Why do devotees use things like laptops that are made by people with materialistic consciousness?
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Thank you It is a spark of his splendor so that means that whoever has any intelligence that intelligence is given to them by God now it is up to them whether they use the intelligence for going closer to God or going away from God but that intelligence ultimately comes from God and they have manipulated matter to create certain things that matter also they have not created that has come from God so if in particular circumstances particular technological products are useful for the service of Krishna then they should be used because the intelligence which has come from Krishna the resources which was used to make them they are also coming from Krishna this is the principle of Yukta Veda see what motivation the owner had the designer had for making them that is between them and Krishna what is between us and Krishna is how we are using it so if we use it for Krishna’s service we go closer to Krishna, we help others go closer to Krishna and certainly there are devotees who may live in farm communities in eco-friendly environments where they may not use any technology but we live in a place where we would like to share Krishna’s message and if today in this world using laptop, using internet using web technology so many misconceptions are being spread so then what needs to be done the right understanding also needs to be spread if somebody is attacking using machine guns and I say I will fight with the sword what is the use I keep fighting but the machine gun will slaughter all the people are fighting with swords so every a war has to be fought with the appropriate weapons so today knowledge dissemination happens using technology and that’s why all kinds of information dissemination happens through technology and for sharing spiritual knowledge also the technology needs to be used that’s why we use it because we see it as a product of Krishna’s intelligence, it is a product made using Krishna’s resources and we use it for sharing Krishna’s message