Verses
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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.20.22
"Until one’s mind is fixed in spiritual satisfaction, one should analytically study the temporary nature of all material objects, whether cosmic, earthly or atomic. One should constantly observe the process of creation through the natural progressive function and the process of annihilation through the regressive function." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/20/22
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.20.25
"If, because of momentary inattention, a yogī accidentally commits an abominable activity, then by the very practice of yoga he should burn to ashes the sinful reaction, without at any time employing any other procedure." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/20/25
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.21.2
"Steadiness in one’s own position is declared to be actual piety, whereas deviation from one’s position is considered impiety. In this way the two are definitely ascertained." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/21/2
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.21.24-25
"Simply by material birth, human beings become attached within their minds to personal sense gratification, long duration of life, sense activities, bodily strength, sexual potency and friends and family. Their minds are thus absorbed in that which defeats their actual self-interest." "Those ignorant of their real self-interest are wandering on the path of material existence, gradually heading toward darkness. Why would the Vedas further encourage them in sense gratification if they, although foolish, submissively pay heed to Vedic injunctions?" https://vedy.online/en/sb11/21/24 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/21/25
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.21.31
"Just as a foolish businessman gives up his real wealth in useless business speculation, foolish persons give up all that is actually valuable in life and instead pursue promotion to material heaven, which although pleasing to hear about is actually unreal, like a dream. Such bewildered persons imagine within their hearts that they will achieve all material blessings." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/21/31
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.22.39
"When the living entity passes from the present body to the next body, which is created by his own karma, he becomes absorbed in the pleasurable and painful sensations of the new body and completely forgets the experience of the previous body. This total forgetfulness of one’s previous material identity, which comes about for one reason or another, is called death." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/22/39
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.22.41
"Just as a person experiencing a dream or daydream does not remember his previous dreams or daydreams, a person situated in his present body, although having existed prior to it, thinks that he has only recently come into being." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/22/41
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.22.43-44
"My dear Uddhava, material bodies are constantly undergoing creation and destruction by the force of time, whose swiftness is imperceptible. But because of the subtle nature of time, no one sees this." "The different stages of transformation of all material bodies occur just like those of the flame of a candle, the current of a river, or the fruits of a tree." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/22/43 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/22/44
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.22.46
"A person does not actually take birth out of the seed of past activities, nor, being immortal, does he die. By illusion the living being appears to be born and to die, just as fire in connection with firewood appears to begin and then cease to exist." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/22/46
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.22.47-48
"Although the material body is different from the self, because of the ignorance due to material association one falsely identifies oneself with the superior and inferior bodily conditions. Sometimes a fortunate person is able to give up such mental concoction." "Although the material body is different from the self, because of the ignorance due to material association one falsely identifies oneself with the superior and inferior bodily conditions. Sometimes a fortunate person is able to give up such mental concoction." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/22/48 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/22/48
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.22.49
"By the death of one’s father or grandfather one can surmise one’s own death, and by the birth of one’s son one can understand the condition of one’s own birth. A person who thus realistically understands the creation and destruction of material bodies is no longer subject to these dualities." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/22/49
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.22.50
"One who observes the birth of a tree from its seed and the ultimate death of the tree after maturity certainly remains a distinct observer separate from the tree. In the same way, the witness of the birth and death of the material body remains separate from it." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/22/50