Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Interactions

July 17, 2005

October 29 and October 31

Prabhupada went on parikrama as usual. He instructed

Bhavananda Maharaja, "Those who are pujaries are the

most fortunate. In this world, there is either papa or

punya. Don't do any sins, and don't perform any pious

activities. Only Radha-Krsna."

October 31

Svarupa Damodara asked whether he could apply the

philosophy of acintya-bhedabheda-tattva to life in

matter. Prabhupada said yes, giving the example that

within the atom there is life. Svarupa Damodara

questioned whether, if life is in the atom, it can be

called jiva?

Prabhupada confirmed, saying that it is called covered

consciousness. Matter is covered consciousness. As a

flower bud blooms, so life is developed. If it is

destroyed at an early stage, it doesn't develop.

Acintya-bhedabheda can be applied, because matter is

actually spirit in the form of undeveloped

consciousness.

That, Svarupa Damodara recalled, was what Kapoor had

said, that there is no difference between life and

matter. The mayavadis try to compromise in this way

with modern science. Prabhupada replied, "No, there is

a difference-both are coming from the same source,

both are spiritual-but one is superior and one is

inferior." Svarupa Damodara reasoned further, "Within

any body there are innumerable atoms, therefore

innumerable jivas. But among innumerable jivas, one

jiva is highly developed in consciousness, and the

other jivas are helping." Srila Prabhupada quoted

Bhagavad-gita 13.22.

- From the TKG's Diary by HH Tamal Krishna Goswami

Maharaj

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