to go back to home, back to Godhead. We are missing the point.
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by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Laguna Beach, September 30, 1972
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