Morning Walk

Happiness in Family and Friends Is Like a Drop of Water in the Desert – The Greatest Scientist Recognizes Vasudeva as the Source of Everything

📅 May 8, 1974 📍 Bombay ⏱ 15 min
Only recognition of Vasudeva as life's source marks true wisdom and lasting fulfillment beyond maya's fleeting drops.
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Morning Walk — May 8, 1974, Bombay 740508MW-BOMBAY [14:45 Minutes] Walk_740508MW-BOMBAY Dr. Patel: No, no, but even fallen,Vaiṣṇavas, Sāṅkhya... Prabhupāda: Sāṅkhya is required, but the cause of Sāṅkhya must be understood, cause of all causes. Sāṅkhya philosophy is our philosophy, Vaiṣṇava, because it was enunciated by Kapiladeva. Later on, the atheist Sāṅkhya, they wiped out God.

Innumerable universes are there in the body of Kṛṣṇa. [break] Dr. Patel: Now they are not. Assuming...

The government is telling lies, that some people have come to work, and they have not, not have work. [break] Prabhupāda: ...bindu sama, suta mitā ramaṇī samāje, sohe viṣere mana, tahe samarpala, ābrahma yuga haba kono kāje. [Śrīla Vidyāpati] This is Vidyāpati's song, that "We are seeking water in the desert," taṭala saikata. Saikata means the sandy beach, and very hot.

So then water is required. But we get little water. What is that? Suta mitā ramaṇī samāje.

In the society, friendship and love, we are seeking that happiness, and it is exactly like seeking water in the desert. Although there is little happiness, but what is the comparison? Vāri bindu sama. I want water, but it is a drop of water. Dr.

Patel: Vāri bindu. Prabhupāda: Vāri bindu. [aside:] Hare Kṛṣṇa. So when there is requisition of water like seas and ocean, what this one drop will do? He admits there is little happiness, but this happiness is nothing that we want in comparison.

[aside:] Hare Kṛṣṇa. Taṭala saikata, vāri bindu sama, suta mitā ramaṇī samāje, tahe viṣere mana, tahe samarpala, havana yughamala na kāj. Mādhava āmāra pari nama nirasa[?]: "Therefore, my Lord Kṛṣṇa, I see my future is hopeless, and therefore I surrender unto You. There is no other way." Mādhava āmāra pari nama nirasa, tuhu jagad taraṇa, dīna dayāla, ataeva tohari varosa[?], that "I have no other hope.

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