The document discusses how the material world is temporary and full of miseries like birth, old age, disease and death. It recommends elevating oneself to the spiritual world, which is eternal and free from all miseries, through bhakti yoga or devotional service to Lord Krishna. This is the only way to attain complete freedom and the highest perfection in life, according to the teachings of Bhagavad Gita.

1. Nature of
this
world

2. Based on the teachings of
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta
Swami Prabhupada
Founder Acharya –
International Society for
Krishna Consciousness

3. How many of you
feel that this
world is…

4. A
Wonderful
Place ?

5. A
Miserable
Place ?

6. 50 – 50
Good, but
sometimes
miserable !!

7. Lets analyze
more objectively

8. Many are
born in
opulence
and good
upbringing

9. But…
there are many
who are born much
against their choice

10. Blind…
& never see
light

11. With not
enough to
eat
&
starve to
death

12. With severe
disabilities
& live
with it,
rest of their
lives

13. No one desires a
miserable condition…
...but, much against
our wish many are put in
miserable conditions

14. Birth itself
is a
miserable
experience

15. No one
wants to DIE.

16. Yet, in front
of us time
separates us
from our
near and
dear ones

17. We are left
shattered
& broken
hearted

18. & above all we die leaving
behind all we have so
painstakingly acquired
• wealth,
• properties,
• degrees,
• name, etc.

19. We want to
remain
young and
energetic

20. But…
very soon
we start
growing old
and our
bodies
become
weak & frail

22. & we are no
longer
beautiful

23. Ronald
Regan
President U.S.A.
1980-1988

24. 5th Nov 1994, Regan announces….
“I have recently
been told that I
am afflicted with
Alzheimer’s
disease...I now
begin the journey
that will take me
into sunset of my
life.”

25. Due to receding memory, he
was not able to remember he
was ever the president of USA.

26. We want
to remain
hale &
healthy

27. But, much
against our
wish we
encounter
various
diseases

28. Some
chronic

29. Some fatal

30. Although
we are
advanced in
medical
science…

31. …& have
latest
technology
at our
disposal

32. Still our plans of good
health & happiness are
thwarted with newer &
newer diseases

33. “I am the
greatest”
Mohammed Ali
World Heavyweight Boxing Champion

34. Today, he is
suffering from
PARKINSON
disease…
…he can’t even
lift a cup of
coffee

35. Krishna in
the
Bhagavad-
gétä
instructs

36. janma-måtyu-jarä-vyädhi-
duùkha-doñänudarçanam

37. ...one who can
perceive birth, death,
old age & disease as
REAL PROBLEMS is in
knowledge.

38. Also, if we analyze
our lives, we are
constantly
tormented with…

39. adhyätmika
kleças
miseries due to
our body and
mind

40. adhibhautik
kleças
miseries due to
other living
entities

41. adhidaivika
kleças
miseries due to
natural
calamities

42. Krishna also points out that in
essence, this material world is
duùkhälayam
açäçvatam

43. A place
which is
MISERABLE
&
TEMPORARY

44. We are in a place which is
MISERABLE & TEMPORARY
What is the
solution ?

45. mäm upetya punar janma
duùkhälayam açäçvatam
näpnuvanti mahätmänaù
saàsiddhià paramäà gatäù
Bhagavad-gétä 8.15

46. “After attaining Me, the
great souls, who are yogis
in devotion, never return
to this temporary world,
which is full of miseries,
because they have
attained the highest
perfection.”

47. paras tasmät tu bhävo ’nyo
’vyakto ’vyaktät sanätanaù
yaù sa sarveñu bhüteñu
naçyatsu na vinaçyati
Bhagavad-gétä 8.20

48. “Yet there is another unmanifest
nature, which is eternal and is
transcendental to this
manifested and unmanifested
world. It is supreme and is never
annihilated. When all in this
world is annihilated, that part
remains as it is.”

49. Spiritual World
• Blissful
• Eternal
• Free
from all
inebriety
Our eternal home, where
we all originally belong to.

50. na tad bhäsayate süryo
na çaçäìko na pävakaù
yad gatvä na nivartante
tad dhäma paramaà mama
Bhagavad-gétä 15.6

51. “That supreme abode of Mine
is not illumined by the sun or
moon, nor by fire or
electricity. Those who reach
it never return to this
material world.”

52. Towards the end of
Bhagavad-gétä,
Krishna reveals his
MOST
CONFIDENTIAL
instruction

53. “Because you are
My very dear
friend, I am
speaking to you
My supreme
instruction, the
most confidential
knowledge of all.
Hear this from
Me, for it is for
your benefit.”

54. man-
manä
“always think
of Me”

55. bhava
mad-
bhakto
“become My
devotee”

56. mad-yäjé
“worship Me”

57. mäà
namaskur
u
“offer your
obeisances
unto Me”

58. “Thus you will
mäm come to Me
evaiñyasi without fail.
satyaà te I promise you
pratijäne this because
priyo ’si you are My
very dear
me friend.”

59. janma karma ca me divyam
evaà yo vetti tattvataù
tyaktvä dehaà punar janma
naiti mäm eti so ’rjuna
Bhagavad-gétä 4.9

60. “One who knows the
transcendental nature of My
appearance and activities
does not, upon leaving the
body, take his birth again in
this material world…”

61. “…but attains My eternal
abode, O Arjuna.”

62. which is
eternal, full
of knowledge,
& completely
blissful