Material civilization fails because humanity has forgotten life's true purpose beyond maintaining a temporary body.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Hari-śauri: [explaining to Pradyumna how to use the tape recorder for recording the morning walk] See? That shows it's playing now it is recoding also. You can see here it's recording. These are already set that is automatic level control, so thats alright.
So on the morning walk just take your finger off, just like the early Uher. [conversation begins in car without Prabhupāda] Jñānagamya: He was translating early this morning. Devotee (1): What time did he wake up? Jñānagamya: I don't know.
He was up when I got up. Devotee (2): He doesn't sleep at night anymore. He told Ātreya Ṛṣi he only sleeps two hours. Devotee (1): He takes rest during the middle of the day?
Jñānagamya: How is Mahārāja? Has he been sick here? Hari-keśava,[?] has he been sick? Devotee (3): Always sick.
Devotee (4): What is this park? Jñānagamya: It's called Niavaran Park. There's a palace here called Niavaran Palace. The Shah has several palaces.
This is the one where he usually meets visiting diplomats, heads of state. And this is the park that adjoins that palace. The palace is over beyond that wall. Nava-yauvana: Jaya, this is where he's getting off. [conversation continues outside car] Ātreya Ṛṣi: This is His Majesty's palace. This building is the servants' quarters, which has the best granite.
When my period... Just like the house rented under lease, and as soon as the lease is over you have to vacate that house, or forcibly the house owner will oblige you to vacate. So what is the use of becoming so much attached to the body? What is the answer? Nava-yauvana: There is no use. Prabhupāda: Every one of us, we are attached to the body, and on account of being attached to the body the material activities are going on.