Dharma means function, characteristic. So we are planning, one after another, various plans to be very happy in this material world. But they will not make us happy—that's a fact—because this place is certified by the Supreme Personality of Godhead as duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam (BG 8.15): "This is a place for misery." This material world is a place for misery. This body is meant for suffering miseries, and the land is meant for suffering miseries. That we do not understand. But we are placed in a miserable condition all round. That is material life. Duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam. But we have got attachment for this material happiness—even it is duḥkhālayam, it is very much painful, miserable—and we are making plans how to become happy here. This is called struggle for existence. It is going on perpetually. We are making some plan to be happy, and it is dismantled by the laws of nature. You study the whole history of the world: it is simply struggling. We are making some plan to be out of miserable condition, but it is causing another miserable condition. Therefore it is called daivī hy eṣā guṇamayī mama māyā duratyayā (BG 7.14). This is māyā. We are simply planning to overcome some problem, some difficulties, but it is becoming more difficult. This is the fact.
We are making some plan to be happy, and it is dismantled by the laws of nature. You study the whole history of the world: it is simply struggling
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"We are making some plan to be happy, and it is dismantled by the laws of nature. You study the whole history of the world: it is simply struggling"
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Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures
Duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam. But we have got attachment for this material happiness—even it is duḥkhālayam, it is very much painful, miserable—and we are making plans how to become happy here. This is called struggle for existence. It is going on perpetually. We are making some plan to be happy, and it is dismantled by the laws of nature. You study the whole history of the world: it is simply struggling. We are making some plan to be out of miserable condition, but it is causing another miserable condition. Therefore it is called daivī hy eṣā guṇamayī mama māyā duratyayā (BG 7.14). This is māyā.
| Page Title: | We are making some plan to be happy, and it is dismantled by the laws of nature. You study the whole history of the world: it is simply struggling |
| Compiler: | Soham |
| Created: | 2023-01-08, 14:09:40 |
| Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0 |
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