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That is not giving them real satisfaction. That's a fact. This wine, woman and meat-eating, that is not giving them any more satisfaction

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"that is not giving them real satisfaction. That's a fact. This wine, woman and meat-eating, that is not giving them any more satisfaction"

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So they are not very much interested with all these things, although, because they have no other alternative for enjoyment, so they are enjoying or trying to satisfy them. But that is not giving them real satisfaction. That's a fact. This wine, woman and meat-eating, that is not giving them any more satisfaction. But because they have no other alternative, what they can do? Punaḥ punaś carvita-carvaṇānām (SB 7.5.30), chewing the chewed, that's all.

Sadānanda, yes. His real name is Soulye, German. So when he came to India, in a meeting he said that, "So far mystic power is concerned, that we have solved by science. So we have nothing to learn about the mystic power. I have come to India to learn how to understand God and His service, loving service."

So actually, that is the position. Forty years ago he said. So the Europe and America, they have enough of material enjoyment. Meat-eating, wine, woman—they have got sufficient. So they are not very much interested with all these things, although, because they have no other alternative for enjoyment, so they are enjoying or trying to satisfy them. But that is not giving them real satisfaction. That's a fact. This wine, woman and meat-eating, that is not giving them any more satisfaction. But because they have no other alternative, what they can do? Punaḥ punaś carvita-carvaṇānām (SB 7.5.30), chewing the chewed, that's all. It is already chewed, it is already tasted, but there is no other alternative; therefore they are tasting the same thing this way and that way.

So their time is now athāto brahma jijñāsā. Therefore from India, any rascal comes as yogī and sādhu and avatāra—they go. They are hankering after. We see practically this younger generation. They ask me sometime that "Why so many younger . . . younger generation come to you?" Yes, they are frustrated. They are no more interested to live like their fathers and grandfathers. That is become . . . that has become hackneyed. The same things, same gambling, same meat-eating, same woman-huntering and same intoxication—that has finished. So when one has finished his material enjoyment, then the next question is brahma-saukhya. Athāto brahma jijñāsā. They try to inquire about the Absolute Truth. That is natural sequence. Therefore the Vedānta-sūtra, the first aphorism is, athāto brahma jijñāsā. Yes, that is natural.

Page Title:That is not giving them real satisfaction. That's a fact. This wine, woman and meat-eating, that is not giving them any more satisfaction
Compiler:Anurag
Created:2022-09-23, 11:59:13
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