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People become religious to increase their economic condition better, dharma artha, generally

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Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

We have to cross over the nescience ocean and go to Vaikuṇṭha. That is bhagavad-bhajana. Bhagavad-bhajana does not mean to increase our material possessions. That is dharmārtha-kāma-mokṣa (SB 4.8.41). These are material things. People become religious to increase their economic condition better, dharma artha, generally. They want to . . . just like there are so many so-called saintly person, they advertise that, "If you give me one, I shall give you ten." Magic, gold manufacturing, or some cloth, and they get more . . . people are after them. But akiñcana. We have nothing to give. So they do not come to us.

We have to cross over the nescience ocean and go to Vaikuṇṭha. That is bhagavad-bhajana. Bhagavad-bhajana does not mean to increase our material possessions. That is dharmārtha-kāma-mokṣa (SB 4.8.41). These are material things. People become religious to increase their economic condition better, dharma artha, generally. They want to . . . just like there are so many so-called saintly person, they advertise that, "If you give me one, I shall give you ten." Magic, gold manufacturing, or some cloth, and they get more . . . people are after them. But akiñcana. We have nothing to give. So they do not come to us.

So Kṛṣṇa is akiñcana-gocara. We should always remember that, that if we desire to be materially happy, and if we think, "Some material possession and prestige in the society and becoming a learned scholar . . . I shall be getting more and more adoration from the society. I'll be a big man," then Kṛṣṇa will be finished. Kṛṣṇa will be finished. Kṛṣṇa is akiñcana-gocara. That is the instruction of this verse. Naivārhaty abhidhātum. These persons, janmaiśvarya-śruta-śrībhir edhamāna (SB 1.8.26), increasing material opulence, they does not . . . they do not deserve approaching Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa will be approached by Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura, when he says, tomā bine ke āche āmāra (Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura): "I have no other alternative than to take shelter at the lotus feet of Your Lordship. Please give me." We should always remember this. Then we shall be able to make progress in spiritual life.

Page Title:People become religious to increase their economic condition better, dharma artha, generally
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-06-13, 08:32:39
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
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