The modern civilization is simply increasing the paraphernalia of sense enjoyment. There is no arrangement for advancement of spiritual knowledge. That is the defect of modern civilization. And Prahlāda Mahārāja says that:
- sarvatra labhyate daivād
- yathā dukḥam ayatnataḥ
- (SB 7.6.3)
- tat-prayāso na kartavyo
- yata āyur-vyayaḥ param
- (SB 7.6.4)
If you waste our time . . . we should . . . every one of us should always be conscious that this human form of life, although the body is material and there are so many material demands, so we have to adjust things in such a way that my major portion of my attention or energy may be employed for advancing spiritual consciousness, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That should be the motto of our life.
Because we have got limited energy, limited life. Suppose you have to live for hundred years. I think nobody is going to live for hundred years, but supposing if you live for hundred years, so your energy is limited, your duration of life is limited. Suppose I am old man. I have to live for, say, eighty years or ninety years. So seventy-two years I am now. That means I have already died seventy-two years. The balance portion of my life I have to complete.