first instruction
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Imported quote 18518 This is Prahlada Maharaja's instruction, that this materialistic individuality, on account of accepting this asad-grahat-asat, not permanent, not true-sada samudvigna-dhiyam, always full of anxiety. So in the material world you are trying to be free of anxiety. That is not possible. That is not... Therefore it is required, atma-darsanam. Jnanam atma-darsanam. Jnanam niḥsreyasarthaya purusasya atma-darsanam. First of all you know what is your position. Just like when one man is diseased, the physician first of all diagnose that what is the disease; then he gives medicine. Similarly, first of all you ascertain what is your constitutional position. You try to understand. That is the beginning everywhere. That is Vedic literature. The Bhagavad-gita, in the beginning, the first instruction is that dehino 'smin yatha dehe kaumaram yauvanam jara, tatha dehantara... [Bg 2.13].
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