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Maybe number of the atheist are now greater than before, but there was great atheist in India. There are six kinds of philosophical theses. Out of those, atheism is also one of them

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Lectures

Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures

Yavaj jīvet sukhaṁ jīvet. The atheistic theory . . . the atheist . . . nowadays there are atheist, not that . . . atheist class of men there are always. Maybe number of the atheist are now greater than before, but there was great atheist in India. There are six kinds of philosophical theses. Out of those, atheism is also one of them. So that atheism . . . Cārvāka Muni. He was, Cārvāka, the leader of the atheists. His theory was that ṛṇaṁ kṛtvā ghṛtaṁ pibet: "Just beg, borrow or steal. You must eat butter. Never mind." Ṛṇaṁ kṛtvā ghṛtaṁ pibet, yāvan jīvet sukhaṁ jīvet: "So long you shall live, you must live very comfortably." Then one may say, "Oh, beg, borrow, steal, and who will suffer the sins? If I borrow, if I cannot pay? If I commit sins? If I commit burglary? Oh."

This māyā has got two kinds of influence: prakṣepātmikā, āvaraṇātmikā. Āvaraṇātmikā means we are already covered by the illusion. Although we are suffering in every step, we are thinking that we are happy. Just, just the day before yesterday the lady, she said that "Oh, the temperature was so high that I could not tolerate it. I could not . . ." The next moment she said, "Oh, I don't feeling any, any unhappiness." This is called prakṣepātmikā.

First things is that I am so much illusioned that I . . . just like the animals. They are suffering so much, but they have no knowledge that they are suffering. But human being, who are above them, they can understand that what sort of suffering there is. Animal, he's, he's being taken to the slaughterhouse, but it does not know, due to ignorance. So this is called āvaraṇātmikā, covering influence of the material nature. And there is another influence. Suppose one is trying to come out of the covering. Prakṣepātmikā. It throws: "Oh, why you are trying for this? You are very happy. Why do you think . . . why you are so much pessimistic of this life? Just work hard and enjoy life. That's all."

So these things are going on. Actually, we are suffering and we are in dangerous position step by step. But by the influence of this material, external energy, we are covered, illusioned. We are thinking, "Yes, I am very happy." And if somebody tries to come out of it, then he is also advised by the material nature, "Oh, why you are doing all this nonsense? You are very happy."

Yavaj jīvet sukhaṁ jīvet. The atheistic theory . . . the atheist . . . nowadays there are atheist, not that . . . atheist class of men there are always. Maybe number of the atheist are now greater than before, but there was great atheist in India. There are six kinds of philosophical theses. Out of those, atheism is also one of them. So that atheism . . . Cārvāka Muni. He was, Cārvāka, the leader of the atheists. His theory was that ṛṇaṁ kṛtvā ghṛtaṁ pibet: "Just beg, borrow or steal. You must eat butter. Never mind." Ṛṇaṁ kṛtvā ghṛtaṁ pibet, yāvan jīvet sukhaṁ jīvet: "So long you shall live, you must live very comfortably." Then one may say, "Oh, beg, borrow, steal, and who will suffer the sins? If I borrow, if I cannot pay? If I commit sins? If I commit burglary? Oh."

The Cāṇakya . . . the Cārvāka Muni replied, bhasmī-bhūtasya dehasya kutaḥ punar-āgamano bhavet: "Well, when your body will be burnt into ashes, who is coming here and who is going to be responsible? Don't think all this."

So this is atheistic theory. They don't believe that there is transmigration of the soul. He has to take another body and he has to take body according to his work, and there are 8,400,000's of different kinds of bodies, and human body is the most benefactory. So they do not know all these things. So this is called āvaraṇātmikā, covering influence.

Page Title:Maybe number of the atheist are now greater than before, but there was great atheist in India. There are six kinds of philosophical theses. Out of those, atheism is also one of them
Compiler:Nabakumar
Created:2022-10-31, 19:16:12
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