Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Srila Prabhupada Says - [Regarding how ignorance of the law is no excuse]
Guest (4): The false wrong is that he is misled by material consciousness execute the things, really. If he is misled by other, by circumstances, this is... He has no fault of his own.
Prabhupada: That's all right, but innocence is no excuse of law. If you say that "Somebody misled me to go to the left side" in the court, oh, that does not mean that you will be saved from the fine. So you have to become such intelligent person that you may not be misled by others. You have got the intelligence. Why should you be misled? Then what is the meaning of this human form of life? And you have to be educated. You have to take the opportunity of education so that you may not be misled. Why do you agree to be misled? Then you must agree to take the punishment also. If you, by innocence, put your hand on the fire, so fire will not excuse you. So innocence is no excuse. You have to be learned. Therefore we are here to give proper education to the people.
[SB: 7.6.6-9 Montreal 23 June 1968]
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