Bhakti Vikas Swami
Everyone is intoxicated with the prospect that we are going to produce goods, and have more factories, and everyone’s standard of living will improve, and India will become a great superpower, and we’ll have lots of sense gratification. But this is karma bandhana, entanglement in material activities. They don’t see that by doing so they are bringing in all the problems that the Western world has already generated along with economic development.
Lecture on SB 3.6.32 – About the Four Varnas – Vyasa Puja 2008 – 5th Jan'08 – Tirupati
Bhakti Vikas Swami
When we are divorced from spiritual cultivation, from understanding that the purpose of life is God realization and not sense gratification, then we will think, “Why shouldn’t we do whatever we like as long as it doesn’t harm others?” But they don’t know that we are harming ourselves by such a mentality, because: na te viduh svartha-gatim hi visnum, our real self interest is to understand Krishna; and any activity performed without this in mind is apasvartha, or that which is not actually in our self interest.
Lecture on SB 3.6.32 – About the Four Varnas – Vyasa Puja 2008 – 5th Jan'08 – Tirupati
Bhakti Vikas Swami
The temples of modern India are the factories – they say so. No one is happy in the factories. No one feels peace of mind in the factories. "Factory," as Prabhupada states, is another name of hell. But modern India is very eagerly creating hell more and more. So this we should understand, and preach also. Generally now in our Krishna consciousness movement we don't discuss these things; somehow or other it has become unwanted to discuss these things. But Prabhupada discussed these things all the time.
Lecture on SB 3.6.32 – About the Four Varnas – Vyasa Puja 2008 – 5th Jan'08 – Tirupati
Bhakti Vikas Swami
Unless we organize society in a manner that is conducive for Krishna consciousness, we will be forced to become part of this modern society.
Lecture on SB 3.6.32 – About the Four Varnas – Vyasa Puja 2008 – 5th Jan'08 – Tirupati
