The Pandavas Retire Timely | Srimad-Bhagavatam Lecture, Los Angeles

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Srila Prabhupada, Los Angeles, December 15, 1973: […] So why should you complain against such-and-such person or president? You have elected him, and now you find fault with him? So it was your fault that you selected such a rascal, sva-vid-varahostra. It is very right conclusion.

So why they have been described as dog? Dog means he is very faithful to his master. But if you pass through him without any fault, he will bark, “Gow! Gow! Gow! Gow!” That is dog’s fault. One qualification is that he is very faithful to the master, but to the others, he is inimical always.

In your country we have got experience. They have written, “Beware of dog.” And if you pass, you are not entering the house, still, unnecessarily, the dog will bark. Even if he is on the top of veranda corridor, by seeing another unknown person, he will bark. That is offensive. So that is dog’s business.

And at the present moment the dog is happy only when he has got a good master. Otherwise dog is not happy. A street dog, he cannot eat. He has no eating. He has no place. He is lean and thin. You have seen. But he has got a good master, he is very stout, fatty, and very expert in barking. So this is dog’s qualification. He is very faithful.

So at the present moment people are like that. They are being educated, but technologist or computer expert or this, that, so many… The father spends so much money. He becomes an expert. But if he does not get a good master to employ him, he is useless. He is useless. His technological knowledge will be useless if he does not get a master.

So therefore the modern education system is to create dogs. He will never be happy unless he gets a good master. Actually, we are constitutionally all dogs. But we do not know whom to serve. That is our misunderstanding. Actually, every one of us, servant. That’s a fact. But we are missing the point, where to engage ourself in good service. That is Krishna. We have to serve. You cannot avoid this. If you do not serve Krishna, then you will have to serve maya. That’s all. But you have to serve. Full Lecture

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