Real progress
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"real progress"
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 4
Real progress is explained in Bhagavad-gītā (4.9). Tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti: one makes real progress when he does not have to take on another material body.
SB 4.29.18-20, Purport: The chariot rests on two wheels, which are pious and impious activities. The living entity attains a certain position in life in a particular type of body according to his pious and impious activities, but his transmigration into different bodies should not be taken as progress. Real progress is explained in Bhagavad-gītā (4.9). Tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti: one makes real progress when he does not have to take on another material body. As stated in Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Madhya 19.138):
- eita brahmāṇḍa bhari' ananta jīva-gaṇa
- caurāśī-lakṣa yonite karaye bhramaṇa
The living entity is wandering throughout the entire universe and taking birth in different species on different planets. Thus he moves up and down, but that is not real progress. Real progress is getting out of this material world altogether.
| Page Title: | Real progress |
| Compiler: | Rati, Labangalatika |
| Created: | 21 of Nov, 2008 |
| Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=1, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=8, Con=5, Let=5 |
| No. of Quotes: | 19 |