Bodily consciousness creates division; Krishna consciousness reveals the unified spiritual truth beneath all forms.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.9.2–3 — May 1, 1972, Tokyo 720501SB-TOKYO [34:49 Minutes] SB-02.09.02–03_720501SB-TOKYO Prabhupāda: ...his association, or its association with the different types of..., modes of material nature, sattva-guṇa, rajo-guṇa, tamo-guṇa. So you mix it, then that it becomes eighty-one. Three multiplied by three, nine, and again, nine multiplied by nine, it becomes eighty-one. So there are 8,400,000 forms on account of this mixture.
That's all. So the mixture is possible, and according to the mixture, they have got different consciousness. According to the body, they have got different consciousness. A man, highly intellectual brāhmaṇa, he is, "Oh, I am greater than everyone. I am so wise.
I am so pure. I am brāhmaṇa." So he has got a different conception. And similarly, the hog, because he has got a different form, it has that "Oh, stool is so nice. Let me eat it." It is very [easy] to understand.
According to the association with the modes of material nature, we are getting different types of body. And according to different types of body, we are developing different types of consciousness. Is it very difficult to understand? But when we transcend this bodily concept of life, then we come to the one standard consciousness. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Try to understand. If there is any difficulty, ask. It is very important.
Why there are different consciousness? Everyone could take up this Kṛṣṇa consciousness. But they cannot take it, because they have got bodily concept of life. And body means association with the modes of material nature in a different way.
Try to understand. Is there any question on this point? Say it clearly. If you have understood, explain.