Śraddhā, to advance in spiritual life, the beginning is śraddhā, faith. That is faith. Śraddhā... Not exactly faith. Śraddhā means respectful: "Oh, it is nice." That is called śraddhā. So Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, in front of whom we are now speaking, he gave us the definition how one can make progress in spiritual life. Everyone is blind after material way of life. So the mission of human life is to get out of these clutches of māyā. That is the real mission of life. We are missing the point. Yasyātma-buddhiḥ kuṇape tri-dhātuke (SB 10.84.13). We are accepting this body as everything. And the modern civilization means to enjoy bodily comforts as much as possible. That is perfection of civilization. No. That is not perfection of civilization. That they do not know. Especially the demons, the nondevotees, they do not know.
Everyone is blind
Lectures
Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures
Everyone is blind after material way of life. So the mission of human life is to get out of these clutches of māyā. That is the real mission of life.
Lecture on SB 1.2.5 -- Vrndavana, October 16, 1972: | Page Title: | Everyone is blind |
| Compiler: | Visnu Murti, Kanupriya |
| Created: | 30 of Apr, 2010 |
| Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=4, Con=4, Let=1 |
| No. of Quotes: | 9 |