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Imported quote 14607 If one goes to the highest planetary system within this universe he still has to return after the effects of pious activities are finished. Space vehicles may go very high in the sky, but as soon as their fuel is finished, they have to return to this earthly planet. All these activities are performed in illusion. The real attempt should now be to return home, back to Godhead. The process is mentioned in Bhagavad-gita. Yanti mad-yajino 'pi mam: those who engage in the devotional service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead return home, back to Godhead. Human life is very valuable, and one should not waste it in vain exploration of other planets. One should be intelligent enough to return to Godhead. One should be interested in information about the spiritual Vaikuntha planets, and in particular the planet known as Goloka Vrndavana, and should learn the art of going there by the simple method of devotional service, beginning with hearing (sravanam kirtanam visnoḥ). This is also confirmed in Srimad-Bhagavatam:
(More...) Imported quote 19443 This is the solution. To take shelter of the padambhojau of Radha-Madana-mohana, that is the solution of all problem. And for a person who has taken shelter of the lotus feet, samasrita ye pada-pallava-plavam... Pada-pallavam. His lotus feet is compared with the lotus flower. The lotus flower has got petals, and the petal is just like in the shape of a boat. Everyone has got this experience. If you take the shelter of this boat, then we can cross over the ocean of material world very easily. You require some boat to cross over some watery span. So here, if you take one boat and if you want to cross the Pacific Ocean or Atlantic Ocean, it is very difficult. It may not... The boat may not go up to the end. But if you... Samasrita ye pada-pallava-plavam. If you take shelter of the lotus petal boatlike of... What is that lotus flower? Samasrita ye pada-pallava-plavam mahat-padam punya-yaso murareḥ. Murari, Murari means Krsna. If you take shelter of the boat of the lotus feet of Murari... What is that feet? Now, mahat-padam. Mahat-padam means the whole universal creation, the cosmic manifestation, is also resting there. It is not only a small thing. Mahat-padam punya-yaso murareḥ: "And who is famous very piously."
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