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So long we live, there are so many miserable conditions of life. This is called material existence

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"so long we live, there are so many miserable conditions of life. This is called material existence"

Lectures

Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

Ṛṣabhadeva says, mahat-sevāṁ dvāram āhur vimuktes: to get liberation, liberated from this entanglement of material life, one has to serve mahat, great saintly person. (break) Mahat-sevāṁ dvāram āhur vimukteḥ (SB 5.5.2). Vimukteḥ means for liberation. If you want to get liberation from this material bondage, repetition of birth, death, old age and disease . . . and not only that; so long we live, there are so many miserable conditions of life. This is called material existence. If we want to get out of this entanglement, then we must take to the service of great saintly personalities. So that is the way for liberation, mahat-sevāṁ dvāram āhur vimuktes tamo-dvāraṁ yoṣitāṁ saṅgi-saṅgam.

Ṛṣabhadeva says, mahat-sevāṁ dvāram āhur vimuktes: to get liberation, liberated from this entanglement of material life, one has to serve mahat, great saintly person. (break) Mahat-sevāṁ dvāram āhur vimukteḥ (SB 5.5.2). Vimukteḥ means for liberation. If you want to get liberation from this material bondage, repetition of birth, death, old age and disease . . . and not only that; so long we live, there are so many miserable conditions of life. This is called material existence. If we want to get out of this entanglement, then we must take to the service of great saintly personalities. So that is the way for liberation, mahat-sevāṁ dvāram āhur vimuktes tamo-dvāraṁ yoṣitāṁ saṅgi-saṅgam.

There are two; just like we are in the crossroad, which way we shall go? That can be understood in this human form of life. This human form of life, we have come to this point by evolution. Now we are on the . . . just on the crossroad, whether we shall go this way or that way. If we want to be free from the entanglement of material misery, then here it is recommended, mahat-sevām: we must render service to the holy, saintly person. And if you want to go deeper and deeper in the darkest region of existence, then we should turn our face for sense gratification.

Page Title:So long we live, there are so many miserable conditions of life. This is called material existence
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-06-23, 07:05:09
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
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