True spiritual progress means possessing nothing while understanding eternity; material opulence deceives those blind to the soul's eternal journey.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk at Villa Borghese — May 26, 1974, Rome 740526MW-ROME [22:00 Minutes] Walk_740526MW-ROME Bhagavān: ISKCON has a camera. Yogeśvara: Should we take a picture right here? [break]
Prabhupāda: ...philosophy and the so many bogus svāmīs' philosophies, they are different. They offer some material benefit by their philosophy: "If you take this mantra, then your material life will be easier." People are captivated for material benefit. Spiritual benefit, they do not understand, and neither our philosophy provides any facility for material benefit. Although spiritual benefit includes material benefit, but people do not understand this.
Bhagavān: It appears that by taking to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one becomes less materially benefitted.
Prabhupāda: That is the benefit they do not understand. [chuckles] Here, the philosophy is to make nil material benefit. And that is sometimes havoc for others. Niṣkiñcanasya.
Caitanya Mahāprabhu says... [aside:] Don't bring near. Niṣkiñcanasya. Niṣkiñcana means...
Kiñcana means something, and niṣkiñcana means even no something. Kiñcana means something, to possess something, and niṣkiñcana means to possess nothing. Niṣkiñcanasya bhagavad-bhajanonmukhasya. Bhagavad-bhajana...
So go back to home, back to Godhead, is meant for such persons who has nothing to possess here. That is very difficult. Niṣkiñcanasya bhagavad-bhajanonmukhasya pāraṁ paraṁ jigamiṣor bhava-sāgarasya [Cc. Madhya 11.8].