Ideal goal of human life is being lost
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Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 7
In this cycle of activities, everyone is engaged in getting more and more money, and therefore the ideal goal of human life is being lost
SB 7.14.8, Purport: One who acquires more money than necessary becomes desirous of enjoying material comforts more and more. Materialists are inventing so many artificial necessities, and those who have money, being allured by such artificial necessities, try to accumulate money to possess more and more. This is the idea of modern economic development. Everyone is engaged in earning money, and the money is kept in the bank, which then offers money to the public. In this cycle of activities, everyone is engaged in getting more and more money, and therefore the ideal goal of human life is being lost. Concisely, it may be said that everyone is a thief and is liable to be punished. Punishment by the laws of nature takes place in the cycle of birth and death. No one dies fully satisfied by the fulfillment of material desires, for that is not possible. Therefore at the time of one's death one is very sorry, being unable to fulfill his desires. By the laws of nature one is then offered another body to fulfill his unsatisfied desires, and upon taking birth again, accepting another material body, one voluntarily accepts the threefold miseries of life.
| Compiled by | Beta matea + |
| Completed sections | ALL + |
| Date of first entry | 21 July 2008 + |
| Date of last entry | 21 July 2008 + |
| Total quotes | 1 + |
| Total quotes by section | BG: 0 +, SB: 1 +, CC: 0 +, OB: 0 +, Lec: 0 +, Conv: 0 +, and Let: 0 + |
Categories: Ideal | Human Life | Goal of Life | Lost
