Guest guest Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Prabhupada: Forefathers may be saintly person, but we are not. Why do you say "we"? Dr. Patel: "We" means the descendants of our forefathers. Prabhupada: My father might have been very rich man, but I am a poverty-stricken man, loitering in the street. Why say "we"? Dr. Patel: "We" means these Aryans in India, they brought all the Vedas and Vedic culture with them. They must have taken it in. Prabhupada: That's all right. One who is speaking, he is not in Vedic culture. That is the difficulty. Dr. Patel: I talk of these historical facts, sir. Historically, Eastern European races are just our cousin. I mean the Indian races. But still, they have not been able to take the... Prabhupada: This, falsely to become proud: "We... We have done." What I am at the present? That is to be taken, not that... Now in Bengal... "Fourteen generations before my father took ghee, and I have got a smell." (laughs) What is that? Whether you are eating ghee or not, that is talk, not that "Fourteen generations before my father and forefathers ate ghee, and I have got the smell here." (laughs) Dr. Patel: No, we talk of Vedic culture, sir. Prabhupada: Vedic culture is all right now. There is no question of "we" or "you." Dr. Patel: But why it is not with them? Prabhupada: Why it is not with you? First of all say why you are challenging them? (laughter) First of all challenge yourself. Dr. Patel: (laughing) That's right. But they have not, their forefathers have got. We have at least with our forefathers. Prabhupada: No, no, their forefathers are the Aryans, the same forefathers, your forefathers. Dr. Patel: They're Aryans, but they did not take the Vedic culture with them. Prabhupada: They did not take. You are not taking. That's the same thing. Dr. Patel: Presently the whole world is... Prabhupada: That's all. That is our concern, how the world is misdirected. That we are challenging, this Krsna consciousness. It is not that "East," "West,you,I." Everyone is a victim. Bhagavata says, prayena kalau asmin yuga-jana: "In this age everyone is condemned." It doesn't say that "These Eastern, Western..." Everyone is condemned. Kalau asmin yuga-jana. That is impartial. (Morning walk, January 6, 1976, Bombay) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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