751019c Morning Walk - Srila Prabhupada Speaks a Nectar Drop in Johannesburg
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| Prabhupāda: Anyone who is not a devotee, he is animal. Śva-viḍ-varāhoṣṭra-kharaiḥ saṁstutaḥ puruṣaḥ paśuḥ (SB 2.3.19). The big animal is being worshiped by a small animal. That's all. A lion in the forest is worshiped by the small animals. So does it mean the lion is not animal? Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: He is also animal. Prabhupāda: He is also animal. So similarly, all these leaders, these scientists, these philosophers, they are applauded by the small animals, but they are also animals, big animal, that's all. The test is whether he understands the spirit soul different from the body. If he does not understand, he is animal, that's all. Maybe big animal, that is a different thing. Big or small, animal is animal. Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: So anyone who is not aware of the spirit soul... Prabhupāda: He is animal. That's all. Sa eva gokharaḥ. That is the verdict of the śāstra. Yasyātmā buddhiḥ kuṇape tri-dhātuke (SB 10.84.13). |
| 751019 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg |