The real goal of human life

What’s the real goal of human life? We all ask this question. Is it to earn money, have beautiful body with beautiful girls or to have a big reputation in society, country or the world. These are not the ultimate goal of our life . Our ultimate goal is to solve a big problem i.e birth ,death ,old age and disease. These are the biggest problem of our life . If we can solve these problems then all of our problems will get solved automatically. The question arises how can we solve these problem?.

To solve this problem a movement has been started hare krishna movement. This movement is especially meant to enable a human being to reach the real goal of life. The real goal of life.To go back home, back to Godhead. That is the real goal of life. The water that comes from the sea forms clouds, the clouds fall down as rain, and the actual goal is to flow down the river and again enter the sea. So, we have come from God, and now we are embarrassed by material life. Therefore, our aim should be to get out of this embarrassing situation and go back home, back to Godhead. This is the real goal of life.
mām upetya punar janma
duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam
nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ
saṁsiddhiṁ paramāṁ gatāḥ
["After attaining Me, the great souls, who are yogīs in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they have attained the highest perfection."] [Bg. 8.15] That is the version of Bhagavad-gītā. If anyone comes to Me—mām upetya: he does not come back again. Where? To this place—duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam. This place is the abode of miseries. Everyone knows, but they have been befooled by so-called leaders. Material life is miserable life. Kṛṣṇa says, God says, that this place is duḥkhālayam—it is a place of miseries. And it is also aśāśvatam, temporary. You cannot make a compromise: "All right, let it be miserable. I shall remain here as an American or Indian." No. That also you cannot do. You cannot remain an American. You may think that, having been born in America, you are very happy. But you cannot remain an American for long. You will have to be kicked out of that place. And your next life you do not know! Therefore, it is duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam [Bg. 8.15]—miserable and temporary. That is our philosophy.

Everybody have some knowledge of god . Everybody discuss about him . Even an atheist thinks of him how to remove his value from the society. But a intelligent person knows that god exists. Some knowledge of god won’t solve the problem of temporary miseries. One must have a perfect knowledge about god.

janma karma ca me divyam
evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ
[Bg. 4.9]
Tattvataḥ means "perfectly." Perfect knowledge is being taught in Bhagavad-gītā. So, we are giving everyone in human society a chance to learn Bhagavad-gītā as it is and make his life perfect. That is the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. What does the science say about the transmigration of the soul?

Science cannot defy or affirm the transmigration of soul. Science doesn’t know it. Science doesn’t have this question answer. Therefore science is imperfect. Science doesn’t know how the energy is working in the future.How is the energy diverted? How, by different manipulations, is the energy working differently? For instance, electrical energy. By different handling it is operating the heats and it is operating the refrigerator. They are just the opposite, but the electrical energy is the same. Similarly, this energy—living energy—how is it being directed? Which way is it going? How is it fructifying in the next life? That they do not know . But in Bhagavad Gita it is simply stated.

vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya
[Bg. 2.22]
You are covered by a dress, by a shirt. When this shirt is unuesable, you change it. Similarly, this body is just like a shirt and coat. When it is no longer workable, we have to change it. The individual soul changes the body if it has turned usless.

The soul is of the same quality in all. You are under a certain conception of life at the present moment, and these countrymen of yours [the Kṛṣṇa conscious devotees] were under a certain conception of life, but by training they have taken to another conception of life. So the ultimate training is how to become Kṛṣṇa conscious. That is the perfection.The soul is the same but always individual, even if one is not Kṛṣṇa conscious. For instance, you are a human being, and I am a human being. Even if I am not a Christian, even if you are not a Hindu, still we are human beings. Similarly, the soul may not be Kṛṣṇa conscious, or he may be Kṛṣṇa conscious—it doesn’t matter. But the soul is the soul.
Soul—as pure spirit, all souls are equal. Even in an animal. Therefore it is said, paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ: [Bg. 5.18] those who are actually learned do not see the outward covering, either in a human being or in an animal.

Soul is a part of god . Then why can’t we feel god . This is a common question asked by people and through this question they try to prove that there is no god and soul. God is inside also. God is everywhere. God is inside and outside also. This is to be known . People cannot feel god in the beginning because they are conditioned by this material enjoyment. You have to know from the śāstras [scriptures], by the Vedic information. For example, in the Bhagavad-gītā it is said, īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe 'rjuna tiṣṭhati: [Bg. 18.61] God is there in everyone’s heart. Paramāṇu-cayāntara-stham: God is also within every atom. So this is the first information. And then, by the yogic process, you have to realize it. Chanting Hare Krishna Hare Krishna krishna krishna hare hare hare Rama hare rama rama rama hare hare .

