Letters from Srila Prabhupada Vol.1 1947-1969 (in pdf) - Krishna Path

existence . Similarly, when a person be­
comes Krishna Conscious, he can under­
stand the falsity representation of this
material civilization. Next point, and
when he is awakened, he becomes com­
pletely detached from the so-called affec­
tion for designations, namely, society,
friendship and love. Next point, by such
understanding, one is not so much materi­
ally active. One is satisfied with income
which can simply maintain his body and
soul together and he is no more interested
to increase the bank balance unneces­
sarily for sense gratification. The defect
of the modem civilization that everyone is
earning money undoubtedly in large vol­
umes, but he does not know how to spend.
He is spending simply for sense gratifica­
tion and the last word of sense gratifica­
tion is sex, therefore all money is being
spent up for intoxication and sexual life,
nudey dance, nudey theater, in so many
ways. That means they are spoiling their
human source of energy. Next point, one
should be so trained up that within the
heart he will be freed from all material at­
traction, but so long the body is there, to
keep the body and soul together, he has to
work like ordinary man. Next point, the
society, friendship and love of material
existence may be accepted without any at­
traction, and whatever the so-called soci­
ety, friendship and love wants to take
service from us, one should simply say,
yes, it is very nice, but actually he should
give more importance for spiritual ad­
vancement of life. Next point, one should
know it certain that material resources,
either in this planet or in other planets,
either in the sky or within the earth ,
namely in the mines, all the properties
that is being utilized at the present mo­
ment as economic development, one
should understand definitely that all the
ingredients supplied or all the ingredients
stocked, for example, the petroleum now
stocked within the earth, and people are
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utilizing it for so many power machin­
ery-one should know that this petroleum
belongs to the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. It is not man-made . Nor the sci­
entists can manufacture . Similarly everything,
all commodities, all things, all
properties, they are made by the Supreme
Personality of Godhead . This understand­
ing must be there. Next point, one can en­
joy such properties but with this
understanding, that they belong to the Supreme
Personality of Godhead . Just like
one is situated in the public park in a very
nice garden , public park, but one should
always remember that the public park
does not belong to him, personally. But it
is the property of the government or the
state . Next point, therefore, the properties
made by the Supreme Personality of Godhead
can be utilized by all living entities.
Every living entities, not only the human
beings, but also the animals, they have got
right to live on the property of the Su­
preme Personality of Godhead. Next
point , nobody can encroach upon the
right of other living entities. Everyone is
supplied by the Lord, the fooding, shelter,
by natural arrangement, so nobody should
encroach upon the right of living of oth­
ers. As such, the human being considered
to be the highest developed conscious ani­
mals, so if they utilize this consciousness
in relationship with Krishna, that is called
Krishna Consciousness. Next point, a
Krishna Conscious person does not en­
croach upon the right of other living be­
ings, as such they do not approve
organized slaughterhouses for killing ani­
mals. Next point, if you manitain slaughterhouses
then you have to suffer the
consequence, because in the law of nature,
there is no distinction between one
life to another. Every living entity is
equally valuable. Next point, every living
entity is claimed as the son ofthe Supreme
Personality of Godhead, they may be
dressed differently, because the body is