The Infection of Material Nature

Body types and material nature

0:05Prabhupāda: ...has got the body of a tree and one has got the body of human being, demigod.

Infection of material modes

0:12So the reason is kāraṇam—kāraṇam means reason—guṇa-saṅgo 'sya BG 13.22as he is infecting the modes of material nature. Infection.

Consequences of material contamination

0:29If we infect some choleric diarrhea, we'll suffer.

Human responsibility for caution

0:45Nature's law is. Therefore human being should be cautious not to infect. Just like educated man or civilized man, he is cautious not to infect some kind of contaminated disease.

Consciousness and avoiding infection

1:00Similarly, human form of body with higher consciousness is there just to remain always cautious not to infect material, I mean, modes of nature.

Devotional service as protection

1:19And that is devotional service. BG 14.26मां च योऽव्यभिचारेण भक्तियोगेन सेवते ।स गुणान्समतीत्यैतान्ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥२६॥māṁ ca yo 'vyabhicāreṇabhakti-yogena sevatesa guṇān samatītyaitānbrahma-bhūyāya kalpateOne who engages in full devotional service, unfailing in all circumstances, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus comes to the level of Brahman.

Engaging in constant service

1:32"One who is always engaged in My service, without any deviation..." Hare Kṛṣṇa. Jaya.

1:41Devotee: Haribol, Prabhupāda.

1:43Prabhupāda: Haribol.

1:45Devotee: Say "Haribol, Prabhupāda." [talking to child]

1:49Prabhupāda: Oh, he has got beads? Or what...?

1:59Madhudviṣa: No, those are mittens. [baby cries]

2:02Prabhupāda: That's all right. That's all right. [japa] [break]

Defining the material modes

2:28Madhudviṣa: ...to understand a mode. Is a mode a personality?

2:31Prabhupāda: Mode? What is the meaning of mode?

2:34Madhudviṣa: Mode. I do not know what a mode is.

2:37Prabhupāda: Mode means a...

2:38Madhudviṣa: Influence?

2:42Prabhupāda: ...situation. [japa] [end]