Material sense gratification, sinful activity kills the propensity to serve Krishna.

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    Material sense gratification, sinful activity kills the propensity to serve Krishna.The moment a living entity moves his face away from Krishna, he naturally goes to sense enjoyment.

    We often assume that our body is meant for gratification. The world leads us to believe that by indulging in our bodily senses, we will get pleasure.

    But the same body that is the source of sensual delight is also the arena for disease, deterioration and destruction – all of which are distressful, hugely distressful. Pertinently, the Bhagavad-gita (05.22) cautions that sensual gratification ends in tribulation.

    Despite such tribulation and caution, the bodily senses drive us towards indulgence repeatedly and forcefully, thereby inviting misery. Recognizing that bodily urges breed suffering, some people try to extinguish such urges by subjecting the body to stimuli opposite to its cravings. So, they may expose it to extreme heat or extreme cold or self-flagellation. By thus subjecting it to mortification, they hope to extinguish its urges.

    Significantly, the Gita (17.06) considers bodily mortification to be ungodly. It highlights that such abuse of the bodily elements causes distress to the Supersoul, who doesn’t want his children to suffer unnecessarily. Gita wisdom offers a balanced vision of the body as a tool for spiritual realization. For gaining such realizations, active forms of yoga, unlike their contemplative counterparts, engage all of our faculties – not just mental and intellectual, but also physical and sensual (05.11). This same mood of utilizing the body is taken to its summit in bhakti-yoga, the yoga of devotional action and intention.

    Therein we see the body as belonging to our beloved Lord, Krishna, and meant for being used in his service. Moreover, bhakti-yoga offers us multiple sensory pathways to the divine. These include beholding the Deities with the eyes, chanting the holy names with the tongue and hearing spiritual wisdom with the ears. Such spiritual utilization redefines the body: it doesn’t remain the cause of bondage, but becomes the means to liberation.

    Bhagavad Gita Chapter 17 verse 6
    karṣayantaḥ śarīra-sthaṁ
    bhūta-grāmam acetasaḥ
    māṁ caivāntaḥ śarīra-sthaṁ
    tān viddhy āsura-niścayān

    SYNONYMS
    karṣayantaḥ—tormenting; śarīra-stham—situated within the body; bhūtagrāmam—combination of material elements; acetasaḥ—by such a misled mentality; mām—to Me; ca—also; eva—certainly; antaḥ—within; śarīra-stham—situated in the body; tān—them; viddhi—understand; āsura—demons; niścayān—certainly.

    Lord Krishna Said: "Those who undergo severe austerities and penances not recommended in the scriptures, performing them out of pride, egotism, lust and attachment, who are impelled by passion and who torture their bodily organs as well as the Supersoul dwelling within are to be known as demons.

    There are persons who manufacture modes of austerity and penances which are not mentioned in the scriptural injunctions. For instance, fasting for some ulterior purpose, such as to promote a purely political end, is not mentioned in the scriptural directions. The scriptures recommend fasting for spiritual advancement, not for some political end or social purpose. Persons who take to such austerities are, according to Bhagavad-gītā, certainly demoniac. Their acts are against the scriptural injunction and are not beneficial for the people in general. Actually, they act out of pride, false ego, lust and attachment for material enjoyment. By such activities, not only are the combination of material elements of which the body is constructed disturbed, but also the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself living within the body. Such unauthorized fasting or austerities for some political end are certainly very disturbing to others. They are not mentioned in the Vedic literature.

    A demoniac person may think that he can force his enemy or other parties to comply with his desire by this method, but sometimes one dies by such fasting. These acts are not approved by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and He says that those who engage in them are demons. Such demonstrations are insults to the Supreme Personality of Godhead because they are enacted in disobedience to the Vedic scriptural injunctions. The word acetasaḥ is significant in this connection-persons of normal mental condition must obey the scriptural injunctions.

    Those who are not in such a position neglect and disobey the scriptures and manufacture their own way of austerities and penances. One should always remember the ultimate end of the demoniac people, as described in the previous chapter. The Lord forces them to take birth in the womb of demoniac persons. Consequently they will live by demoniac principles life after life without knowing their relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If, however, such persons are fortunate enough to be guided by a spiritual master who can direct them to the path of Vedic wisdom, they can get out of this entanglement and ultimately achieve the supreme goal.

    Krishna Consciousness is not an artificial imposition on the mind. This consciousness is the original natural energy of the living entity.
    Krishna Consciousness: The Topmost Yoga System

    When we understand our relationship with God then we all will be happy. It is an essential factor for establishing peace in the world.
     

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