Both communism and capitalism offer only different varieties of suffering; only surrender to Krishna ends all misery.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk — September 1, 1975, Vṛndāvana 750901MW-VRNDAVAN [19:55 Minutes] Walk_750901MW-VRNDAVAN Prabhupāda: They make analysis: "This is good; this is bad." The whole thing is bad, they do not understand. Dvaite bhadrābhadra sakale samana, ei bhala ei manda saba manodharma. A mental concoction we analyze: "This is good; this is..." And because the whole population is such rascals, therefore we see whole world they are creating government, they are making this advancement, taking... Everything is spoiled.
That they do not understand, that "We have tried so far, scientifically, and this way and that way. Why there are so many things disturbing and miserable?" The whole policy is to give you trouble. That is the material nature. You must be always in trouble—ādhyātmika, ādhibhautika.
"No." They will say, "No, this trouble is better than that trouble." [laughter] This is the... "This trouble is better than that trouble." Hare Kṛṣṇa. This Dr. Ghosh, he said...
When he was student in Calcutta he was doctor of tropical medicine. So one English doctor was his professor, Colonel Mellar[?]. So he was lecturing and... Now the friends have come to greet.
He said that "In our country seventy-five percent, at least, students are infected with syphilis." Brahmānanda: Infected to?
Devotee: Syphilis. Brahmānanda: Oh, syphilis.
Prabhupāda: Syphilis, yes. So in India the syphilis is a very horrible disease. So he exclaimed, "Oh, it is horrible!" The doctor, that Colonel Mellar?[?], he was astonished: "Why you say it is horrible? In your country they suffer, ninety percent, from malaria.