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SB 6-01-68 VRN 1975-09-04 Don't Infect Yourself with --etc
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ANNOUNCER: The following is a class
on the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, 6th canto,
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1st chapter, text number 68,
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given by His Divine Grace
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda,
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recorded on the 4th of September,
1975, in Vṛndāvana, India.
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PRABHUPĀDA: Tata enaṁ daṇḍa-
pāṇeḥ sakāśaṁ kṛta-kilbiṣaṁ
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neṣyāmo ’kṛta-nirveśaṁ yatra
daṇḍena śuddhyati [SB 6.1.68].
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So without obeying the instruction
of the śāstra, he has fallen down.
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Although he was born in the brāhmaṇa family [splice] ,
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but on account of bad association he fell down
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from the standard of human ideal life.
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Therefore he is punishable.
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Not only he, every one of us.
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The human fom of life is specially meant
for going back to home, back to Godhead.
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The animal life… By progressive evolution,
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they come to the human form of life, and when one is,
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the living entity is on the
platform of human form of life,
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he has got his responsibility.
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Therefore śāstra says,
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nāyaṁ deho deha-bhājāṁ nṛloke
kaṣṭān kāmān arhate viḍ-bhujām ye
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tapo divyaṁ putrakā yena śuddhyet sattvaṁ
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yasmād brahma-saukhyam anantam [SB 5.5.1]
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This is the responsibility of human
life. This human life is not meant for
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working day and night like the dogs
and hogs for sense gratification.
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At the present moment it is going on all over the world.
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Simply for sense gratification, they are working so hard.
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From hundred miles they are
going to the working place,
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hanging on the Delhi passenger train.
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Sometimes there is accident.
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These things are going on,
very hard labor like the asses.
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So this is also another punishment.
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The more punishment is awaiting,
Yama-daṇḍa, at the court of Yamarāja.
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Not only they are suffering here, but
they will be taken to the Yamarāja.
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And there, according to his work,
abominable work, he will be punished.
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Therefore the Yamadūtas said,
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Tata enaṁ daṇḍa-pāṇeḥ sakāśaṁ
kṛta-kilbiṣaṁ neṣyāmaḥ [?].
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“Now it is our duty.”
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Just like police force,
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they are engaged to arrest the criminals and take him
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to the court or to the police officer for necessary action,
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so these Yamadūtas,
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they have given sufficient reason that
“This man has committed sinful life;
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therefore he is punishable.”
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So, the fact is, this is nature’s law.
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Nature’s law is that if the human being does not follow
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the injunction of the śāstra and he acts whimsically,
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independently, then he becomes punishable,
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exactly in the state laws, if you violate
the laws… You are not independent.
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If you violate the laws, you’ll be punished.
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Similarly, dharma means the laws of God.
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Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam [SB 6.3.19].
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So if you violate the laws of
God, the principles of dharma,
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then you will be punished.
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What is that principle of dharma?
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This Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām
ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja [Bg. 18.66].
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We have manufactured so many
different types of religious faith,
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but they are man-manufactured.
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They are not laws.
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And now it is being supported
by many so-called swāmīs,
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that “You can manufacture your own religion.
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It doesn’t matter.
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Whatever nonsense type of religion
you follow, you get the same result.”
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This is going on.
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But that is not the fact. Dharma is that, only one.
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Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām
ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja [Bg. 18.66].
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To surrender unto Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, is real dharma.
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And what of others?
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They are cheating.
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That is stated in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam.
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dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo ’tra [SB
1.1.2] Kaitava means cheating.
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Cheating type of religion is rejected.
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So we cannot violate the laws of God, or dharma.
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Then we’ll be punished.
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The punishment is there, awaiting,
by the laws of nature. [splice]
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The laws of nature is to punish you.
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So long you are not Kṛṣṇa conscious,
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the laws of nature will go on
punishing you [splice] This is the law.
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Prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ
karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ [Bg. 3.27].
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You are thinking independent, but that is not the fact.
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We are dependent, completely
dependent on the laws of nature.
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Laws of nature means laws of God.
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What is prakṛti?
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Prakṛti is acting under the direction of Kṛṣṇa.
