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Spiritual life means to develop real love. Everyone says love. There are so many signboards, so many papers, "love, love." But there is no love. This is illusion. It is all lust. Love for intoxication, love for sex, love for this... This is going on. So actual love means... Love, this word, can be applicable only with Kṛṣṇa, with God. Because we are created for that purpose. To love means to love Kṛṣṇa. So that is wanted. That is spiritual love.
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[[Vanisource:690110 - Lecture Purport to Gaura Pahu - Los Angeles|690110 - Lecture Purport to Gaura Pahu - Los Angeles]]:
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''Gaura pahū nā bhajiyā goinu'', ''prema-rathana-dhana helāya hārāiṅu''. This is another song by Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura. He's saying that "I have invited my spiritual death by not worshiping Lord Caitanya." ''Gaura pahū nā bhajiyā goinu''. Gaura pahū means Lord Caitanya, ''nā bhajiyā'', "without worshiping." ''Goinu'', "I have invited spiritual death." And ''adhame yatane kari dhanu tainu'': "Why I have invited the spiritual death? Because I am engaged in something which is useless, and I have rejected the real purpose of my life." ''Adhama'' means valueless things, and ''dhana'' means valuables. 

So actually, every one of us, neglecting our spiritual emanicipation, we are engaged in material sense gratification, and therefore we are losing the opportunity of this human form of body to elevate myself on the spiritual platform. This human body is especially given to the conditioned soul to take a chance for spiritual emancipation. So anyone who does not care for spiritual emancipation, he is inviting spiritual death. Spiritual death means to forget oneself that he's spirit. That is spiritual death.

So in the animal life it is fully forgetfulness. They cannot be reminded at any circumstances that they are not this body, they are different from this body. It is only in this human form of body, human form of life, one can understand that he is not this body, he's spirit soul. So by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, one can easily understand this fact, and by worshiping Lord Caitanya, following His principles and ways, one can chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and very easily come to the platform of spiritual understanding. But Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says on our behalf that we are neglecting this; therefore we are inviting spiritual death.

Then he says that ''prema-rathana-dhana helāya hārāiṅu''. Spiritual life means to develop real love. Everyone says love. There are so many signboards, so many papers, "love, love." But there is no love. This is illusion. It is all lust. Love for intoxication, love for sex, love for this . . . this is going on. So actual love means . . . "Love," this word can be applicable only with Kṛṣṇa, with God. Because we are created for that purpose. To love means to love Kṛṣṇa. So that is wanted. That is spiritual love. So ''prema-rathana'': "I could achieve that transcendental position of love, but I am neglecting. Therefore I am calling my spiritual death. And these things are happening due to my past misdeeds." 

Everyone who has got this material body, it is due to past misdeeds. Sometimes we call pious deeds. Actually, so long one gets this material body there is no pious deed. Pious deeds means no more material body. That is pious deeds. Otherwise it is to be taken as a fact that even Brahmā, who is the chief living entity within this universe and has got a mass of years as duration of life, all power, still, that is also considered as misdeeds, because he has got the material body. So we are going deep down and down, one after another body, by our misdeeds. 

In the ''Bhāgavata'' also it is stated that they do not know that by this sense gratificatory process they will have another body. And the body is the cause of material pangs. Because I have got this body, therefore I feel headache, I feel stomach ache, I feel this and that. But as soon as we are out of this material body, there is no more material pangs; it is simply joyful life. ''Brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā'' ([[Vanisource:BG 18.54 (1972)|BG 18.54]]). 

''Prasannātmā'' means joyful. As soon as one gets spiritual life. So due to my past deeds, I am missing this opportunity. ''Āpana karama-doṣe āpani''. Why it is happening? ''Sat-saṅga chāḍi khainu asatyera vilāsa'': "I have given up the association of devotees, but I am associating with common nonsense men." ''Asatyera''. ''Asat'' and ''sat''. ''Sat'' means spirit, and ''asat'' means matter. 

Association of material attachment means implication in this material conditional life. So one has to make association with devotees. ''Satāṁ prasaṅgād mama vīrya-saṁvido''. One can understand about God only in association of devotees. Therefore we are advocating this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, society. Actually, you'll find, one who comes to this Society, by associating a few days, a few weeks, he becomes conscious and he comes forward for initiation and further advancement. 

So this association is very important. And those who are conducting different centers and temples, they should be very responsible men. Because everything will depend on their sincere activities and character. If they are insincere, then that will be not be effective. One may come and associate with us, but if we are insincere, then it will be not be effective. But if the devotees are sincere, anyone who will come in contact with a devotee, he'll change. That is the secret.

''Sat-saṅga chāḍi' kainu asate vilāsa''. And as soon as we give up the association of these devotees, immediately ''māyā'' will catch me. Immediately. As soon as we give up this company, ''māyā'' says, "Yes, come in my company." Without any company, nobody can remain neutral. That is not possible. He must associate with ''māyā'' or Kṛṣṇa. So everyone should be very much serious to keep association with devotees, with Kṛṣṇa.