success of is maya

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So santi cannot be attained so long we are attached to this asat. Asad-grahat sada samudvigna-dhiyam. Tat sadhu manye 'sura-varya dehinam sada samudvigna-dhiyam asad-grahat. We are... All people in this material world, we are always samyag udvigna, samudvigna. Udvigna means anxiety, always full of anxieties. Sada samudvigna-dhiyam. Why samudvigna-dhiyam? Krsna consciousness means this, svacchatvam avikaritvam santatvam, these three things, Krsna consciousness: clear understanding; no change, no change from Krsna consciousness; and santatvam, peaceful. Just like a man-ordinarily we perceive-a gentleman, after working very hard, if he gets some bank balance and nice house, nice wife and some children, he thinks, "I am very happy." This is also maya. He thinks, "But I am happy." What kind of maya? Now, pramattaḥ tesam nidhanam pasyann api na pasyati. He is in maya, mad, illusion, pramatta. He does not see that these things will be also finished. Tesam nidhanam. Dehapatya-kalatradisu atma-sainyesu asatsu api [SB 2.1.4]. (More...)

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