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<h2>Lectures</h2>
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<h3>Nectar of Devotion Lectures</h3>
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People are enamored by this material life to have high parentage, janmaiśvarya-śruta-śrī (SB 1.8.26). They are enamored by these things. "I must have birth in high family, in brahmin family, in king's family, in heavenly planet, in demigod's family." They think this is life. But a devotee knows, "No, this is not life." For devotee . . . vidhi-mahendrādiś ca kīṭāyate. What to speak of this rich family or that family or brahmin family? Vidhi-mahendrādiś ca kīṭāyate (Caitanya-candrāmṛta 5).
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[[Vanisource:730106 - Lecture NOD - Bombay|730106 - Lecture NOD - Bombay]]
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Pradyumna: "The vivid example is America: the richest nation of the world, having all facilities for material comfort, is producing a class of men completely confused and frustrated in life. I am appealing herewith to such confused men . . ." Oh. "The root cause of our dissatisfaction is that our dormant loving propensity has not been fulfilled despite our great advancement in the materialistic way of life. The Nectar of Devotion will give us practical hints how we can live in this material world perfectly engaged in devotional service and thus fulfill all our desires in this life and the next. The Nectar of Devotion is not presented to condemn . . ."

Prabhupāda: If you become devotee of Kṛṣṇa, all your desires will be fulfilled. That is also fact.

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:akāmaḥ sarva-kāmo vā
:mokṣa-kāma udāra-dhiḥ
:tīvreṇa bhakti-yogena
:yajeta paramaṁ puruṣa 
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It is not that . . . sometimes we think like that, that "If we become devotee of God, then I'll become poor." Because Vaiṣṇavas are generally appear to be poor, so those who are after material happiness, they do not like to become Vaiṣṇavas. They become devotee of Lord Śiva, because by the grace of Lord Śiva they get all material facilities. Therefore generally people are very much fond of becoming devotee of Lord Śiva.

That . . . this question was discussed between Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja . . . not, Parīkṣit Mahārāja and Śukadeva Gosvāmī. Parīkṣit Mahārāja inquired this, that "Lord Viṣṇu is the master of goddess of fortune, but generally we find the Vaiṣṇavas are poor. And Lord Śiva, he hasn't got even a house, so still, his devotees are very prosperous." So the explanation was given that Lord Śiva is the master of these material opulences, Durgā-devī. Durgā-devī is his wife, the material nature. So devotees of Lord Viṣṇu . . . er, Lord Śiva can get all material facilities.

And Lord Viṣṇu . . . because he is going to be transferred to the spiritual world, therefore gradually his material affection is curtailed. Of course, when he is advanced in devotion, then his material comforts are not curtailed. But when he is not advanced, if he thinks that, "By becoming Vaiṣṇava I shall be materially very opulent, opulented, and I shall enjoy this material enjoyment," then it is curtailed. That is explained in Bhāgavata and Caitanya-caritāmṛta. Yasyāham anugṛhṇāmi hariṣye tad-dhanam ([[Vanisource:SB 10.88.8|SB 10.88.8]]). Because Viṣṇu knows that "He wants Me, at the same time he wants some material opulence, so this is his ignorance. This is his ignorance. If he wants material opulence, then he has to remain here within this material world. But he wants Me."

So to have Kṛṣṇa, that is in the spiritual world. So if you have got attachment for this material world, then you cannot go. A slight attachment for this material world will oblige him to take another birth. If the mind is absorbed in karma or material comfort, then Kṛṣṇa will give you, "All right. You take this work again." Even great, great yogīs, because they think of material comforts, they are called bhraṣṭa. Yoga-bhraṣṭaḥ sañjāyate. Śucīnāṁ śrīmatām. Although the facility is given to take birth in the family of high brahmin or a high, rich man, but it is material life. It is material life. And one who becomes perfectly Kṛṣṇa conscious, he hasn't got to. Tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti ([[Vanisource:BG 4.9 (1972)|BG 4.9]]). He is immediately transferred to Kṛṣṇa.

But people are enamored by this material life to have high parentage, janmaiśvarya-śruta-śrī ([[Vanisource:SB 1.8.26|SB 1.8.26]]). They are enamored by these things. "I must have birth in high family, in brahmin family, in king's family, in heavenly planet, in demigod's family." They think this is life. But a devotee knows, "No, this is not life." For devotee . . . vidhi-mahendrādiś ca kīṭāyate. What to speak of this rich family or that family or brahmin family? Vidhi-mahendrādiś ca kīṭāyate (Caitanya-candrāmṛta 5). Even vidhi . . . vidhi means Lord Brahma, and mahendra means Lord Indra. They are also considered, "What? They are insects, they're a pāpa living entity, just like ordinary insects." That is the position. The devotee is richest.
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