Jain Philosophy Vs Yukta Vairagya
Susila Munis, they are Jains. According to Jain philosophy, they should..., they do not use any vehicle from going this place to another place. They will go by walking. That is their principle. But we are not following that principle. We are preaching Krsna consciousness... Suppose if I have to come to your country, and if I say, "I will go by walking." (laughter) Then my life will be finished (laughter) before preaching. We are intelligent. Now we have got this aeroplane. Take advantage of and go in three hours to America, speedy. That is our policy. Therefore sometimes people criticize us that we are accepting all material things; still, we are condemning material civilization. They accuse us. But they do not know that we do not distinguish matter and spirit. Anything which is used for Krsna, that is spirit. This house, if you use for making a club, dancing club, that is material. And if this house is used for chanting Hare Krsna mantra and dancing, that is spiritual. That is the difference, because actually everything is emanation from the supreme spirit soul, Krsna. Krsna says bhumir apo 'nalah vayuh kham mano buddhir eva ca, apareyam. What you say material, that is also expansion of the energy of Krsna. So actually it is not material. But when you use it for other purposes than Krsna, that is material. You should know this philosophy very nicely.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.1.44 -- Los Angeles, July 25, 1975
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