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The Yamadūtas continued: “Above the five senses of perception, the five working senses, and the five objects of the senses …

”The subtle body is endowed with sixteen parts – the five knowledge-acquiring senses, the five working senses, the five objects …

“The foolish embodied living entity, inept at controlling his senses and mind, is forced to act according to the influence …

”No living entity can remain unengaged, even for a moment. One must act by his natural tendency according to the …

“Since the living entity is associated with material nature, he is in an awkward position, but if in the human …

The Demands of the Senses

These verses describe how the living entity becomes entangled in the material body due to the interaction of the material …

In the material world the living entity has a body that is a very complicated combination of the material elements, …

People bewildered by material conditions try to be united, but although they strive for unity among men and nations, all …

ayi nanda-tanuja kiṅkaraṁ patitaṁ māṁ viṣame bhavāmbudhau kṛpayā tava pāda-paṅkaja- sthita-dhūlī-sadṛśaṁ vicintaya

“O Kṛṣṇa, beloved son of Nanda Mahārāja, I am Your eternal servant, but somehow or other I have fallen into …

Similarly, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura sings, anādi karama-phale, paḍi’ bhavārṇava-jale, taribāre nā dekhi upāya: “My dear Lord, I cannot remember when …

Pain and Pleasure

Actually, there is no pleasure in the material world; everything is painful. Everyone is trying to be happy by sensual …

Lord Buddha understood the nature of material pleasure. In his youth he was a prince, enjoying great opulence and sensual …

Buddhism is concerned largely with the predicament of the body. Due to the interactions of the three modes of material …

Buddhist philosophy is incomplete, but that does not mean Lord Buddha did not know the complete truth. A teacher may …

Therefore there are different schools of religion, like Buddhism and Śaṅkarācārya’s Māyāvāda philosophy. Both the Buddhists and the Māyāvādīs encourage …

Śaṅkarācārya’s philosophy is to get out of this combination of material elements and become situated in our original, spiritual position. …

Both Buddhism and Māyāvāda philosophy reveal only partial truth. Śaṅkarācārya’s Māyāvāda philosophy accepts Brahman, spirit, but does not describe spirit …