Krishna Cuts the Knot of False Ego by Devotional Hearing

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] Acyutānanda: "...have already enjoyed sense gratification. So you can take to it." Prabhupāda: Eh? Acyutānanda: Most people say to us that "Because in America you have already enjoyed sense gratification, so now you are taking to this." Prabhupāda: Then the hog would have been the first-class devotee. [laughter] Because he has enjoyed sense gratification without any restriction, without caring for mother, sister or daughter.

Then the hog would have gotten the first-class certificate to become a devotee. That is not... Of course, they think like that, rascaldom, that "Let us finish our sense gratificatory process. Then we shall think of our Kṛṣṇa consciousness." That is rascaldom.

You have to give up. Not that... What is that? Haviṣa kṛtam[?]...

Or what is that verse? That if you pour ghee on the fire it will increase; it will not decrease. You have to stop. So they put this argument.

Especially in India, they are thinking that "Now, first of all, we have to become Americans. And then we shall think of Kṛṣṇa." This is rascaldom. Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. [end] Endnotes 1 (Popup - aham brahmasmi) Simply to understand that one is not matter but spirit soul (ahaṁ brahmāsmi: "I am by nature Brahman") is not sufficient knowledge for understanding the self and his activities.

One must be situated in the activities of Brahman. Knowledge of those activities is explained by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. Such transcendental knowledge can be appreciated in human society but not in animal society, as clearly indicated here by the word nṛṇām, "for the human beings." Human beings are meant for regulated life. By nature, there is regulation in animal life also, but that is not like the regulative life as described in the scriptures or by the authorities.

Human life is regulated life, not animal life. In regulated life only can one understand transcendental knowledge. [SB 3.25.1 Purport]

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