SB Canto 1 Chapter 2

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1. From Verse 8 to 15 : - Ultimate Aim of Life is to remember Krishna

2. Different occupational activities in terms of man's different conceptions of life.
3. Concentrated and Extended Selfishness, still the gross materialists are not happy
4. Above Gross materialists there are Mental speculators but still they are also not happy.
5. Without knowing the needs of the soul one cannot be happy simply with emolument of the body and mind. (Cage
and bird)
6. The need of the soul - want to get out of the limited sphere of material bondage and fulfill his desire for complete
satisfaction. The complete freedom is achieved when he meets the complete spirit the personality of Godhead.
7. Real affection and perverted affection.
8. We have to engage ourselves in occupational engagements that will evoke our divine consciousness. That is
possible by hearing and chanting the divine activities of the Lord and any activity which does not help one to
achieve attachment for hearing and chanting is simply waste of time.

9. All occupational engagements are certainly meant for ultimate liberation, they should never be performed for
material gain. So in the previous verse 6 also we have learnt that devotional service must be pure free from
unnecessary material desires, and here in this verse it is said that sometime people followed the path of religious
activities with an aim to get some material benefits, by such material benefits they can fulfill their desires (sense
gratification). Here again it is said that don’t be engaged in occupational duties for some material gain, if there be
gain that should not be utilized for sense gratification.

10. Goal of life is not sense gratification, one should inquire about the absolute truth. But it also does not mean that
one should not care for his health. Self-preservation is needed but with an aim to inquire about absolute truth not
for sense gratification.

11. In all spheres of life the end point is sense gratification. Leader and voters, So called salvationist (Spiritual suicide
by becoming one with Absolute truth). No one is serious about problems of life. Senses are not meant for
unrestricted sense gratifications, it should be regulated (Marriage). Regulation automatically comes when one
seeking sincerely after absolute truth that seeker will not be allured by the temptations.

12. In the verse number 11, there is explanation about the absolute truth that it can be realized in three features
Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagwan. Here one important aspect is discussed about relative world and Absolute
world. In absolute world there is no difference between knower and known in the terms of qualities.

13. So the goal of human form of life is to know absolute truth, and in the verse 12 Prabhupada explains that
Absolute truth is realized in full by devotional service followed by knowledge and detachment and it can be fixed
up by aural reception of the Vedanta Sruti. "Devotional service which is based on the ground on the foreground of
full knowledge combined with detachment form material association and which is fixed by the aural reception of
vedanta sruti is the only perfect method to realize the absolute truth.

14. Three class of devotees, neophyte (material devotees) don’t have knowledge and detachment but simply
attracted to preliminary process of worshipping, more after material benefits. One should make definite progress
atleast to the level of madhyama adhikari.

15. Neophyte devotee - Less taste for hearing from the authorities. Make show of hearing from the professional man
to satisfy his senses. Don’t receive divine messages from professional men.

16. Hear from authorities, without hearing such literatures one cannot make actual progress, without hearing and
following the instructions the show of devotional service becomes worthless and therefore sort of disturbance in
the path of devotional service.

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17. The only purpose of Varna ashrama is to please the supreme personality of godhead.

18. Four general occupations - glorifying, hearing, remembering and worshipping common in all divisions. False
propaganda of glorification and real glorification of the Supreme Lord. The actual object of glorification is the
Supreme Lord that will bring happiness.

19. The liberation automatically follows for one who constantly remembers the transcendental pastimes of the Lord
as these are transcendental to the modes of material nature, therefore constant association with the spiritual
activities of the Lord gradually spiritualizes the conditioned soul and ultimately severs the knot of material
bondage. Liberation is by product of devotional service.
20. Attainment of spiritual knowledge must be overcoated with devotional service.
21. Glorify, Remember, Worship, Hear without cessation.

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