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To become religious, dharmic, means how to nullify these five principles of material existence

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"to become religious, dharmic, means how to nullify these five principles of material existence"

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Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

To become religious, dharmic, means how to nullify these five principles of material existence. In the material world you have to work very, very hard. You cannot think that, "Oh, I am so great man. I'll not work." Na hi suptasya siṁhasya praviśanti mukhe mṛgāḥ. Suppose the lion . . . lion is supposed to be the king of the forest. Still, he has to work. It is not that a lion will sleep, and some animal will come, "My dear lion, please open your mouth. I shall enter." (laughter) That is not possible. Even he is most powerful, even if he is . . . just like your President. He is most powerful man, but he's working hard, more than asses and hogs, to get the post of presidency.

To become religious, dharmic, means how to nullify these five principles of material existence. In the material world you have to work very, very hard. You cannot think that, "Oh, I am so great man. I'll not work." Na hi suptasya siṁhasya praviśanti mukhe mṛgāḥ. Suppose the lion . . . lion is supposed to be the king of the forest. Still, he has to work. It is not that a lion will sleep, and some animal will come, "My dear lion, please open your mouth. I shall enter." (laughter) That is not possible. Even he is most powerful, even if he is . . . just like your President. He is most powerful man, but he's working hard, more than asses and hogs, to get the post of presidency.

So pariśrama . . . so nobody can say that "Without working hard I shall achieve something." That is not possible. But our tendency is that we do not wish to work, therefore, at the end of the week, we take some, I mean to say, leisure, go out of the city and try to forget all our hard labor throughout the week. But on Monday, again we have to come back. This is going on. Nobody actually . . . because a living entity by nature, being part and parcel of God, he wants also enjoy life without work. That is his tendency.

Page Title:To become religious, dharmic, means how to nullify these five principles of material existence
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Created:2023-06-12, 17:01:47
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