A civilization that denies the next life is less enlightened than a child who knows his body will change.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk at Kailua Beach — June 8, 1975, Honolulu 750608MW-HONOLULU [02:47 Minutes] Walk_750608MW-HONOLULU Śrutakīrti: [introducing recording] The following conversation takes place on Śrīla Prabhupāda's morning walk, on June 8th, 1975, at Kailua Beach, Hawaii.
Prabhupāda: ...devotees are described as siddha-sattva-maṇi, siddha-sattva-maṇi. [break] Harikeśa: I haven't listened to it all, though. That's why the tapes aren't done. [break]
Prabhupāda: ...people, by not believing in the next life, they have dismissed all problems. Very happy life.
Bali-mardana: They have one saying, "Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you'll die." Prabhupāda: That's right. Very good civilization. [break] ...Āryan civilization. This is not Āryan civilization.
Barbarian. [break] A small child, he knows that "I shall become like my elder brother. I shall get this body, next body." And these people, they cannot understand that there is next body. That means their civilization is less than a child's civilization.
Bali-mardana: Even every child knows that "When I grow up, I will have a different body,"...
Prabhupāda: These people, they do not understand. What kind of civilized men they are? Less than a child, and they are proud of their science. [break]