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So it is actually relished by the liberated person, but those who are diseased like us, they can chant and gradually cure the material disease. This is the basic principle of chanting the holy name of Krsna. Nivrtta-tarsair upagiyamanat. Upagiyamana, it is chanting. Why? Bhavausadhi. It is the medicine of this bhava-roga. What is that bhava-roga? Bhava-roga... Bhava means you pick up, means take your birth and again die. Bhūtva bhūtva praliyate [Bg 8.19]. This is our disease. This is called samsara. All these rascals in the material world, they are simply getting one body and again... Vasamsi jirnani yatha viha... [Bg 2.22]. When it is useless, no more cannot be used, then you get another body according to the price you pay. Just like when your garment is old, you purchase another garment. So you can purchase very good garment or not very good garment, as you pay price. Similarly, to get a different type of garment or this body, you'll have to pay price. Price. If you are in higher status of consciousness, then ūrdhvam gacchanti sattva-sthaḥ [Bg 14.18]: you get your body in the higher planetary system where the comforts are thousands and thousand times better than this. (More...)

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