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Dear Devotees,
 
Hare Krishna
 
I have included a passage from the ?Bhagavad Gita As It Is? which
describes the nature of the ?Real Scientists and Philosophers? in
contrast to the ?So-Called Scientists and Philosophers?.
 
na maam dushkritinah moodaah
prapadyante naraadhamaah
maayayaa apahrta jnaanaah
aasuram bhaavam aashritaah
TRANSLATION
Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, who are lowest among mankind,
whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheistic
nature of demons do not surrender unto Me.
PURPORT
It is said in Bhagavad-Gita that simply by surrendering oneself unto the
lotus feet of the Supreme Personality Krishna one can surmount the
stringent laws of material nature. At this point a question arises: How
is it that educated philosophers, scientists, businessmen,
administrators and all the leaders of ordinary men do not surrender to
the lotus feet of Sri Krishna, the all-powerful Personality of Godhead?
Mukti, or liberation from the laws of material nature, is sought by the
leaders of mankind in different ways and with great plans and
perseverance for a great many years and births. But if that liberation
is possible by simply surrendering unto the lotus feet of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, then why don?t these intelligent and
hard-working leaders adopt this simple method?
The Gita answers this question very frankly. Those really learned
leaders of society like Brahmä, Shiva, Kapila, the Kumäras, Manu, Vyäsa,
Devala, Asita, Janaka, Prahläda, Bali, and later on Madhväcärya,
Rämänujäcärya, Sri Caitanya and many others?who are faithful
philosophers, politicians, educators, scientists, etc.?surrender to the
lotus feet of the Supreme Person, the all-powerful authority. Those who
are not actually philosophers, scientists, educators, administrators,
etc., but who pose themselves as such for material gain, do not accept
the plan or path of the Supreme Lord. They have no idea of God; they
simply manufacture their own worldly plans and consequently complicate
the problems of material existence in their vain attempts to solve them.
Because material energy (nature) is so powerful, it can resist the
unauthorized plans of the atheists and baffle the knowledge of ?planning
commissions.?
The atheistic planmakers are described herein by the word dushkritinah,
or ?miscreants.? Krti means one who has performed meritorious work. The
atheist planmaker is sometimes very intelligent and meritorious also,
because any gigantic plan, good or bad, must take intelligence to
execute. But because the atheist?s brain is improperly utilized in
opposing the plan of the Supreme Lord, the atheistic planmaker is called
dushkrti which indicates that his intelligence and efforts are
misdirected.
In the Gita it is clearly mentioned that material energy works fully
under the direction of the Supreme Lord. It has no independent
authority. It works as the shadow moves, in accordance with the
movements of the object. But still material energy is very powerful, and
the atheist, due to his godless temperament, cannot know how it works;
nor can he know the plan of the Supreme Lord. Under illusion and the
modes of passion and ignorance, all his plans are baffled, as in the
case of Hiranyakashipu and Ravana, whose plans were smashed to dust
although they were both materially learned as scientists, philosophers,
administrators and educators.
 
Yours in the service of Sri Sri Radha KrishnaChandra and Srila
Prabhupada
 
Aravinda Lochana Das
 


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