Advancement of civilization means

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"Advancement of civilization means"

CC Madhya-lila

The difficulty is that people are not educated to understand this simple philosophy. They think that advancement of civilization means increasing sense gratification.

CC Madhya 19.159, Purport:

In the human form, everyone has a chance to understand the Supreme Brahman. The so-called leaders of human society do not know the real aim of human life and are therefore busy with economic development. This is misleading. Every state and every society is busy trying to improve the quality of eating, sleeping, mating and defending. This human form of life is meant for more than these four animal principles. Eating, sleeping, mating and defending are problems found in the animal kingdom, and the animals have solved these problems without difficulty. Why should human society be so busy trying to solve these problems? The difficulty is that people are not educated to understand this simple philosophy. They think that advancement of civilization means increasing sense gratification.