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[SB 1.2.11]

Yesterday we have been discussing the aim of life. That is described in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, that kāmasya nendriya-prītiḥ. Kāma... Lābho …

As it is stated in the Brahma-sūtra, athāto brahma jijñāsā, similarly, here it is advised,

kāmasya na indriya-prītir lābho jīveta yāvatā jīvasya tattva-jijñāsā nārtho yaś ceha karmabhiḥ

[SB 1.2.10]

This is very important verse for understanding the aim of life. Jīvasya tattva-jijñāsā. Not that simply economic development for sense …

About them it is said by one learned scholar, tyaktvā tūrṇam aśeṣa-maṇḍala-pati-śreṇīṁ sadā tucchavat. Because they were ministers, their association …

tyaktvā tūrṇam aśeṣa-maṇḍala-pati-śreṇīṁ sadā tucchavat bhūtvā dīna-gaṇeśakau karuṇayā kaupīna-kanthāśritau gopī-bhāva-rasāmṛtābdhi-laharī-kallola-magnau sadā vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau

[Śrī Ṣaḍ-gosvāmy-aṣṭaka 4]

So they gave up this life of luxury, exuberance, but adopted sannyāsa order for greater benefit of the human society.

So when Sanātana Gosvāmī approached Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to become His disciple, he inquired from Him, tattva-jijñāsā. [to translator, Mahāṁśa …

Mahāṁśa: Who is the disciple?

Prabhupāda: Sanātana Gosvāmī. [break] So this Sanātana Gosvāmī, when approached Caitanya Mahāprabhu... That is the system. We sometimes accept one …

The aim of life is tattva-jijñāsā. That Sanātana Gosvāmī did when he approached Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He inquired from Him, …

The Bhāgavata recommends that in the human form of life, the only necessity is to inquire about the Absolute Truth. …

So at the present moment, the predominating deity of the sun globe is called Vivasvān. So this Vivasvān, or the …

[break] ...brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate. The same Absolute Truth is realized from three angle of vision. Those who are …

This is against our Vedic knowledge. Vedic knowledge says, as it is said in the Brahma-sūtra, Vedānta-sūtra, that the original …

That is explained in the Brahma-saṁhitā:

yasya prabhā prabhavato jagad-aṇḍa-koṭi- koṭiṣv aśeṣa-vasudhādi-vibhūti-bhinnam tad brahma niṣkalam anantam aśeṣa-bhūtaṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi