Prabhupada, New York, May 30, 1966: […] In some years ago at Jhansi I was, not in the sannyasa days. I went there, and, by invitation of some friends, and they wanted to give me some lectures. That was Gandhi’s birthday, and they asked me to speak on some nonviolence. So I spoke that violence means to check a person from the discharge of his duties. That is violence. That was my viewpoint.
Devotee: To interfere with another’s course?
Prabhupada: Yes. Now, every man has got his prime duty of life. If that duty is checked, that is violence. So I wanted to place, and that is a fact from Vedic literature, that human life is meant for realization of God consciousness or reestablishing his relationship, lost relationship, with God. This is the claim of every human being. Human being… I have several times explained to you. The human being is distinct from animal life in this way, that animal, they do not know what is the aim of life. The human life is meant for realizing, self-realization. If any civilization, that is checking people’s progress in the matter of self-realization, that is the most virulent type of violence because people are being checked from the natural advancement of life. This human life is the point when one has to end all the miseries of material existence. That is the aim of human life. If people are not educated to that light, if people are misled in other ways, that is the greatest violence committed to the population. And according to the scripture, they are called atma- han. Atma-han means the greatest violence committed to the population. And according to the scripture, they are called atma- han. Atma-han means suicidal, suiciding.
There is a nice verse that just like this material world is accepted as a great ocean. Now, to cross over a great Atlantic Ocean from New York to, I mean to say, … Just like Columbus came. Now we have got great big ships, but he had to face many dangers. Just it is very difficult to cross over the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, but if you have got a very good vehicle, ship or anything else, you can very nicely cross over, similarly, the example is given that this material life is a great ocean, and this human body is a good boat. This human body is a good boat for crossing this ocean. And the spiritual master is a good captain. You see? And the instruction of Lord Krsna, or a similar instruction, Vedic instruction, are favorable wind. Just like if you want to cross the Atlantic Ocean from New York, if the wind is blowing westward, then your journey becomes very favorable. So the favorable wind is blowing by this instruction of the Vedas, and there are many stalwart acaryas who are just like the captain, and this human body is just like a good ship.
Pamho agtacbsp, SRILA PRABHUPADA USED TO SAY TO HIS DISCIPLES : BE PRACTICAL, I mean this is not intelligence but ignorance to do everything as SRILA PRABHUPADA SAID but in f-iskcon by working against the final order then how krsna can be there? Whatever they do in f-iskcon is not acceptable by SSGG , it’s just a waste of time deity worship , food for MAYA not for life , fake guru etc… not following the instructions on SRILA PRABHUPADA make a lot violence physicality and mentally because they are all ATMA HAN making suicide spiritually and materially so the primary duty of every soul is to follow SRILA PRABHUPADA PROPERLY AND GO BACK HOME.agtacbsp ys haribol