The Value of Expertise

Tuesday 24/4/07

Class by Navadvipa Chandra prabhu: “Expertise means possession of the right instruments to bring about success, for example when there was a problem at one nuclear plant, an expert was brought in and he pinpointed the problem – by putting a cross on the dial which was causing problems. For this he charged 10,000 dollars! The plant manager asked him why so expensive just to pinpoint a cross on the dial. The nuclear expert replied that for putting the cross on the dial, the charge is only 1 dollar. But 9,999 dollars was the charge for the expertise of being able to pick the correct dial. In the same way in spiritual life we need to be expert in judging what is best.”

Wednesday 25/04/07

Shrimad Bhagavatam Reading notes (3.30.18 purport): “Sometimes it is seen that a dying man requests the physician to increase his life at least a few years so that the family maintenance plan which he has begun can be completed. These are the material diseases of the conditioned soul. He completely forgets his real engagement – to become Krishna conscious – and is always serious about planning to maintain his family, although he changes families one after another.”

(all quotes are paraphrased)

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