Guest guest Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 >From SP's purport to the Ishopanishad, Mantra 14: "In this mantra, ®r… Ÿopaniad teaches that one must perfectly know both sambh™ti (the Personality of Godhead) and vin€a (the temporary material manifestation), side by side. By knowing the material manifestation alone, one cannot be saved, for in the course of nature there is devastation at every moment (ahany ahani bh™t€ni gacchant…ha yam€-layam). Nor can one be saved from these devastations by the opening of hospitals. One can be saved only by complete knowledge of the eternal life of bliss and awareness. The whole Vedic scheme is meant to educate men in this art of attaining eternal life. People are often misguided by temporary attractive things based on sense gratification, but service rendered to the sense objects is both misleading and degrading. We must therefore save ourselves and our fellow man in the right way. There is no question of liking or disliking the truth. It is there. If we want to be saved from repeated birth and death, we must take to the devotional service of the Lord. There can be no compromise, for this is a matter of necessity." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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