Category:Without Brain
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda uses the sharp metaphor "without brain" to diagnose the fundamental defect of modern material civilization and atheistic philosophy. He argues that just as a body cannot function without a head, a society cannot flourish without a class of spiritually intellectual men to guide it. Without this "brain," society is described as a "civilization of ghosts"—active but dead, aimless, and dangerous. Furthermore, Śrīla Prabhupāda dismantles the theory of accidental creation, asserting that the complex organization of the cosmos and the beauty of nature serve as undeniable proof of a supreme sentient "brain" or Creator behind them.
- The Ghostly Society: A civilization that operates without spiritual direction is like a body without a head—a ghost. Activity without intelligence is not progress but danger.
- The Necessity of a Creator: Logic dictates that organization requires an organizer; the cosmic manifestation and natural beauty (like a flower) could not exist without a supreme brain behind them.
- The Head of the Social Body: Just as the United Nations needs a guiding intelligence, human society requires an ideal intellectual class to direct the "hands and legs" of the social body.
- Education without Character: Material education without spiritual intelligence is compared to a jewel on the hood of a serpent—ornamental but terrifyingly dangerous.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Civilization of Ghosts Without Brain.
Pages in category "Without Brain"
The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
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- A civilization of ghosts, without brain. It is something revolutionary. Something revolutionary, but this is a fact
- A man without brain, so-called education, is just like a jewel on the head of a serpent
- A person is required, who will apply his brain. So how is that, that without brain the whole cosmic manifestation, it is controlled? That is not very reasonable
- Absolute cannot be zero or impersonal, because controller, controller must have brain. Without brain, how he can control
- As soon as the calf is there, in front of the mother they are killed. You see? So if these things go on without any brain, without any intelligence, you may make hundreds of organization, the society will never be happy. This is our verdict
- At the present moment, without head ghost. A civilization of ghosts, without brain
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- Foolish activity has no meaning. Without brain, simply active, that is dangerous. Sober activity is required
- For whole human society, there must be a very ideal intellectual man, so that people will follow. Brain, brain of the society. That is the teachings of Bhagavad-gita. You cannot say that "We can do without brain"
T
- The head is working nicely because without brain, there is no work. So the working of the head certainly is very important
- There are many organization of smugglers, black market, thieves. They have got brain to organize. Without brain they cannot organize
- There is no brain in this artistic work. And how wonderfully, because it is automatically coming, artist. Anything you take, flower. So, without brain how this thing can happen? But these rascals, they do not understand
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- Without brain, without creative power, how there can be creation? Where is your argument? No. That is not. These are false arguments. Therefore Vyasadeva gives you information that He (Krsna) is sentient, in full knowledge
- Without brain, without head, when the body moves it is ghost. So it is ghostly civilization