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The pillars of sinful activities, that is also mentioned in the Bhagavata: striyah suna panam dyuta, yatra papas catur-vidha (SB 1.17.38). Four kinds of sinful activities: illicit sex, and intoxication, and unnecessary killing of animals, and gambling

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"the pillars of sinful activities, that is also mentioned in the Bhāgavata" |"striyaḥ sūnā pānaṁ dyūta" |"yatrā pāpas catur-vidha" |"Four kinds of sinful activities: illicit sex, and intoxication, and unnecessary killing of animals, and gambling"

Lectures

Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

Simply engaged in pious activities, they can become a devotee, te dvandva-moha-nirmukt, bhajante māṁ dṛḍha-vratāḥ (BG 7.28), These are clear statements. And the pillars of sinful activities, that is also mentioned in the Bhāgavata: striyaḥ sūnā pānaṁ dyūta, yatrā pāpas catur-vidha (SB 1.17.38). Four kinds of sinful activities: illicit sex, and intoxication, and unnecessary killing of animals, and gambling. This . . . all the slaughterhouses of the world are being maintained unnecessarily. That is recruiting simply sins. They are eating sin, and therefore the world is in trouble. Simply committing. There is no necessity of killing animals. But here in India they are killing ten thousand cows daily, what to speak of Western countries.

From one port to another. Why? Checking the contents. So if in this material world such strict checkings are there, don't you think that one who enters . . . one who wants to enter the kingdom of God, there is no checking? Anyone will be able to enter? It is a commonsense affair. So kingdom of God means purity. If there is slight impurity, he will not be allowed. "Keep outside." And it is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, yeṣāṁ anta-gataṁ pāpaṁ (BG 7.28). Yeṣām, persons who have completely been freed from the contamination of sinful activities:

yeṣāṁ anta-gataṁ papam
janānāṁ puṇya-karmaṇām

Simply engaged in pious activities, they can become a devotee.

te dvandva-moha-nirmukt
bhajante māṁ dṛḍha-vratāḥ
(BG 7.28)

These are clear statements.

And the pillars of sinful activities, that is also mentioned in the Bhāgavata:

striyaḥ sūnā pānaṁ dyūta
yatrā pāpas catur-vidha
(SB 1.17.38)

Four kinds of sinful activities: illicit sex, and intoxication, and unnecessary killing of animals, and gambling. This . . . all the slaughterhouses of the world are being maintained unnecessarily. That is recruiting simply sins. They are eating sin, and therefore the world is in trouble. Simply committing. There is no necessity of killing animals. But here in India they are killing ten thousand cows daily, what to speak of Western countries. The people are so much addicted to sinful activities. How they can be elevated? They are condemned. Only this movement, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, if they take to this movement, they can be saved.

Otherwise, there is no saving. They must cycle round the 8,400,000 species of life—sometimes very happy, sometimes very sorry; sometimes Brahmā, sometimes the germ in the stool. This is going on, changing bodies one after another, just like if we change our dress. This will go on so long one is not completely free from the sinful activities. Unless he enters into the kingdom of God, this cycle of birth and death will go on. Only in the spiritual sky there is no birth, death, old age and disease. And as soon as you are out of the spiritual sky, these four things will . . . you may live for thousands of years—that doesn't matter—but you have to die. That is the law of material nature.

You may have very good medicines, drug shop, as you have got in your country, but still you have to suffer from diseases. You may have thousands of method for contraceptive, but the population is increased. Ah. And as soon as there is death, as soon as this body, the janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi (BG 13.9).

In the Bhagavad-gītā everything is clearly stated, that any intelligent person will put forward before him that "We have solved all our miserable conditions of life, but not these four principles. That is not possible," janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi: the sufferings of birth, the sufferings of death, the sufferings of old age and the sufferings of disease. That cannot be stopped. That can only be solved if you become Kṛṣṇa conscious and go back to home, back to Godhead, that's all. Otherwise it is not possible.

Page Title:The pillars of sinful activities, that is also mentioned in the Bhagavata: striyah suna panam dyuta, yatra papas catur-vidha (SB 1.17.38). Four kinds of sinful activities: illicit sex, and intoxication, and unnecessary killing of animals, and gambling
Compiler:Nabakumar
Created:2022-10-14, 12:57:09
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1