The Purpose of Life..in Gita..IMP

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The Purpose of Life...as in Gita

The purpose of human life is to enquire:

Who am I?

Where have I come from?

What will happen to me at death?

Why do I suffer?

Why do others suffer?

Who is God?

How can I serve God?

Why is there variety of living beings?

How can I get out this cycle of birth, old age, disease, and death?

How can I live eternally?

Only the human beings enquire, the animals do not enquire. Unfortunately at the present time many humans have become two legged animals.

Give up lust, greed, and anger. These force us to sin and the result is hellish life in this life and the lives after.

Give up the killing of animals, especially the cows. The animals are also our brothers and sisters. This means no meat eating and no leather (car seats, sofas, clothing).

Human birth is rare, we have to make the best use of it by not engaging in sinful activities. The sinful activities are being greedy, lusty, angry, and violence against other living beings (animals and humans).

Don't waste this life by getting attached to the bodily platform of life (meat eating, lust, greed, anger, partying, discoing, bollywood and so on). This body is just one drop in the ocean of bodies that we are going through. A sword is hanging over your head. It will fall at any moment. All your properties, cars, and big bank balance won't help you at the time of death.

Your grandfather has died, you will also die, and your children will also die. Death is certain, it's only a matter of time. Still you are madly accumulating money and working very hard all day like a donkey. You do not care for the soul which is eternal, but you care for the body which is temporary. This is ignorance. In ignorance the soul becomes degraded and after this life. Such people take birth as dogs and hogs. There are 8.4 million different bodies that the soul keeps circulating in, one after the other. The fools will not think of the life after this one. They will simply mate, eat, sleep, and be merry. This is animal mentality. The animals also mate, sleep, eat and be merry. The only difference between the animals and the humans is that humans enquire all above mentioned questions.

This body you (the soul) are residing in, is temporary, but the real you, the soul, is eternal. Just as we change worn out clothes, jobs, houses, cars, partners, and so on. One day you will be forced to change your body too. So don't get too attached to this temporary body and material life. And just as a manufacturing company designs it's products today for production in the future. Similarly you are designing your next body with the actions you are taking now. So if you think let me enjoy now and forget about the future. Thus if you think your next life is not worth thinking about now. Then your next life will be that of nothing. You will take birth among the 8 million species of living beings below that of human beings (animal and plant kingdoms).
Only your service to Lord Krishna will count at death. So make the best use of this precious life by serving Lord Krishna. All your physics, chemistry, math, computing, and business knowledge will be completely erased at death. Only spiritual knowledge will go with you, and the top most spiritual knowledge is the Bhagavad-Gita. So don't waste precious time, read the Bhagavad-Gita, listen to the Bhagavad-Gita, and watch the Bhagavad-Gita.

We are the soul and not this body. The body is temporary but the soul is eternal and immortal. Our aim in life should be to escape from fangs of material life (birth, old age, disease, and death). This can only be done by humans, who have the higher consciousness.

We can attain an immortal spiritual body full of bliss, knowledge, eternal, and without a trace of calamity if we follow the Bhagavad-Gita with seriousness.

Jai Shri Krishna...

Jai Radhe...

Jai Gopal...

Hare Ram, Hare Ram, Ram Ram, Hare Hare,

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare..

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Posted: 15 years ago
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wonderful post raj

thanks a lottt...
seriously meat eating shd b given up
& the other sinful activities like drinking,lust ,greed ......shd also b given up if someone involved in these activities
very very true that at the time of death all our Physics,chemistry,computing &all the great knowledge wud b erazed only spiritual knowledge that we gained in our lives by the bhakti of LORD will help us ,the bhakti OF LORD KRISHNA will help us
all the mysteries of life hv their solution in BHAGVAD GEETA !!!!
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comparing todays man ,who is earning money (of course money earning is imp but earning money by sinful ways just for the addiction of money & for all the luxuries of life) is comapred to a donkey !!!

very very nice comparison !!!
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Originally posted by: sita11

comparing todays man ,who is earning money (of course money earning is imp but earning money by sinful ways just for the addiction of money & for all the luxuries of life) is comapred to a donkey !!!

very very nice comparison !!!

Even after earning tht wealth, man doesnt bring with himself, but still he wants to accumulate and work like donkey..in the end nothing goes just his good and bad deeds..
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Originally posted by: set_raj

Even after earning tht wealth, man doesnt bring with himself, but still he wants to accumulate and work like donkey..in the end nothing goes just his good and bad deeds..

very true !!!
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Originally posted by: sita11

wonderful post raj

thanks a lottt...
seriously meat eating shd b given up
& the other sinful activities like drinking,lust ,greed ......shd also b given up if someone involved in these activities
very very true that at the time of death all our Physics,chemistry,computing &all the great knowledge wud b erazed only spiritual knowledge that we gained in our lives by the bhakti of LORD will help us ,the bhakti OF LORD KRISHNA will help us
all the mysteries of life hv their solution in BHAGVAD GEETA !!!!

You are welcome sita... We have all the answers in our scriptures, provided one must go through.. Krishna has given priceless gem in form of Bhagwad Gita...where it is mentioned how one live day to day life..there is no confusion at all... We got precious human life to achieve the Moksha..not to enjoy and run after wordly pleasures..desires are never going to end..Person will become old, but desires will always remain young...
In Kaliyuga the best remedy is to do the Bhakti of Shri Krishna and keep on chanting his name...

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