But the history shows that anybody who thought like this had to suffer terribly in the end. The inevitable time factor defeats all such hedonistic plans for enjoyment and reduces to nothing all one’s accomplishments exactly like the roaring waves of an ocean devastating a sand castle built by a child. This is the harsh reality of the material world.
That is why Shri Chaitanaya mahaprabhu says, “I don't aspire for wealth, women or followers”, but rather he prays to the lord, “Please give me love for you.” As the scriptures proclaim,
prema
pumartho mahan
“The greatest achievement in all of creation is to achieve pure
love of god.”
Why? Because the only true need of each one of us is happiness.
And happiness comes only when we truly love and truly loved. And only person of
responding is in god, because he alone can be the eternal object of our love;
all other so-called loving relationships are inevitably severed by the sharp sword
of time.
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