Maerten van Cleve: The parable of the blind

Prabhupada, Montreal, July 14, 1968: […] Their leadership is andha. Andha means blind. And they are following the blind leadership. They are themselves blind. Why blind? They cannot see future.

They do not know what is going to… Because they have no understanding that “I am eternal.” This temporary body is only a flash in my life. I’ve changed so many bodies. Just like in this present existence I have changed my body so many times from my childhood to this old age.

Similarly, I am changing my body. So this life, this body is temporary. Durasaya ye bahir-artha-maninah. Andha, and I do not see my future; therefore I am blind.

And the leader which is leading me, he is also blind. So a blind man leading other blind men, what is the result? The result is catastrophic. Therefore in spite of so many great leaders, politicians, scientists, educationist, the result is that problematic.

The whole world is full of problems. They do not know what is their interest. Full Lecture