Reflection Of The Severity Of The Disease
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Paramhamsa Vani
Mar 1, 2026, 10:36:05 PM (2 days ago) Mar 1
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Sree Sree Guru Gaurangau Jayatah!
Our previous guru, Srila Sacchidananda Bhaktivinode Thakur, has described this material world as a prison house where the souls who are averse to the Supreme Lord are hurled down as prisoners. Prisoners cannot expect to find actual abiding peace in this prison house of the world. If someone still considers worldly sensuous enjoyments to be good, that reflects the severity of the disease in that person. Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur has stated in his hymn about this material world: 'I do not like this world, which is replete with birth, death and infirmity. Worldly wealth and relationships with wife, children etc are all non-eternal and do not belong to anyone.' The relationships with parents, wife, children, brothers, sisters and others that appear real now will vanish after death.
After passing through 8,000,000 species we have attained the precious human birth which is the competent boat to cross over this ocean of births and deaths and the threefold afflictions. God has granted the power of discrimination to human beings to be able to distinguish between good and bad, eternal and non-eternal. Despite this, one who spoils his valuable time just in eating, sleeping, defending and mating like the birds and beasts and does not worship the Supreme Lord, Who is All-Existence, All-Knowledge and All-Bliss is most unfortunate.
As we go to a doctor for the treatment of various diseases, a fortunate person will approach a spiritual doctor--a bona fide guru--for the amelioration of the tremendous suffering of the disease of repeated births and deaths.
--- Jagad-guru His Divine Grace Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
Our previous guru, Srila Sacchidananda Bhaktivinode Thakur, has described this material world as a prison house where the souls who are averse to the Supreme Lord are hurled down as prisoners. Prisoners cannot expect to find actual abiding peace in this prison house of the world. If someone still considers worldly sensuous enjoyments to be good, that reflects the severity of the disease in that person. Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur has stated in his hymn about this material world: 'I do not like this world, which is replete with birth, death and infirmity. Worldly wealth and relationships with wife, children etc are all non-eternal and do not belong to anyone.' The relationships with parents, wife, children, brothers, sisters and others that appear real now will vanish after death.
After passing through 8,000,000 species we have attained the precious human birth which is the competent boat to cross over this ocean of births and deaths and the threefold afflictions. God has granted the power of discrimination to human beings to be able to distinguish between good and bad, eternal and non-eternal. Despite this, one who spoils his valuable time just in eating, sleeping, defending and mating like the birds and beasts and does not worship the Supreme Lord, Who is All-Existence, All-Knowledge and All-Bliss is most unfortunate.
As we go to a doctor for the treatment of various diseases, a fortunate person will approach a spiritual doctor--a bona fide guru--for the amelioration of the tremendous suffering of the disease of repeated births and deaths.
--- Jagad-guru His Divine Grace Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
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