Scientists cannot solve real problems—they are like dogs swimming; only Krishna consciousness offers genuine solutions.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk — July 18, 1975, San Francisco 750718MW-SAN FRANCISCO [34:47 Minutes] Walk_750718MW-SAN FRANCISCO Prabhupāda: ...there are many buildings like this. Jayatīrtha: Yes. [break]
Prabhupāda: ...there is one word, sva-langulena atithi tīrtvā sindhum. We see sometimes the dogs are swimming. [greets passerby:] Good morning. If somebody thinks, "Oh, the dog is swimming, so let me capture the tail, and I shall swim.
I shall cross," so similarly, those who are thinking, the so-called scientists, philosopher, will solve the problems, it is exactly like to cross over the Pacific Ocean by capturing the tail of a dog. [laughter] If one thinks that "Dog is sufficiently strong to carry me. So he is swimming, so I shall swim also," so following the dogs, capturing their tail, if one thinks that he will cross over the Pacific Ocean... Similarly, these so-called scientists, philosophers, are like dogs, and if anyone thinks that he will cross by capturing his tail, he will be baffled.
Prabhupāda: So, what he is doing now? Bahulāśva: Now he is retired.
Prabhupāda: Oh. No more swimming. Bahulāśva: No more swimming. Nalinī-kaṇṭa: He's taking money from the government for his work so that he can live.
Prabhupāda: Well, money is everyone is getting. The dog is also getting. Sometimes dog is inheriting the property of his master. But that does not mean he is not a dog. Kṛṣṇadāsa: About one month ago there was a very big story in the newspapers about how this student who went to all the archives in the Washington D.C. library, and from known records he compiled enough information to construct an atom bomb.
Did you hear about that? Prabhupāda: No. Kṛṣṇadāsa: He became world famous. So they concluded that anyone who wanted to could get normal information from normal sources and theoretically construct an atom bomb. But they have to have... They don't have the equipment, but they have the knowledge now.