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I cannot grant you immortality

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: The eternal struggle

Hiranyakasipu wanted to become immortal, so he underwent such severe penances that the whole universe trembled. Lord Brahma had to come to pacify him “What do you want?”

Hiranyakasipu said, “I want to become immortal!”

Lord Brahma replied, “Although I have a very long duration of life, even I am not immortal, so I cannot grant you immortality.”

So although Brahma lives for trillions of years, still he has to die. Wherever you go within this material world, either in

light-of-godhead2015-08-13T01:56:19+00:00August 13th, 2015|Categories: Brahma, Hiranyakasipu, Immortality, Lord Nrsimhadeva, Prahlada Maharaja, Stories|Tags: Disease, Immortal, Penances, Real problem|

You take the body you want

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: How to see the Absolute truth

Desire-Pic If you want, nature will give you facility. Prakrteh kriyamanani gunaih karmani sarvasah [Bg. 3.27]. Prakrti means nature. He’s giving, by nature. Just like, if you infect, if you become infected with some disease, so you’ll get that disease. It is nature’s way. If you touch fire, your finger will be burned. Not that nature has to make a particular arrangement. By nature it is there. Similarly, if you remain like cats and dogs, then by nature you’ll get

light-of-godhead2015-08-13T02:03:52+00:00August 13th, 2015|Categories: Analogies, Material nature, Reincarnation|Tags: Cats and Dogs, Disease, Fire|