Maya keeps everyone convinced they are happy while preventing surrender to Krishna through two deceptive potencies.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk — November 8, 1975, Bombay 751108MW-BOMBAY [27:46 Minutes] Walk_751108MW-BOMBAY Prabhupāda: ...in politics, how to treat with enemies, how to treat with friends, how to make... In politics there are so many things, diplomacy. So he said, "What is this nonsense? Everyone should be Kṛṣṇa conscious.
They are all equal." His father became angry. What is that? Indian man: [Hindi]
Prabhupāda: Oh. Bhāgavata: He said it is all nonsense.
Prabhupāda: Yes. For a devotee, these politics, diplomacy, these are nonsense. But sometimes they have to do. Sate sarthaṁ samācaret.
[aside:] Hare Kṛṣṇa. Bhāgavata: "One should never trust a politician or a woman." [break] Devotee in distance: Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Prabhupāda: Jaya. Devotee (1): Are the animals complacent with their hellish condition of life?
Prabhupāda: Animal? Devotee (1): Yes. Like the dog. Is he happy to be a dog?