The real purpose of life : In this material world, according to the Vedic scriptures, there are 84,00,000 species of life. Among them there are 4,00,000 species of human begins. All the living beings are busy, working to fulfill their bodily demands – eating, sleeping, mating and defending. Human beings have developed intelligence. They can solve the problems of life: birth, death, old age and diseases. But due to ignorance of the self, the modern civilization is trying to satisfy the bodily demands and is neglecting the primary goal of life – devotional service to the Lord. In order to understand the goal of life and get a permanent solution to all problems, one has to approach a bonafide spiritual master. Srila Prabhupada explains in a lecture: “Nobody knows what the ultimate goal of life is. They think that, We have got this body, and let us enjoy the senses to the fullest extent. That is the highest perfection of life. Get some material education - technologist, or something else, material education - get some good post, get good salary, and eat nicely, drink nicely, and enjoy your senses. This is perfection of life. This is going on all over the world. But that is not the goal of life. Therefore, because that is not the goal of life, and we know that this is goal of life, therefore we require the enlightenment from a bona fide spiritual master. Tad vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet samit-panih srotriyam [MU 1.2.12]. That is the Vedic instruction. In order to learn that transcendental science, you must approach a bona fide spiritual master.”
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 01:14:53 +0000
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