Only purified senses anointed with devotional love can perceive Krishna; mental speculation keeps the soul bound in matter.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Prabhupāda: This is idea. Mano-rathena, by mental speculation, āsato dhāvato, they will come to materialism. [SB 5.18.12] As soon as they will hover over mental concoction, they will remain in the material platform, because mind is subtle form of matter. Acyutānanda: Also, in their evidences by which they base their dialectic discussions, have they regarded the Vedic scriptures? They have avoided them very conveniently. Prabhupāda: No, there is no question of dialectic discussion.
Suppose I am discussing, you are discussing something, but if I am imperfect, you are imperfect, what is the value of such discussion? That is the point. The party discussing something, whether he is perfect? If he is not perfect, then go on discussing.
We first of all say that any conditioned soul is defective, and that is admitted. They say, "We are not perfect." "I think," they say. "In my opinion," they say. Never they say, the so-called scientists, "definite." And they cannot say it. Mahāṁsa: That is like Dr.
Frog's philosophy when they speculate. Prabhupāda: Yes. Simply speculation. So that kind of discussion, what is the value? Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: It's always a hypothesis. Prabhupāda: If some children discuss some serious subject matter, what is the value?
And they are all children in the cradle of nature, that's all. Prakṛteḥ kriya.... Therefore it is word, prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni [Bg 3.27]. Just like children: "Ha!
Sit down here"—he has to sit down. Then where is his, I mean, freedom to discuss? Prakṛti says that "You sit down here. Don't go there." He has to accept.
Then what is the value of discussion? Acyutānanda: Mainly, these Karl Marx, they were angry at the Christian church for exploiting the poor masses, and that's the reason... Prabhupāda: This is our... Acyutānanda: ...so he has attacked. He has taken vengeance on this. Prabhupāda: That they are doing. Still they are doing. Just like you said, some sprinkling water.