The eternal soul trapped in matter futilely pursues endless problems while ignoring its need for transcendent, permanent happiness.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk — September 15, 1972, Los Angeles 720915MW-LOS ANGELES [42:52 Minutes] C-036 Walk_720915MW-LOS ANGELES [in a car]
Prabhupāda: Relative means. Relativity to the human society, so a dog is enjoying sex life on the street, why don’t you do that?
Devotee: Well there are coming to that, practically. They make advance in sex pleasure.
Prabhupāda: That is the statement in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, adānta-gobhir viśatāṁ tamisraṁpunaḥ punaś carvita-carvaṇānām [SB 7.5.30], adānta-gobhir uncontrolled senses they are going to the darkest regions of hell.
Prabhupāda: Adānta-gobhir. matir na kṛṣṇe parataḥ svato vā mitho 'bhipadyeta gṛha-vratānām adānta-gobhir …. adānta-gobhir everywhere. Their…philosophy is animalism. [break] there is one word ucitāhāraḥ, ucitāhāraḥ, ucita means exactly, ucita…. [break] Svarūpa Dāmodara: Śrīla Prabhupāda, in Maṇipur the rāsa-līlā is conducted almost every year and one of my uncles he condemns that.
How can we imitate the activities of the Lord? So is this authorised, it is done every year and sometimes they spend a lot of money on rāsa-līlā.
Prabhupāda: Rāsa-līlā festival may be observed but you cannot imitate that. Rāsa-līlā festival is observed in Calcutta also [indistinct] the Deity is decorated, many people come to see, it becomes a festival. Not that people imitates rāsa-līlā. Svarūpa Dāmodara: [indistinct] some children they take the part of Rādhā and one child take the part the Kṛṣṇa and then.