(a) Mode of passion results in misery
e.g. Building a skyscraper requires so much toil and misery for little happiness
One may experience so-called mental happiness e.g. I have this house or money
(b) Mode of Ignorance
Ignorance leads to misery – Examples:
Performer is without knowledge and therefore all activities lead to misery and next life is animal life
Animal life is always miserable but under illusion one does not understand this
Grossest type of ignorance – Slaughtering poor animals for the taste of tongue - especially cow killing is most vicious
Ref. Rg Veda – Killing cow after taking its milk is the grossest ignorance
(c) WARNING! Human society is advancing in the wrong direction
Ref. Vishnu Purana – “Namo brahmanya”
Brahmanas are the symbol of spiritual education
Cows are the symbol of most valuable food. They are very dear to Krishna
“Real advancement of civilization” implies that Brahamans and cows must be given all protection
Modern human society – spiritual knowledge is neglected, cow killing is encouraged
(d) Suggested solution: All nations should take care to provide the easiest process, Krishna
consciousness, to save humanity from the greatest danger
(a) Death in mode of goodness (14.14)
“Amalan” – indicates free from mode of passion and ignorance
Mode of goodness – Purest form of existence in material world
(b) Death in mode of passion and ignorance (14.15)
Establishes that after human life that soul can also go down to lower existence
This refutes that one can never go down from human life
Aim of human life
Take to mode of goodness
Take to good association
Gradually transcend all the three modes and situate yourself in Krishna consciousness
(a) According to the degree of goodness one can go to different upper planetary systems
(b) Passion is usually mixed, between goodness and ignorance
Even if pure passion, one remains on earth as a king or a rich man
Otherwise may go down
May go mad in the next life
One cannot forcibly go to higher planets
(c) Mode of Ignorance
Lowest Quality
Result is very risky
According to the degree one comes to any of the 8 million species
“Tamasah” – Those who continue to stay in ignorance without rising to the higher modes have a very dark future
(d) Krishna consciousness is the “System and opportunity to elevate to higher mode of goodness”
(a) How does Krishna consciousness help
One will develop the mode of goodness in this society
People will see things as they are
(b) Mode of ignorance – One does not see things as they are because ‘no education’ makes one
irresponsible e.g. one does not see the equal and opposite reactions of animal killing
(c) How to stop irresponsible activities and benefit the current civilization
Educate to stop irresponsible behavior
Education makes them sober and one knows things as they are
Then one becomes happy and prosperous
(d) What if all do not take to this education
Even if a certain percentage develops Krishna consciousness and become situated in the mode of goodness, then there is peace and prosperity all over
Otherwise under passion there will be no peace and prosperity
Makes one greedy and unlimited hankering for sense enjoyment
Even if one has money, he will neither be happy nor have peace of mind because under the mode of passion his profession and occupation are very troublesome
Devise so many plans and schemes to acquire money to maintain his status quo.
And ignorance makes one mad, distressed by various circumstances one takes shelter of intoxications and sinks further down – future is very dark
(e) Happiness is only possible in the mode of goodness by practicing Krishna consciousness; not just
by earning money