Eternal consciousness proves the soul transcends the body through continuous transmigration across lives.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Engagement Lecture at Boston College — May 10, 1968, Boston 680510LE-BOSTON [64:08 Minutes] Prabhupāda: [kīrtana] [prema-dhvani] [devotees offer obeisances] [20:49] [aside:] You can speak? You can take this. Brahmānanda: My name is Brahmānanda dāsa Brahmacārī. I'm the president of the New York chapter of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness was established in 1966 by His Divine Grace A.
C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, who has come to this country from Calcutta, India, to preach the science of God realization which is recommended for this age, this age of Kali, this age of disagreement. This process was started by Lord Caitanya five hundred years ago in India. [break] You may want to ask the Swāmī about Bhagavad-gītā or transcendental philosophy. Now I present His Divine Grace A.
C. Bhaktivedanta Swami. [22:20] Prabhupāda: The primary principles of Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement have been briefly described by my disciple Śrīman Brahmānanda Brahmacārī. It is a very important science of God, understanding what is God. Of course, in every religion this conception of God is there.
Simply by understanding "God is great" is not sufficient. We must have knowledge about our relationship with God. Generally, we take it for granted that God is our order-supplier. We take it that God is great, because He... That is also not the conception of the atheist class of men.
Those who believe in God, generally they approach God in distress, when they're in need of money, and somebody wants to study what is God out of inquisitiveness, and somebody wants to understand the science of God. There are four classes of men. They are called persons with pious activities on the background. Without pious activities on the background, nobody is interested in the science of God. And those who are unfortunate or impelled by impious activities, they do not believe in God.
They never care for God. And this class of men are always known as atheist class of men. So, so far atheist class of men, it is very difficult for them to understand. But atheist or theist, it doesn't matter—everyone is conscious. That is a fact.
It doesn't matter whether you believe in God or do not believe in God, but you are conscious. As soon as I pinch in any part of your body, you at once protest; you feel that "Somebody is pinching me. I am feeling pain." This consciousness is there even in the animal or in man and everyone. Now what is this consciousness? The Bhagavad-gītā replies what is this consciousness.