Month: March 2023

Independence

Independence

The Srimad Bhagavatham (canto 1, ch. 8, text 37) states: “The perfection of life is, therefore, to become dependent on the will of the Lord, instead of becoming falsely independent in the material world” Does this mean we have to write off the material world and purely rely on God for our daily needs?  I …

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Illusions

Illusions

I read this in the Srimad Bhagavatam (Canto 1 Ch 8): “The spirit soul is transcendental to all material calamities; therefore the so-called calamities are called false.  A man may see a tiger swallowing him in a dream, and he may cry for this calamity.  Actually there is no tiger and there is no suffering, …

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