True Krishna consciousness means accepting all sustenance as God's mercy, caring equally for all beings, and serving rather than merely enjoying.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: ...for getting a big display inside. And I got him to agree to only seventeen point five percent commission, which is very reasonable. Prabhupāda: All right. Let them send. [break] ...is compared with a rose flower without flavor.
Man with education is compared with the koyal [cuckoo bird]. Kokilānāṁ svaro rūpam. The bird, koyal, is very black, but his sound, sweet, so sweet, everyone likes. Kokilānām svaro-rūpaṁ vidyā-rūpaṁ ku-rūpāṇām, nārī-rūpaṁ pati-vrataḥ.
And woman's beauty is how she is chaste and devoted to the husband. That is beauty, not personal beauty. Vidyā-rūpaṁ ku-rūpāṇām. And education is the beauty for the brain.
And the beauty of the koyal is her sweet voice. Kṣamā-rūpaṁ tapasvinaḥ. And those who are saintly person, they should be simply forgiving. That is their beauty. Haṁsadūta: For giving? Pusta Kṛṣṇa: Forgiving. Prabhupāda: Forgiving.
Kṣamā-rūpaṁ tapasvinaḥ. Did Christ said that "Father, they did not know..."? Haṁsadūta: Yeah. "Forgive them, for they know not what they do." "Forgive them for they know not..." Prabhupāda: Just see how much forgiving. This is saintly character.
They're killing, and still forgiving. Kṣamā-rūpaṁ tapasvinaḥ. Christ is very ideal character, but these Christians, they... Not dignified him—degraded.
So you can get on? Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Yeah. [break] Prabhupāda: ...how to respect food grain. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Everyone should understand, "This food grain is supplied by Kṛṣṇa for our living.