are maya

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So this is Krsna consciousness, the same thing. We are making temporary relationship in this material world, and that is being broken, so many families. Who knows what family I belonged to in my last birth? Might have been something else, not this family. We are changing our family because family means this body. I consider, "I belong to this family," because my body is produced from that family. The next life, the body is produced from another family. Then where is our family relationship? This is called maya. In the material world, there cannot be anything fact. They are all illusion. The so-called family, the so-called friendship, the so-called lover, beloved, so-called paternal affection, sons, they are all simply... Maya-sukhaya bharam udvahato vimūḍhan [SB 7.9.43]. This was detected by Prahlada Maharaja. Prahlada Maharaja said to Nrsimhadeva, "My Lord, I am not anxious at all for my welfare because I know that anywhere, if I simply remember Your transcendental pastimes, oh, I..." Soce... Naivodvije para duratyaya-vaitaranyas tvad-virya-gayana-mahamrta-magna-cittaḥ. Tvad-virya-gayana-maha. This chanting of Hare Krsna mantra, or chanting Krsna's pastime, it is just like ocean. (More...)

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