Stick to the Point of Human Life

If one wants to be successful in this human form of life, he must stick to the point of what this human life is all about. Human lie is not a facility for sense gratification. If one wants sense gratification, animal life is the most suitable facility for that. The point of human life is to become self-realized, to realize one's eternal spiritual identity beyond the temporary all-devouring clutches of the material energy. Therefore those who are actually learned do not allow themselves to be deviated any amount of sense gratificatory propaganda. They stick the point of this human form of life and go back to home, back to Godhead.

Sunday Feast Lecture-8 April 2012
Sticking to the Point at ISKCON Pune, India

Sankarshan Das 'Sticking to the Point' Lecture at ISKCON Pune

Sunday Feast Lecture-8 April 2012
Speaking on Behalf of Srila Prabhupada

Sankarshan Das Speaking on Behalf of Srila Prabhupada

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: A Tendency Non-Existent in God?

Srila Prabhupada states in the Sri Caitanya-caritamrita, Adi-lila, 5.89:

"The tendency to lord it over material nature, or maya cannot be a feature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead."

But we have also learned from the verses: "janmadyasya yatah" and "aham sarvasya prabhavah" that any tendency possessed by the living entities must have originated from the Supreme Lord, otherwise it cannot exist in us. How to reconcile this?

Suresh Anand

Answer: The Lord Does Not Lord it Over this World

The conditioned soul tries to become the lord of the material nature by accumulating wealth and power. This is his foolish attempt to imitate the position of the Lord, the possessor of unlimited wealth and power. Krishna is not greedy to obtain wealth and power because He already has both of them unlimitedly. Therefore, Krishna does not come under the influence of the material nature.

The point is that Krishna always remains that supreme controller of the material energy. He never comes under its influence. When we try to imitate Krishna's position of being the supreme controller of the material energy we become conquered by it.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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