Driving Ahead
Suppose I am driving a very nice car, but I am simply absorbed in the machine only. I have forgotten my destination, where I have to go, and I am busy studying the car. What is the use? You may be driving a good car, but you must know how to reach your destination. That is your main business. Knowing how the car works is secondary. Your main business is knowing how to utilize the car so you can reach your destination. That is intelligence.
So, we have fallen into this material condition, and we are occupying various forms. As long as we are in the bodily concept—thinking "I am this 'car'"—that is ignorance. What is wanted is to think, "I am not this body. I am spirit soul, and I have to utilize this body to go to my destination—the spiritual world—where I can meet the supreme spirit, God, and live in His association." Human life is meant for understanding what the Supreme Lord is, where He lives, what He does, and what our relationship with Him is. To seek to understand these things is called inquiry into the Absolute Truth. That is actual education.
Suppose I am driving a very nice car, but I am simply absorbed in the machine only. I have forgotten my destination, where I have to go, and I am busy studying the car. What is the use? You may be driving a good car, but you must know how to reach your destination. That is your main business. Knowing how the car works is secondary. Your main business is knowing how to utilize the car so you can reach your destination. That is intelligence.
So, we have fallen into this material condition, and we are occupying various forms. As long as we are in the bodily concept—thinking "I am this 'car'"—that is ignorance. What is wanted is to think, "I am not this body. I am spirit soul, and I have to utilize this body to go to my destination—the spiritual world—where I can meet the supreme spirit, God, and live in His association." Human life is meant for understanding what the Supreme Lord is, where He lives, what He does, and what our relationship with Him is. To seek to understand these things is called inquiry into the Absolute Truth. That is actual education.
Srila Prabhupada's Quote
Devotional service means to apply one's energy in the service of Krishna.
That is the instruction of the Bhagavad-gita…
we cannot understand about Krishna with our limited potency and senses,
but if we engage ourselves in the service of the Lord,
He will reveal Himself to the faithful servitor…
The more we learn about Krishna from the authoritative sources,
the more we can be attached in Krishna Consciousness.
- Letter to: Blanche Hochner, San Francisco, December 17, 1967
That is the instruction of the Bhagavad-gita…
we cannot understand about Krishna with our limited potency and senses,
but if we engage ourselves in the service of the Lord,
He will reveal Himself to the faithful servitor…
The more we learn about Krishna from the authoritative sources,
the more we can be attached in Krishna Consciousness.
- Letter to: Blanche Hochner, San Francisco, December 17, 1967
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