Morning Walk at Kailua Beach – June 8, 1975, Honolulu

I shall become like my elder brother. I shall get this body, next body

Srutakirti: [introducing recording] The following conversation takes place on Srila Prabhupada's morning walk, on June 8th, 1975, at Kailua Beach, Hawaii.

Prabhupada: ...devotees are described as siddha-sattva-mani, siddha-sattva-mani. [break]

Harikesa: I haven't listened to it all, though. That's why the tapes aren't done. [break]

Prabhupada: ...people, by not believing in the next life, they have dismissed all problems. Very happy life.

Bali-mardana: They have one saying, "Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you'll die."

Prabhupada: That's right. Very good civilization. [break] ...Aryan civilization. This is not Aryan civilization. Barbarian. [break] A small child, he knows that "I shall become like my elder brother. I shall get this body, next body." And these people, they cannot understand that there is next body. That means their civilization is less than a child's civilization. [break] ...dehantara praptiḥ.

Bali-mardana: Even every child knows that "When I grow up, I will have a different body,"...

Prabhupada: Yes.

Bali-mardana: ...but they do not know.

Prabhupada: These people, they do not understand. What kind of civilized men they are? Less than a child, and they are proud of their science. [break]

Devotee: They're trying to catch some fish.

Paramahamsa: What are they doing?

Devotee: They're fishing.

Prabhupada: Oh.

Devotee: Crabs. [break]

Prabhupada: ...fisherman?

Devotee (2): Yes.

Prabhupada: They keep this side open and this side covered. You see that?

Devotee (2): Yes.

Prabhupada: Front side covered, back side open. [break] ...some fishermen. [end]