Human life begins when he is religious, dharma. And artha, when he is economically developed, and when he can satisfy the senses very nicely

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"human life begins when he is religious, dharma. And artha, when he is economically developed, and when he can satisfy the senses very nicely"

Lectures

Nectar of Devotion Lectures

People are after dharma-artha-kāma-mokṣa (SB 4.8.41, CC Ādi 1.90), but this bhakti is above these four kinds of principles. Dharma . . . actually, human life begins when he is religious, dharma. And artha, when he is economically developed, and when he can satisfy the senses very nicely. And then becomes mukta, liberated. But for a devotee, these four things are not very important things, bhukti, mukti, siddhi. No.

730108 - Lecture NOD - Bombay

So for a devotee, the mukti is bothersome. Therefore Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī Prabhupāda says that kaivalyaṁ narakāya. Mukti means kaivalya. Simply ahaṁ brahmāsmi, that's all. Kaivalya. This perception, Brahman perception, brāhmanada. But for a devotee, he says, kaivalyaṁ narakāyate tri-daśa-pūr ākāśa-puṣpāyate (Caitanya-candrāmṛta 5). So for devotee, these things are not very much alluring, mukti, bhukti, siddhi. It is so sublime. Kṛṣṇa consciousness is so sublime that other things very insignificant in the front of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Muktiḥ mukulitāñjali sevate 'smān dharmārtha-kāma-mokṣa samaya-pratīkṣāḥ. People are after dharma-artha-kāma-mokṣa (SB 4.8.41, CC Ādi 1.90), but this bhakti is above these four kinds of principles. Dharma . . . actually, human life begins when he is religious, dharma. And artha, when he is economically developed, and when he can satisfy the senses very nicely. And then becomes mukta, liberated. But for a devotee, these four things are not very important things, bhukti, mukti, siddhi. No. Siddhi means mukti. Siddhi means yogic siddhi.