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Śrī Īśopaniṣad instructs us not to make one-sided attempts to win the struggle for existence. is struggling hard for existence, but the laws of material nature are so hard and fast that they do not

He then asked Brahmā for the benediction of becoming amara, by which one does not die. Brahmā said that he could not award the benediction because even he, the material creator who rules all planets, is not amara. As confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā (8.17), Brahmā lives a long time, but that does not mean he is immortal

The whole point here is that even Hiraṇyakaśipu, the most powerful of materialists, could not become

Foolish human beings who are grossly absorbed in the culture of avidyā, nescience, do not mind this cruel Enamored with the beauty of the illusory energy, they undergo the same miseries repeatedly and do not

Since Brahmā told him that he could not grant the gift of immortality, Hiraṇyakaśipu requested that he not be killed by any man, animal, god or any other living being within the 8,400,000 species. He also asked that he not die on land, in the air or water, or by any weapon.

The living entities are not without spiritual senses; every living being in his original, spiritual form Thus the aim of human life should not be to enjoy perverted sense enjoyment but to cure the material For good health, a person should not increase his fever from 105 degrees to 107 degrees but should reduce Śrī Īśopaniṣad herein warns that we must not follow this dangerous path leading to death.

But this is not the purpose of religion. This life is not meant for working like an ass or for culturing avidyā for sense gratification.

The law of nature, however, does not allow anyone immunity from old age, disease or death.

This does not mean that all activities for the maintenance of the body should be stopped.

Human life is the best opportunity for the culture of spiritual knowledge, and a human being who does not

India and other scriptures in other countries to remind the forgetful human being that his home is not