Morning Walk

Man Cannot Create Anything but Only Transform God's Ingredients – All Material Civilization Is Decoration of the Dead Body

📅 June 12, 1974 📍 Paris ⏱ 41 min
Man transforms God's ingredients; true intelligence is recognizing oneself as servant of God, not creator.
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Morning Walk — June 12, 1974, Paris 740612MW-PARIS [40:43 Minutes] Walk_740612MW-PARIS Bhagavān: ...the original beauty.

Prabhupāda: Original beauty, just like animals. They remain naked. So the..., the original beauty is animal, because the animals, they do not dress. In the human society, they cover.

Animals do not cover. Therefore original beauty is animal.

Satsvarūpa: They say that this is, the body is made by God. Why cover it up? Nakedness is the work of God.

Prabhupāda: No. God said that you should cover. [some French youths in background making mocking sounds, yelling, etc.] And they are becoming naked now. [yelling increases] What is that?

They are laughing. Paramahaṁsa: Crazy. Bhagavān: Do we go left, Harināma? Harināma: To the right.

[more yelling; Prabhupāda chuckles] Bhagavān: When there is big kīrtana party, then they stop laughing very quickly.

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