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The spirit soul has got the chance now to liberate himself. There is a process. By nature's way, the evolution is to give chance the spirit to get out of this material entanglement

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"the spirit soul has got the chance now to liberate himself. There is a process. By nature's way, the evolution is to give chance the spirit to get out of this spiritual . . . attachment . . . material . . . material entanglement"

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

So fortunately, we have got now civilized form of life. The Āryan family means they are civilized form of life. But we are utilizing in the matter of maintaining this body. Āhāra-nidrā-bhaya-maithunaṁ ca (Hitopadeśa 25). We are utilizing this material . . . this developed body. The spirit has . . . the spirit soul has got the chance now to liberate himself. There is a process. By nature's way, the evolution is to give chance the spirit to get out of this spiritual . . . attachment . . . material . . . material entanglement. The people are not giving importance. Therefore sometimes we find there is overpopulation.

We all belong to the Āryan family. Historical reference is there, Indo-European family. So Āryan stock was in the central Asia. Some of them migrated to India, some of them migrated to Europe. And from Europe you have come. So we belong to the Āryan family, but we have lost our knowledge. So we have become non-Āryan practically, because we do not give importance to the spiritual side of life. The Āryan means one who gives importance to the spiritual side of life.

And what is that importance? The spiritual side importance-giving means one has to see how much important this human life is. Because in the human form of life the spirit soul, although it is conditioned by material, I mean to say, encagement, it has developed it's consciousness by gradual evolution. This evolution theory is there in the Padma-Purāṇa. There is actually evolution from lower, I mean to say, status of life beginning from the aquatics, small, then, I mean to say, plant life, then germs' life, then birds' life, then beast life, then, I mean to say, human form of life, then civilized human form of life.

So fortunately, we have got now civilized form of life. The Āryan family means they are civilized form of life. But we are utilizing in the matter of maintaining this body. Āhāra-nidrā-bhaya-maithunaṁ ca (Hitopadeśa 25). We are utilizing this material . . . this developed body. The spirit has . . . the spirit soul has got the chance now to liberate himself. There is a process. By nature's way, the evolution is to give chance the spirit to get out of this spiritual . . . attachment . . . material . . . material entanglement. The people are not giving importance. Therefore sometimes we find there is overpopulation.

Overpopulation. What is this overpopulation? Overpopulation means that just like from lower class a student is promoted, and when he comes to the I mean, final class, if he does not pass, then the class is overcrowded. Suppose from one, two, three, four, one comes to the tenth class. Tenth class is meant for final examination and go to the college. So if in the tenth class the students fail, then the tenth class becomes populated . . . er, overpopulated. Similarly, the present civilization we sometimes find that there is overpopulation. Overpopulation means we are not being promoted to higher life. We are being blocked, and therefore nature's course is there must be some pestilence, there must be some war to finish this.

So there is no such intelligence, there is no such knowledge, and they are very much proud. So if we want really . . . because these things are God gift, knowledge . . . it is explained here, buddhir jñānam asammohaḥ (BG 10.4). All these things are gift of God. So we must utilize. This human form is developed for utilizing the gifts of God. God has given us nice foodstuff; God has given us intelligence; God has given us knowledge; now God has given us books of knowledge. He is personally speaking this Bhagavad-gītā. Why don't you utilize it? Why don't you utilize it? If we utilize it, then we may be proud of become Āryan or human being.

Page Title:The spirit soul has got the chance now to liberate himself. There is a process. By nature's way, the evolution is to give chance the spirit to get out of this material entanglement
Compiler:Nabakumar
Created:2022-09-07, 07:07:41
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1