Introduction - The Real nature of material world
In the Fifteenth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gita, the real picture of the material world is given. It is said there:
urdhva-mulam adhah-sakham
asvattham prahur avyayam
chandamsi yasya parnani
yas tam veda sa veda-vit
Here the material world is described as a tree whose roots are upwards and branches are below.
Understanding the verse 15.1
We have experience of a tree whose roots are upward: if one stands on the bank of a river or any reservoir of water, he can see that the trees reflected in the water are upside down. The branches go downward and the roots upward. Similarly, this material world is a reflection of the spiritual world. The material world is but a shadow of reality. In the shadow there is no reality or substantiality, but from the shadow we can understand that there are substance and reality.
Conclusion
In the desert there is no water, but the mirage suggests that there is such a thing as water. In the material world there is no water, there is no happiness, but the real water of actual happiness is there in the spiritual world.
Prabhupada Dasa
RadhaKrishna Sevak
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Jagadguru Srila Prabhupada - The Saviour of the whole world.
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