ancient_paztriot Posted May 11, 2004 Report Share Posted May 11, 2004 Syamasundara dasa: Bergson is interested in knowing the course of future evolution. He feels that becasue man has progressed from the instinctive stage to the intelligent and then to the intuitive stages, he will eventually attain the immortal stage. Srila Prabhupada: That is very nice, the idea that man will attain perfection. Progress means that you go forward, that you do not remain stagnent. The Vedas say: tad visnoh paramam padam sada pasyanti surayah divvva caksur atataa visnor yat paramam padam “The lotus feet of Lord Visnu are the supreme objective of all the demigods. These lotus feet of the Lord are as enlightening as the sun in the sky.” (Åg Veda 1.22.20) Those who are learned and advanced in knowledge are called surayah. Modern scientists are looking forward to going to other planets, but hose who are learned are looking forward to going to the lotus feet of Visnu. They are thinking, “When will I reach You?” the goal is there, and those who know it do not miss it. One who is Krsna conscious knows the goal and attempts to reach it. Those who do not know the goal waste their time philosophizing and misleading others. This is the blind leading the blind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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