Without Krishna consciousness and yajna, civilization descends into tribalism, war, and environmental destruction.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk — June 2, 1974, Geneva 740602MW-GENEVA [36:40 Minutes] Walk_740602MW-GENEVA Prabhupāda: ...vayasa-tīrtham [SB 1.5.10]. And the swan is considered to be the highest of the birds. Therefore it is called paramahaṁsa. Example is given to the haṁsa.
Haṁsa means swan. Supreme haṁsa. [break] French artists are famous all over the world. What is that famous artist's name?
Yogeśvara: Claude Monet? Bhagavān: Picasso. Yogeśvara: No, he's Spanish.
Devotee: Leonardo da Vinci. Yogeśvara: He's Italian. [laughs]
Prabhupāda: Yes. It is said that he was very poor man. So he painted in a fruitshop, grapes.
Prabhupāda: Ah. So the crows came to pick up the grapes, and the king was passing, he picked up, "Oh, who is that artist?" He became rich man in association. No, I have seen in that hall. So first-class picture.
I have never seen such nice picture. Exactly life. [japa] [break] Yogeśvara: ...the book glorifying the Russian ideals, he is thrown out of the country.