Is a yogic process. There are many different yogic Processes, but for this age this process is the best.You’ll understand everything of God—how God is inside, how God is outside, how God is working. Everything will be revealed. By this attitude of service, God will reveal Himself. You cannot understand God by your endeavor. Only if God reveals Himself. For instance, when the sun is out of your sight at night, you cannot see it by your torchlight, or any light. But in the morning you can see the sun automatically. without any torchlight. Similarly, you have to create a situation—you have to put yourself in a situation—in which God will be revealed. It is not that by some method you can ask God, "Please come. I will see You." No, God is not your order carrier.
We must please god for him to reveal himself. Then how do we know we are pleasing god . Everybody claim that they are pleasing god the right way. When we see Him. Then you will understand. Just as, when you eat, you do not require to ask anyone whether you are feeling strength or your hunger is satisfied. If you eat, you understand that you are feeling energy. You don’t need to inquire from anyone. Similarly. if you actually serve God, then you will understand, "God is dictating to me. God is there. I am seeing God or God’s representative. . You can understand about god by going through his representative. You have to go through God’s representative.
yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādaḥ **
"By the mercy of the spiritual master one is benedicted by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa." If you please God’s representative, then automatically God becomes pleased, and thus you can directly see Him. Then a question arises how can we please god. Śl You have to carry out his orders, that’s all. God’s representative is the guru. He asks you to do this, to do that—if you do that, that is pleasing.
yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto 'pi
"Without the grace of the spiritual master one cannot make any advancement." If you displease him, then you are nowhere. Therefore we worship the guru.
sākṣād-dharitvena samasta-śāstrair
uktas tathā bhāvyata eva sadbhiḥ
kintu prabhor yaḥ priya eva tasya
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam **
["The spiritual master is to be honored as much as the Supreme Lord because of his being the most confidential servitor of the Lord. This is acknowledged by all revealed scriptures and is followed by all authorities. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master, who is a bona fide representative of Lord Kṛṣṇa."] The guru should be accepted as God. That is the injunction of all śāstra.

The guru is the God’s representative. The guru is the eternal manifestation of Krishna. Then a question arises what are the symptoms of a guru . We can find many rascals who claim that they are the representative of god . Follow my orders. There are some symptoms of guru mentioned in vedas.The guru is the representative of Kṛṣṇa. The general symptoms are described in the Vedas.
tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigacchet
samit-pāṇiḥ śrotriyaṁ brahma-niṣṭham
[MU 1.2.12]
A guru must come in a disciplic succession, and he must have heard thoroughly about the Vedas from his spiritual master. Generally a guru’s symptom is that he is a perfect devotee, that’s all. And he serves Kṛṣṇa by preaching His message. Because Kṛṣṇa is God, He demanded:
sarva-dharmān parityajya
mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja
[Bg. 18.66]
"Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me." But people misunderstood Him. Therefore Kṛṣṇa again came as a guru and taught people how to surrender to Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is the original spiritual master because He was accepted as spiritual master by Arjuna. So what is the difficulty? Śiṣyas te 'haṁ śādhi māṁ tvāṁ prapannam [Bg. 2.7]. Arjuna told the Lord, "I am Your disciple, and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me." So unless He is a spiritual master how does Arjuna become His disciple? He is the original guru. Tene brahma hṛdā ya ādi-kavaye: [SB 1.1.1] "It is He only who first imparted Vedic knowledge unto the heart of Brahmā, the first created being." Therefore He is the original guru. If Kṛṣṇa is the original guru how can we get direct instruction from him . We can get his direct instruction from Bhagavad Gita.

But you have to learn it through the disciplic succession, otherwise you will misunderstand it.But presently how do nwe receive information directly from Kṛṣṇa? Does it comes through the disciplic succession from the books?
There is no difference. Suppose I say that this is a pencil. If you say to him, "There is a pencil," and if he says to another man, "This is a pencil," then what is the difference between his instruction and my instructions?

One can take Kṛṣṇa’s mercy provided it is delivered as it is. Just as we are teaching Bhagavad-gītā. In Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa says:
sarva-dharmān parityajya
mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja
[Bg. 18.66]
"Just give up all other forms of religion and simply surrender unto Me." Now we are saying that you should give up everything and surrender to Kṛṣṇa. Therefore, there is no difference between Kṛṣṇa’s instruction and our instruction. There is no deviation. So if you receive knowledge in that perfect way, that is as good as receiving instruction directly from Kṛṣṇa. But we don’t change anything. As krisna is within our hearts . He is always hearing you—whether you are praying or not praying. When you are doing some nonsense, He is also hearing you. And when you pray, that is very good. He can hear everything. Even if you don’t speak, even if you simply think, "I shall do it," then He hears you. Sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi sanniviṣṭaḥ: [Bg. 15.15] Kṛṣṇa is seated in everyone’s heart.

He supplies everything to everyone. He is supplying food to everyone. So He is the Father. So why should you not pray, "Father, give me this"? Just as in the Christian Bible there is, "Father, give us our daily bread." That is good—they are accepting the Supreme Father. But grown-up children should not ask from the father; rather, they should be prepared to serve the father. That is bhakti [devotion].

Through devotion one can solve the ultimate problem of our life that is birth ,death ,oldage and disease. After becoming perfect in devotion one can go back to godhead and doesn’t need to come back .

Source: Perfect question Perfect answer. By His Divine grace AC Bhaktivedanta Srila Prabhupada

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