750423 Lecture - Srila Prabhupada Speaks a Nectar Drop in Vrndavana
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Śoka-moha-bhaya, these things are our constant companion. Śoka. Śoka means lamenting, and moha means illusion. And bhaya, bhaya means fearfulness. So we are embarrassed with these things always: śoka, moha and bhaya. Śoka: we are always lamenting, "This thing I have lost." "I have lost this business," "I have lost my son," "I have lost. . ." so many. Because it is, after all, a losing business. To exist in this material world means it is a losing business. There will be no profit. Therefore whatever we are working for, searching after, real happiness, if it is not devotional service, then the Bhāgavata says, śrama eva hi kevalam (SB 1.2.8): "Simply working for nothing, and the gain is labor."
So people are suffering in this way. Although they do not know, they are taking it as enjoying. That is illusion. Moha. That is called moha. " |
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