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<h2>Lectures</h2>
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<h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
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I do not want to die. Why death is enforced upon me? I do not want to take birth. Why that is also enforced upon me? I do not want old age. Why it is enforced upon me? I do not want disease. Why it is enforced upon me? And what is the purpose of my coming in this material world, and where I shall go after my death? Or this is the finish? There are so many things to inquire.
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[[Vanisource:740426 - Lecture SB 01.02.11 - Tirupati|740426 - Lecture SB 01.02.11 - Tirupati]]:
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About them it is said by one learned scholar, ''tyaktvā tūrṇam aśeṣa-maṇḍala-pati-śreṇīṁ sadā tucchavat.'' Because they were ministers, their association was with aristocratic family, big, big men. But he decided, ''tyaktvā tūrṇam aśeṣa-maṇḍala-pati-śreṇīm. Maṇḍala-pati'' means leaders, social leaders, political leaders. So they gave up the company of the so-called aristocratic circle—''tyaktvā tūrṇam aśeṣa-maṇḍala-pati-śreṇīṁ sadā tucchavat''—as most insignificant. ''Bhūtvā dīna-gaṇeśakau karuṇayā kaupīna-kanthāśritau''. Just to give real service to the mass of people, they became mendicant, ''kaupīna-kanthāśritau'', or accepted the ''sannyāsa'' order. As Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted ''sannyāsa'' order, all the ''ācāryas''—Rāmānujācārya, Madhvācārya, Viṣṇu Svāmī—they accepted for the greater benefit of the human society.

:''tyaktvā tūrṇam aśeṣa-maṇḍala-pati-śreṇīṁ sadā tucchavat''
:''bhūtvā dīna-gaṇeśakau karuṇayā kaupīna-kanthāśritau''
:''gopī-bhāva-rasāmṛtābdhi-laharī-kallola-magnau sadā''
:''vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau''
:(''Śrī Ṣaḍ-gosvāmy-aṣṭaka'' 4)

So they gave up this life of luxury, exuberance, but adopted ''sannyāsa'' order for greater benefit of the human society.

So when Sanātana Gosvāmī approached Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to become His disciple, he inquired from Him, ''tattva-jijñāsā''. (to translator, Mahāṁśa Swami:) Shall I stop here?

Mahāṁśa: Who is the disciple?

Prabhupāda: Sanātana Gosvāmī. (break) So this Sanātana Gosvāmī, when approached Caitanya Mahāprabhu . . . that is the system. We sometimes accept one ''guru''. But why should we accept ''guru''? What is the necessity of accepting ''guru''? This is the necessity, for ''tattva-jijñāsā'', for inquiring about the Absolute Truth. ''Tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum eva abhigacchet, samit-pāṇiḥ śrotriyaṁ brahma-niṣṭham'' (MU 1.2.12). This is the Vedic injunction. Simply if we remain engaged in the four activities of this material body, namely eating, sleeping, sex life and defense, then we are animals. Our human life should be executed with the aim of life.

The aim of life is ''tattva-jijñāsā.'' That Sanātana Gosvāmī did when he approached Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He inquired from Him, ''ke āmi keno more jāpe tāpa-traya'' ([[vanisource:CC Madhya 20.102|CC Madhya 20.102]]): "My dear Lord, kindly let me know who am I and why I am put into the threefold miserable condition of life." Then one can say, "You are minister. You know what you are." Then he says: "No, actually I do not know what I am." ''Grāmya-vyavahāre kaha paṇḍita satya kore māni'' ([[vanisource:CC Madhya 20.100|CC Madhya 20.100]]): "Some neighborhood men, they call me I am very big man, I am very learned man, and when I study myself," ''āpanāra hitāhita kichui nā jāni'', "I do not know what I am, wherefrom I have come, where I have to go after leaving this body, why I am put into the tribulation of threefold miseries. I do not want to die. Why death is enforced upon me? I do not want to take birth. Why that is also enforced upon me? I do not want old age. Why it is enforced upon me? I do not want any disease. Why it is enforced upon me? And what is the purpose of my coming in this material world, and where I shall go after my death? Or this is the finish?" There are so many things to inquire. That is called ''tattva-jijñāsā''. This is called ''tattva-jijñāsā. Jīvasya tattva-jijñāsā.''