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<div class="heading">Don't associate with the modes of ignorance. That is very risky. That is very risky. So at least, either you remain in the householder life or brahmacārī life or sannyāsa life, you keep yourself always in goodness. Then your position is all right. Otherwise, it is very risky.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.13.10 -- Geneva, June 1, 1974|Lecture on SB 1.13.10 -- Geneva, June 1, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">
There are three material modes of nature. If you keep yourself in touch with the material modes of nature of goodness, then you will be promoted to the higher standard of life. ''Ūrdhvaṁ gacchanti sattva-sthāḥ'' ([[Vanisource:BG 14.18 (1972)|BG 14.18]]). Therefore at least you may enjoy material life, but you should keep yourself to the standard of brahminical culture. Then there is guarantee that you don't degrade yourself; you get higher status of life in the higher planetary system: Janaloka, Maharloka, Tapoloka, Satyaloka. Then you will get. But if you keep yourself as it is, then you will remain in this planetary system. This is called Bhūrloka. Bhūrloka. ''Oṁ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ tat-savituḥ''. You have ''gāyatrī-mantra''. This is called Bhūrloka. Bhuvarloka . . . then, above this, there is Bhuvarloka; then, above this, the heavenly planets. There is system. And if you keep yourself in the association of the modes of ignorance, or foolishness, then you go down. ''Jaghanya-guṇa-vṛtti-sthā adho gacchanti tāmasāḥ'' ([[Vanisource:BG 14.18 (1972)|BG 14.18]]). ''Jaghanya-guṇa. Tāmasika'' means abominable character. The abominable character means these four things: illicit sex, intoxication, meat-eating and gambling. This is ''tamo-guṇa'', exhibition of ''tamo-guṇa.'' So if you continue to keep yourself in the association of the modes of ignorance, then you are going to become ''adhaḥ. Adhaḥ'' means down. Down means there are many other planetary system. Just like upper there are Bhūr, Bhuvar, Svar, Jana, Mahar, like that, and down also: Tala, Atala, Vitala, Talātala, Pātāla, like that. There is system.

So our only request is that . . . we don't criticize you because you try to live comfortably in the material . . . do that. But don't associate with the modes of ignorance. That is very risky. That is very risky. So at least, either you remain in the householder life or ''brahmacārī'' life or, I mean to . . . ''sannyāsa'' life, you keep yourself always in goodness. Then your position is all right. Otherwise, it is very risky. But these people, the Western people, they do not do that. They keep themselves in the modes of ignorance. That is very risky civilization. So at least you Europeans and Americans, you should know it, and you distribute this knowledge. It is your duty to save them. But these . . . they do not know it. As soon as there is talk of this goodness and sinful activity, immediately they go away. Immediately. Yesterday that gentleman came, and just when I began to talk about pious activities and impious activities, he immediately left: "I have got another meeting."</p>
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