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<h2>Lectures</h2>
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<h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
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The whole aim of life is to achieve the favor of Viṣṇu. Oṁ tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padam. That is the Ṛg-Veda mantra. To reach Viṣṇu. But they do not know the goal of life. Na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇum SB 7.5.31 . They do not know. Anyone, or any society who does not know the aim of life, they are in the darkness. Actually, at the present moment especially, the whole human society has missed the point.
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[[Vanisource:721024 - Lecture SB 01.02.13 - Vrndavana|721024 - Lecture SB 01.02.13 - Vrndavana]]:
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The whole aim of life is to achieve the favor of Viṣṇu. ''Oṁ tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padam.'' That is the ''Ṛg-Veda mantra''. To reach Viṣṇu. But they do not know the goal of life. ''Na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇu'' ([[vanisource:SB 7.5.31|SB 7.5.31]]). They do not know. Anyone, or any society who does not know the aim of life, they are in the darkness.
 
Actually, at the present moment especially, the whole human society has missed the point. They are trying to be happy by material adjustment. By social adjustment, by political adjustment, by economic development or by religious adjustment, they are trying to make the whole human society happy. But ''Bhāgavata'' says, ''durāśayā ye bahir-artha-māninaḥ'': this is something which is beyond the fulfillment of hopes. This hope will never be fulfilled. ''Durāśayā. Bahir-artha-māninaḥ''. Because they have accepted the external energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, ''bahir-artha.''