The Sattvic intelligentsia socio-political sciences are based on dualism, a seperation of consciousness from matter , and the self evident truth of the equality of all beings before Divinity, naturally a sharing of the world ensues and non encroachment.
When these absolute truths are understood beyond Darwinian hypothesis and scientific materialism, the world leadership will recalculate everything.
Thus, the importance of objective sciences and political matters made by administrative bodies who are directed away from those who aspire to be sophisticated animals and who are ignorant when it comes to real sciences.
Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami the frequently used the phrase , sophisticated animals to describe modern human civilization.
Modern society focuses almost entirely on the same basic activities as animals, simply executing them with advanced technology and social structures.
The Core Philosophy: The Four Animal Propensities
Prabhupada based his critique on Vedic texts .simply
- Eating (Ahara)
- Sleeping (Nidra)
- Sex life (Maithuna)
- Encroachment or defending Encroachment. (Bhaya)
Prabhupada observed that a society employs advanced economics, science, and technology only to improve these four activities. It has not actually advanced past the animal kingdom.
Why “Sophisticated” or “Polished”?
Prabhupada used these modifiers to highlight a stark contrast:
Prabhupada also noted that a well-dressed citizen with a university degree who only cares about economic comfort, sensory pleasure, and national defense is just a two legged animal because their consciousness remains identical to that of a dog or a cat.
The Missing Element: Athato Brahma Jijnasa
According to Prabhupada, the unique purpose of human life is scientific spiritual inquiry..(Athato Brahma Jijnasa—”Now, therefore, inquire into the Absolute Truth”).
He maintained that true human civilization only begins when a person asks fundamental spiritual questions: Who am I? Why am I suffering? What is God? Without this spiritual dimension, he viewed modern progress as an illusion that merely creates highly organized, technologically advanced animal existence.
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