monkeys' business

[Guest guest]

MW, Perth, May 10. 1975

 

Prabhup€da:...They are working very hard, undoubtedly, but they are working

foolishly. Œrama eva hi kevalam. The result is simply they are becoming

tired. That's all. Because they are not working intelligently, like monkey,

he is busy all day. What is the value of your busy? You'll find the monkey

is never sitting idle. He's always busy, "eƒ, eh, eh." (imitating monkey) So

what is the result of that busyness? He's a monkey. And they claim to be

coming from monkey, these rascals. So we can see that your monkey's quality

is already there. (laughter) You have not improved more than monkey, because

you are working uselessly. They are theorizing that they have come from

monkey, and as soon as you say that you are monkey, they become angry. Just

see. They are claiming that we are coming from monkey. And if you say you

are monkey, no better than monkey, then they are angry. Just see.

Paramahaˆsa: That's because we've advanced from the monkey stage up to the

human stage.

Prabhup€da: You have not advanced. If you are uselessly working, then you

are monkey. Monkey is busy, but useless. There is no value. What is the

value of your working? You cannot make a solution of the problem that you

are dying. Then what is the use of your working? You do not like to die. Why

you are dying? You are keeping memory of him because you wanted that he

should not have died. That is your desire. You do not like to die. So where

is the solution of your death? You might open many hospitals, but where is

the solution of disease, that there should be no more disease? That you

cannot do. Therefore your so-called scientific research, working hard day

and night, is all monkeys' business. Useless.