Danda 1995 - Suhotra Maharaja Archives

other planets encircle the polestar, or Dhruvaloka. The sastric referencesoutsider of Srila Prabhupada's books that are available to me confirm this. Idon't see any point to speculate further on this topic.NARADHAMASQuestion from Ramapriya dasJune 2, 1995In Bhagavad-gita 7.15, purport, Srila Prabhupada explains how 99,9 Prozent ofpopulation are naradhamas. When the whole population becomes naradhamasnaturally all there so-called education (in german BG Fortschritt) is made nulland void by the all powerful energy of physical nature. Does that mean that allthere so-called education and advancement is based on the activities of the 0,1prozent which are not naradhamas or devotees? In other words can they onlyprogress cause there are devotees on the planet? Is this translation educationinto Fortschritt mistransleted?Answer by Suhotra SwamiJune 6, 1995The way in which the *naradhamas* are considered advanced is explained a littleearlier in the same purport you have cited from.>>Out of the 8,400,000 different species of living beings, there are 400,000human species. Out of these there are numerous lower forms of human life thatare mostly uncivilized. The civilized human beings are those who have regulativeprinciples of social, political and religious life. Those who are socially andpolitically developed but who have no religious principles must be considerednaradhamas. Nor is religion without God religion, because the purpose offollowing religious principles is to know the Supreme Truth and man's relationwith Him. In the Gita the Personality of Godhead clearly states that there is noauthority above Him and that He is the Supreme Truth. The civilized form ofhuman life is meant for man's reviving the lost consciousness of his eternalrelation with the Supreme Truth, the Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna, who isall-powerful. Whoever loses this chance is classified as a naradhama.