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<div class="heading">We should not allow our senses to be engaged in such thing which will never exist. That is the criterion. Simply engage yourself in such things which will continue, will exist forever. Just like we are learning here Krsna's service. So Krsna's service is here, and if you are perfect, then Krsna's service is there after death also, the same thing.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.16.6 -- Los Angeles, January 3, 1974|Lecture on SB 1.16.6 -- Los Angeles, January 3, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">We should not allow our senses to be engaged in such thing which will never exist. That is the criterion. Simply engage yourself in such things which will continue, will exist forever. Just like we are learning here Krsna's service. So Krsna's service is here, and if you are perfect, then Krsna's service is there after death also, the same thing. Therefore it is said, mara va jiva va. One saintly person said to a royal prince, raja-putra ciran jiva, ciran jiva: "Oh, you are the son of a king. You live forever." Muni-putra muni-putra ma jiva ma jiva: "Oh, you are the disciple of a saintly person, brahmacari, you please die immediately." Just see. Raja-putra ciran jiva, blessing raja-putra, "You live forever." And muni-putra, the son of a muni, or the disciple of a muni, he says, ma jiva, ma jiva: "You don't live, you die. You die." And that thing... That, what is called? This butcher. Butcher, he is advising the butcher, jiva va mara va: "Either you..." No. He is advising butcher, ma jiva ma mara: "Don't die, don't live." And to a sadhu, saintly person, he is advising, jiva va mara va, two things. So what is the purport? The purport is that this prince, he is enjoying material enjoyment, but next life he will have to become a dog. "So better you live with your enjoyment. Ciran jiva. Because as soon as you die, you are going to be a dog. So better you live. So long you will live it is good for you." And muni-putra, a brahmacari, his business is fasting and go to collect for Guru Maharaja, and then whatever he takes, he offers to the guru. Then the guru says that "You can eat," he can eat. It is hardship, but by this hardship he is now prepared to go back to home, Godhead. So he says, "You immediately die so you can go to Vaikuntha immediately." And the cruel butcher, he is advised, ma jiva ma mara: "You don't live and don't die. Because your living condition is so horrible that every day, morning, you have to kill so many animals and see bloodshed and this. It is a horrible life. Your occupation is very, very horrible. Therefore you should not live. But at the same time, if you die, then you are going to suffer all this suffering yourself. Then you don't die also." So this is the position. And sadhu, those who are saintly person, devotees, he is advised, jiva va mara va: "Either you live or either you die, your business is to serve Krsna. You are serving Krsna now, and after death, you will serve Krsna. So there is no question of your death, neither there is no question of your birth." So these are some moral instructions.</p>
<p>So here it is said that kim anyair asad-alapair yad. What is this? Avyayah, asad-vyayah. What is the meaning of vyayah? Asat, "unnecessary waste of life." So unnecessary waste of life, we should be very careful. That is Krsna consciousness. That is the criterion of Krsna conscious life. We should not waste our time. That is advised by Rupa Gosvami also. Avyartha-kalatvam (Cc. Madhya 23.18-19). We should be very cautious not to waste a single moment without Krsna consciousness. So we have got so many activities. If we have no activities, then we can polish the floor of the Temple. That is not very difficult. If I am illiterate, I have no interest in reading books, I have no interest in chanting or I cannot do it constantly, then take something and mop over the temple and cleanse the temple. That is also service. It is not that one who is engaged in the Deity worship, he is better engaged, and one who is polishing the floor, he is less engaged. No. Both of them will get equal benefit. Krsna consciousness is so nice. So find out some business for Krsna. Don't waste time. That is the perfection of Krsna consciousness.</p>
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