Quotes: Criticism of the Founders of Materialistic Psychology (Srila Prabhupada)

Не нашел этой цитаты. Откуда она? Шьямасундар: Августин утверждает, что после этой единственной жизни вы попадете либо в рай, либо в ад, либо вечное спасение, либо вечное проклятие. Прабхупада: Нет. Духовное сознание может быть возрождено в любой момент.

Hume

Syamasundara dasa: Hume says that an object like an apple consists only of certain sensory qualities, like sweetness or color, and that the individual consists of only a series of mental activities, not of a soul capable of creating experiences. Srila Prabhupada: Inert objects have certain qualities, hut the living entity possesses senses by which he can appreciate those qualities. He is therefore superior to inert matter. Because the living entity has senses, he can appreciate sense objects. We have eyes with which we can see color and perceive beauty.

Syamasundara dasa: Hume lays the groundwork for permissiveness in modern society…: to do as he pleases. Srila Prabhupada: But this is not possible because no one can do as he pleases… We cannot act independently. Otherwise, there will be chaos. There must be some authority.

James

Syamasundara dasa: James noted that there are two fundamental philosophical temperaments. One is called tender-mindedness, and this is typified by the rationalist, the idealist, the optimist, the religionist, and the dogmatist. Tough-mindedness is typified by the empiricist, the materialist, the pessimist, the atheist, the fatalist, and the skeptic. Srila Prabhupada: This depends upon our education, whether we become tender or tough-minded. In either case, we propose that originally the soul is good. Tenderness and toughness are developed later on. They are not the standard. When you come to the platform of the soul, everything is good. From Bhagavad-gftii, we understand that every living entity is part and parcel of God, and God is good.

Freud

Syarnasundara dasa: Freud saw a conflict between the primal self, which he called the id, and the ethical self, the ego. It is the id that attempts to gratify all needs, and its basic motivating force is the libido, the sexual instinct. When the id comes in contact with the senses, the ego is formed. The superego is a modified part of the ego, which is formed through experiences related to one's parents. The superego is characterized by the feelings of conscience, and it is the principal repressive factor in the ego's striving to curb the primitive, sex-motivated, lawless tendencies of the id. Srila Prabhupada: We also agree that everyone has a sexual appetite, and it is stated in shastras that sex is the principal bond to the material world. Actually, everyone has a tendency not only for sex, but for intoxication and meat eating also. These tendencies are inherent in the living entity. According to the shastras, we are allowed sexual intercourse in marriage, but we are prohibited from having any other sex. Krishna says, dharmaviruddho bhuteshu kamo 'smi. "I am sex life which is not contrary to religious principles" (Bg. 7.11). This means that sex life has to be regulated. Of course, people have a perverted tendency to have sex against the Vedic injunctions. The Vedas give regulations for all undesirable activities, not only sex, but meat eating and intoxication as well. The idea is to restrict these anarthas, these unwanted things, so that the living entity may eventually be freed of them.

Srila Prabhupada: In the conditioned state, everyone creates a false ego, thinking, "I am American, I am Hindu, I am Christian, Moslem, Russian, I am a human being, I am this body, I am this and that. "This is false ego. Superior ego says, "I am Brahman. I am the eternal servant of Krishna" If we understand the self in this way, false ego automatically vanishes. Our senses are gross, but they are controlled by the mind. The mind is part of the subtle body, and the mind in turn is controlled by the intelligence. The intelligence is controlled by the ego, and if this ego is false, the entire structure is false. False ego thinks, "I am this body". This is false identification. When the ego is thus deluded, everything subordinate to it is also illusioned because everything else is standing on a false platform. Therefore the Vedas advise us to come to the platform of knowledge, and this is called brahma-jnana.

Srila Prabhupada: And what service has Mr. Freud rendered? He has misled the world and made it more difficult for people to accept the words of God. Men who are innocent accept the words of God, but now many have become "over intelligent," and they think that sex is God. It will take some time to counteract this type of mentality, but man must eventually learn that his happiness is found in understanding and accepting the way of life defined by God Himself.