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life, nor do they have any faith in the respective scriptural
injunctions. Religious principles are taught for the sake of name
and fame only, and not for the matter of practical action.
Therefore there is animosity not only in the social and political
fields, but in the field of religion as well.

Nationalism in different parts of the world has also developed
on account of this nescient education of the people. They have
no information that this tiny earth is just a lump of matter
floating in immeasurable material space along with many other
lumps. In comparison to the vastness of space, these material
lumps are like dust particles in the air. Because God has kindly
made these lumps of matter complete in themselves, they are
perfectly equipped with all necessary arrangements for floating
‘on in space. Our sputnik drivers are very proud of their achieve-
ments, but they do not look to the Supreme Driver of these
greater, more gigantic sputniks called planets.

There are innumerable suns occupying space, with innumerable
arrangements of planetary systems. We small creatures, as the
infinitesimal parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord, are trying
to dominate these unlimited planets by repeated birth and
death, but are generally frustrated by old age and disease. This
span of human life is scheduled for about 100 years, although it
is gradually decreasing to the limit of 20 or 30 years of life.
Thanks to the culture of nescient education, befooled men have
created their own nationalisms within these planets in order to
grasp at sense enjoyment for these few 20 or 30 years. Such
foolish people are drawing up various plans to make some
demarked portion of earth as perfect as possible, which is
ultimately ridiculous. And for this purpose each and every
nation has become a source of anxiety for the others. More than
50% of their energy is spoiled in defense measures, with no
caring for the real culture of knowledge, and they are falsely
proud of becoming advanced in both material and spiritual
knowledge.

Sri Isopanisad warns of this faulty mode of education, and
