Page 60 - Conversations between a Philosopher and a Saint

is sun, Lord
yajña of life: as directors. of

and such servants

[sacrifice], This verse explains how mankind can easily grains, beans, vegetables and milk. Agricul- tural produc on depends on sufficient rain. necessi es wind, moon, etc. for sustaining living en - universal by The same arrangement exists in every mu- nicipality which has a water agency with a CEO and his management team to oversee the supply of water, sewage, and water pu- all are

yajña obtain the essen al necessi es

of other controlled directors
performance Rain es rifica on. etc. Philosopher: That sounds very simple and easy to do.
5 “All living bodies subsist on food grains, which are produced from rains. and are The director of rain in the universe is the demigod Indra; the sun, Vi- These Krishna. Lord Krishna is sa sfied by yajna (sacrifice). One who cannot perform sacrifice for the Lord, will be subject to scarcity of food grains due to the disrup on of supply of necessi es by the universal directors. The laws of nature established by Lord Krishna require regulated per- formance of sacrifices f

by Vayu,
produced born of prescribed du es.” (Bg 3.14) wind, ly. Thus there is no scarcity.

are the

Rains vasvan;

serve Any and Krishna He

constantly a achment. religious on as fight devo on.

must of sign based and duty pure of

devotee another arguments his knowledge

60 sociology, but he did not know that knowledge of ma er, soul, and the Supersoul are all coming originally from Lord Krishna the Supreme Per- sonality of Godhead, is even more important than religious formularies. The following of religion for personal benefit such as to seek relief of distress, to gain wealth, to overcome health problems, legal, financial complexi es, to gain power to control and victory over others and na- ture, etc., are all material goals that are not sy

ac on. fight intelligent should lacked

frui ve to many he why He do.

and refusal was to fight as a ma er of duty. presented principles to him

philosophy, Arjuna’s ma. Arjuna moral wanted