1989-07-19 have to have a mask (Paramchaitanya puja, Taufkirchen, Germany)

...Now the problems, today’s problems as they are – like ecology problem, AIDS, drugs, all these modern problems and poverty – if you see it like a witness you will see these are quite shocking. These are very shocking things. And all these shocking things should really shock our mind, should really shock our mind: why we have this problem? And these problems some of the stupid leaders think that, “We can solve by making more money. We can protect ourselves from ecology if we have more money.“ And that, “We can pollute the atmosphere because we’ll have more money. And then we can protect ourselves, so that everybody will have to have a mask, moving about all over the place. But we should make more money to protect ourselves; doesn’t matter if there is ecological problem, doesn’t matter.“ So you move about like a person who is entering into the area which is all full of fumes. All these stupid ideas come up because they do not see that what is human dignity is...