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<h2>Lectures</h2>
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<h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
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The nature is made so, whatever you do, for the time being you relish that, "I have done something, I am now very comfortably situated," and so on, so on, but time will come, you will be kicked off from your position. You will be again thrown into the wilderness. Therefore they do not know. That will be explained also. They do not know what is the aim of life. Na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇum (SB 7.5.31). They do not know. They are foolish. Andhā yathāndhair. Their foolish leaders also misleading them.
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[[Vanisource:710908 - Lecture SB 07.05.22-30 - London|710908 - Lecture SB 07.05.22-30 - London]]
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Prahlāda Mahārāja first of all said: "My dear father, anyone whose vow is to live in this material world very comfortably, although there is no possibility of comfort . . ." This is called māyā. But they are trying to be comfortable. They are trying to be comfortable. Punaḥ punaś carvita-carvaṇānām ([[Vanisource:SB 7.5.30|SB 7.5.30]]). They have seen that Roman Empire was lost, Greek Empire was lost, Mogul Empire was lost; still, they tried for British Empire, and it has failed. They are called punaḥ punaś carvita-carvaṇānām. The things which have been thrown away after chewing, again chewing the same thing. That is called gṛha-vratānām.

You cannot make any permanent settlement within this material world. That is not possible. The nature is made so, whatever you do, for the time being you relish that, "I have done something, I am now very comfortably situated," and so on, so on, but time will come, you will be kicked off from your position. You will be again thrown into the wilderness. Therefore they do not know. That will be explained also. They do not know what is the aim of life. Na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇum ([[Vanisource:SB 7.5.31|SB 7.5.31]]). They do not know. They are foolish. Andhā yathāndhair. Their foolish leaders also misleading them.

So this will be explained by Prahlāda Mahārāja. This is very nice instruction. You please come tomorrow, I shall speak also tomorrow.

Thank you very much. (devotees offer obeisances)

Śyāmasundara: You want to answer any questions? (to guests) Questions relating to tonight's lecture, pertaining to this philosophy of Prahlāda Mahārāja, please ask. You are free to ask any questions.

German devotee: Śrīla Prabhupāda, in the beginning, the sravanam is hearing . . . I was discussing this with somebody, and they said that reading of books silently is no good. Is this true? Does one have to recite aloud while one is reading? To read Bhagavad-gītā . . .

Prabhupāda: Reading is also smaraṇam. That śravaṇam, kīrtanam, smaraṇam. It is clear?
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