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Interview with Mr. Koshi.
Prabhupada, April 5, 1977, Bombay: [...] The human being is to understand that “I am not this body.” That is the first knowledge. That is the first principle. brahma-bhutah prasannatma na socati na kanksati samah sarvesu bhutesu mad-bhaktim labhate param [Bg. 18.54]
That is brahma-jnana. Athato brahma jijnasa. So these things are here in India. Instead of distributing, understanding these things, we are jumping like cats and dogs, like the Western civilization. Anthill and four-wheel dog race.
These big, big buildings, they are like anthill. You know anthill? The ant also can make a big stack of earth. Does it mean it is civilization to compete with the ant?
Or run with the dog? Sometimes if a car is driving, and dog is running, it is a competition and the dog running. Is that civilization? Without understanding, the whole thing is going on, running on like that. Why India should imitate? India has got so much great exalted knowledge given by Krishna.
India should learn it and teach it to the whole world. That is India’s business. Paropakara. And that is being done in Krishna consciousness. Very important movement, very scientific movement. So do not neglect it. Come and join, learn it and give it to the whole world. This is the perfect knowledge, paropakara. Not to imitate there and jump like monkeys and cats and dogs. This is not good. Mr. Koshi: All sorts of lessons are going out.
Prabhupada: All sorts may go, but you must know the real message, that within this machine the owner of the machine, the driver of the machine… All sorts of… There are three thousand parts in a motorcar. You have all sorts of knowledge about the parts of the car, and you do not know who is driving, then what is this knowledge?
Every paper, every learned man, every…, every should take it seriously and implement it. It is not meant for everyone. Still, there must be an institution to teach this, I mean, the highest standard of knowledge to the human being.
Why they should simply jump like cats and dogs? This is our mission. So don’t try to imitate cats and dogs, but be human being. Understand what is your position and cultivate that knowledge.