How will this race pan out over the next 1000 years? Like the tortoise and the hare*?
“One who becomes fully Krsna conscious can attain the Absolute Truth. Krsna is the Absolute Truth. Relative truth is not truth in all the three phases of eternal time. Time is divided into past, present and future. Krsna is Truth always, past, present and future. In the material world, everything is being controlled by supreme time, in the course of past, present and future. “
SB 10.2.26
According to the above definition, would the existence of jets be relative or absolute truth? What about the existence of ox carts? Do they exist now? Did they exist in the past? Will they exist in the future?
“Prabhupada: Yes. The oxen will solve the problem of transport. That bullock cart. Just like Krsna, when He was transferred from Gokula to Nandagrama, so they took all the bullock carts, and within a few hours they transported them, the whole thing, their luggage, family member, everything.”
HIGHLIGHTS: Energy problems will be solved as soon as we are localized…oxen will solve problem of transport…
“Tamala Krsna: A very nice magazine (editor’s note: from New Vrindaban).
Prabhupada: Yes.
Tamala Krsna: I can just show you some pictures. [break]
Prabhupada: There is no danger at Vrndavana-candra’s… Kaunteya pratijanihi na me bhaktah pra… [Bg. 9.31]. So now they are printing, huh?
Tamala Krsna: Yeah, this is on their own press, Srila Prabhupada.
Prabhupada: Oh!
Tamala Krsna: Look how nicely they’ve done. It says, “Serving Krsna in the Land of Transcendental Bliss.” Ox cart, cooking, Kuladri cooking in a big pot, cows, milking. Here they have all the people working on it.”
Room Conversation — July 8, 1977, Vrndavana
* I realize my readership is multi-cultural so I include the story of the tortoise and the hare below for those unfamiliar with it.
The Tortoise and The Hare
There once was a speedy hare who bragged about how fast he could run. Tired of hearing him boast, Slow and Steady, the tortoise, challenged him to a race. All the animals in the forest gathered to watch.
Hare ran down the road for a while and then paused to rest. He looked back at Slow and Steady and cried out, “How do you expect to win this race when you are walking along at your slow, slow pace?”
Hare stretched himself out alongside the road and fell asleep, thinking, “There is plenty of time to relax.”
Slow and Steady walked and walked. He never, ever stopped until he came to the finish line.
The animals who were watching cheered so loudly for Tortoise, they woke up Hare.
Hare stretched and yawned and began to run again, but it was too late. Tortoise was over the line.
After that, Hare always reminded himself, “Don’t brag about your lightning pace, for Slow and Steady won the race!”"
