free from material desires

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As described by Srila Rūpa Gosvami (anyabhilasita-sūnyam), one must be devoid of all material desires. When a person becomes devoid of all material desires, there is no longer need for speculative knowledge or fruitive activities. In that condition it is to be understood that one is free from the material body. The example is already given above-a coconut which is dry is loosened from its outward husk. This is the stage of liberation. As said in Srimad-Bhagavatam, mukti (liberation) means svarūpena vyavasthitiḥ-being situated in one's own constitutional position. All material desires are present as long as one is in the bodily concept of life, but when one realizes that he is an eternal servant of Krsna, his desires are no longer material. A devotee acts in this consciousness. In other words, when material desires in connection with the body are finished, one is actually liberated. (More...)

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So last night we discussed about the demons' thinking. Asa-pasa-satair baddhaḥ. He does not know that "So long I shall be aspiring more and more, I am getting entangled more and more within this material world. Because Krsna is so kind, He has given me freedom to enjoy this material world, but according to my work, I am becoming implicated. So long I'll have a pinch of desire for enjoying this material world, I'll have to accept a typical body." This is the law of nature. When you'll actually be free from all material desires, then it is called mukti, mukti, liberation. That is liberation. So that standard of mukti, mukti standard or mukti platform, is bhakti-yoga. (More...)

"No desire" does not mean no desire for serving Krsna. That is real desire. Other desires are artificial. That is material. But the desire to... That is called Krsna consciousness. When all our desires are for serving Krsna... Desires you cannot give up. That is not possible. Desires will remain there, but at the present moment, in the conditional stage, the desires are being misused. That is the defect. Therefore the definition of bhakti means anyabhilasita-sūnyam [Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu ]. Sūnya means zero. That is called nirvana. The Buddha philosophy advocates nirvana: no more desire. That is their philosophy: "By desire you are becoming implicated, so make all your desires extinct. Then there will be no more feelings of pains and pleasure." Desirelessness. (More...)

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