Human life's supreme value lies not in animal freedom, but in the opportunity to return to Godhead.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk — July 28, 1975, San Diego 750728MW-SAN DIEGO [10:10 Minutes] Walk_750728MW-SAN DIEGO [sound of bird chirping]
Prabhupāda: ...take the fruits and singing morning. They are happier.
Rāmeśvara: When we tell people that they may take their next birth as an animal, they say that is all right, because the animals are happier than the humans.
Prabhupāda: But because you are rascal, you do not know you can become more happier, go back to home, back to Godhead. That you do not know. [sounds of bird singing] Just see how. What is this?
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: That's the bird that was singing. [break]
Prabhupāda: ...there? A small bird! Jayatīrtha: There's one expression in America, "Free as a bird." People think that the birds are more free than they are.
Devotee: Also, "The birds and the bees." Culminate in sex life. [break] Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Balboa Park.