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Just like a police constable
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is working under the direction
of magistrate or superior office,
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similarly,
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prakṛti is giving us various types
of miserable condition of life
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directed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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Mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ suyate sa-carācaram [Bg. 9.10].
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Kṛṣṇa says, “Under My superintendence
the laws of nature is working.”
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And what is the laws of nature?
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That in the human form of life, if you do
not endeavor to understand what is God,
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what you are, what is your relationship
with God, what is your duty—these things,
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if you do not learn, then you
are punishable immediately.
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Kṛṣṇa bhuliya jīva bhoga vāvchā kare
pasate māyāra tāre jāpaṭiyā dhare [?].
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As soon as you forget Kṛṣṇa and
you want to act independently,
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then immediately you are captured
by māyā and you are punished.
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So when you come to this senses,
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that “I am punished by māyā on account
of my forgetting Kṛṣṇa consciousness;
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therefore my duty is to come back
again to Kṛṣṇa consciousness
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and be saved from the punishment of
the material nature,” that is human duty.
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You cannot say that “I don’t want Kṛṣṇa consciousness.”
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If you don’t want, then you must suffer.
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If you want to save yourself from
suffering, then you must take to Kṛṣṇa.
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It is a question of “must.”
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It is not your option. Your option is there.
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Because you are part and parcel of
Kṛṣṇa, you have got little independence.
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But if you misuse that independence,
then you are punishable.
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You cannot. Just like everyone has got
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little independence to violate the laws of the state.
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You can do that, but that is punishable.
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So if we take the risk of being punished,
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then we can violate the laws of nature or laws of God.
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The laws of God is very simple thing.
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It is not very difficult.
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God personally says,
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Man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-
yājī māṁ namaskuru [Bg. 18.65].
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“Just always think of Me.”
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So it is not at all difficult.
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Kṛṣṇa is here.
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You see the Deity of Kṛṣṇa.
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Have impression in your heart how
Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma is standing,
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how Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa is standing,
how Gaura-Nitai is standing.
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So you can think always.
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Man-manā.
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Or you can think of Him by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa.
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Where is the difficulty?
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Man-manā.
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You become devotee, come here
in the temple, offer your respect.
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So to become Kṛṣṇa conscious is not at all difficult.
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But people will not take to it.
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Therefore they must suffer. This is the law.
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So here the same thing is stated,
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Tata enaṁ daṇḍa-pāṇeḥ
sakāśaṁ kṛta-kilbiṣam [SB 6.1.68].
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“He has acted sinfully.
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Therefore he is punishable, and he
must be taken to the Yamarāja.”
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Neṣyāmo akṛta-nirveśam [SB 6.1.68].
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Nirveśam means… Suppose
I have committed some sins.
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I must be arrested.
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Sometimes a great criminal
voluntarily goes to the police
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and surrenders because he knows,
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“I will be arrested, and if I surrender immediately,
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my punishment may be lesser.”
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So you cannot escape the punishment.
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So punishment… Suppose you have stolen something.
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You must be punished for six months’ imprisonment.
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That is the law.
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If you have killed somebody, then you must be killed.
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You must be hanged.
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This is the law.
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So that is called nirviśeṣam, to counteract.
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If I have stolen some property,
then I must suffer imprisonment.
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This is counteracting, prāyaścitta.
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If you have infected some disease,
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then you must suffer for some time from that disease.
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Akṛta-nirveśam [SB 6.1.68].
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“So he has not neutralized his sinful activities.”
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Yatra daṇḍena śuddhyati [SB 6.1.68].
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“Because he has not nullified his sinful
activities by atonement or other measures,
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then he must be punsihed. Then he will be purified.”
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So punishment is also purification.
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Purification. Same law: If you infect some disease,
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then you must get that disease and
you must suffer from that disease.
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That is your punishment.
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Therefore you should be very much
careful not to infect any disease.
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Similarly, don’t infect the material
qualities, rajo-guṇa and tamo-guṇa.
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Remain in sattva-guṇa and try to elevate yourself
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from sattva-guṇa to transcendental
stage, brahma-bhūtaḥ.
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Then life is successful.
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Otherwise we shall be repeatedly punished
so long we have got the tendency
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to enjoy material happiness and get
another body, one after another.
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