Caitanya Mahāprabhu gives a very nice example of this punishment. Formerly a king used to punish a criminal by having him dunked in a river, raised up again for breath, and then again dunked in the water. Material nature punishes and rewards the individual living entity in just the same way. When he is punished, he is dunked in the water of material miseries, and when he is rewarded, he is taken out of it for some time. Elevation to the higher planets or to a higher status of life on this planet is never permanent. One must again come down to be submerged in the water. All this is constantly going on in this material existence: sometimes one is elevated to higher planetary systems, and sometimes one is thrown into the hellish condition of material life.
Permanent (Other Books)
Expressions researched:
"permanent"
|"permanently"
Notes from the compiler:
VedaBase query: permanent or permanently not "not permanent"
Other Books by Srila Prabhupada
Teachings of Lord Caitanya
| Page Title: | Permanent (Other Books) |
| Compiler: | Visnu Murti, RupaManjari |
| Created: | 23 of Nov, 2011 |
| Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=57, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=0 |
| No. of Quotes: | 57 |