TQK 4: […] Ordinary men want God as their father, but that is not very pleasing to Krishna because the son always bothers the father: “Give me this, give me this, give me this.”
Of course, Krishna has immense potencies by which He can supply as much as everyone wants. Eko bahunam yo vidadhati kaman. He supplies food to the elephant, and He supplies food to the ant, so why not to the human being?
But rascals do not know this. They work like asses day and night to find bread, and if they go to church, there also they pray, “Give me bread.” They are concerned only with the bread problem.
Although the living entity is the son of the richest, most opulent person, he has created a bread problem. This is called ignorance. He thinks, “If I do not solve my bread problem, if I do not drive my trucks day and night, how can I live?” This is the nonsense of our modern civilization. Where is there a bread problem?
Krishna can supply unlimited amounts of bread. There are thousands of elephants in Africa, and Krishna supplies food to them. So if He can supply food to the elephants, why not to the human beings? The Bhagavatam therefore says, “Don’t waste your time with this bread problem.”
tasyaiva hetoh prayateta kovido
na labhyate yad bhramatam upary adhah
We should not waste our time with solving economic problems. Economic development is nonsense. Of course, this proposal is very revolutionary, and people may even hate me for it. “What is Swamiji saying?” they may ask.
But actually it is a fact. This economic development is madness. Suppose one has a rich father and enough food. Suppose one knows, “My father is the richest man in the city.” Then where is one’s economic problem? Actually, that is our position.
We have no economic problem. Everything is completely provided. We want water. Just see—there are oceans of water. Of course, we want pure water, and although the ocean has so much water, when water is scarce we shall have to take help from Krishna, who will evaporate the water and turn it into clouds, and then when the rain falls down the water will be sweet. Otherwise we cannot drink it.
Everything is under control, and everything—water, light, heat, and so on—is complete.
om purnam adah purnam idam
purnat purnam udacyate
purnasya purnam adaya
purnam evavasisyate
“The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete, and because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him, such as this phenomenal world, are perfectly equipped as complete wholes. Whatever is produced of the complete whole is also complete in itself. Because He is the complete whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balance.” (Isopanisad, Invocation) Krishna’s stock is never exhausted.
We must simply become obedient to Him, and the supply will be there. Therefore a Krishna conscious person has no economic problem; everything is sufficiently supplied by Krishna. Full Chapter
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