Condition of life (SB cantos 1 - 4)

Expressions researched:
"condition of life" |"condition of material life" |"condition of materialistic life" |"conditions of life" |"conditions of material life" |"conditions of materialistic life"

Notes from the compiler: VedaBase query:"condition* of life" or "condition* of * life" or "condition* of material life" or "condition* of materialistic life" not "hellish condition* of life"

SB Canto 1

SB 1.2.6, Purport:

The material existence of the living being is a diseased condition of actual life. Actual life is spiritual existence, or brahma-bhūta (SB 4.30.20) existence, where life is eternal, blissful and full of knowledge. Material existence is temporary, illusory and full of miseries. There is no happiness at all. There is just the futile attempt to get rid of the miseries, and temporary cessation of misery is falsely called happiness. Therefore, the path of progressive material enjoyment, which is temporary, miserable and illusory, is inferior. But devotional service to the Supreme Lord, which leads one to eternal, blissful and all-cognizant life, is called the superior quality of occupation. This is sometimes polluted when mixed with the inferior quality. For example, adoption of devotional service for material gain is certainly an obstruction to the progressive path of renunciation. Renunciation or abnegation for ultimate good is certainly a better occupation than enjoyment in the diseased condition of life.