I mean to say, ocean of suffering, , the more we want to enjoy, the more sufferings enter. More suffering. You can understand. Just now we got this car, horseless car. But now there is a problem. They are thinking, "If there is no petrol available, then what will happen?" So this is material existence.... Anxiety. That anxiety is suffering, "What will happen? What will happen?" That is material existence. Always full of anxiety. This is material life. So Narottama dasa Thakura says that "The heart is burning on account of this material existence.". "But I did not try to find out the means by which I can get out of this." The medicine is this Hari, Krsna, Krsna's teachings, Krsna's name, Krsna's glorification. That is the real medicine. But we have no attraction for these things. We are simply trying to counteract the suffering, and we are accepting this counteraction as enjoying.
So actually, if we want to enjoy life, then we should take the instruction of Bhagavad-gita, Krsna. We shall chant Hare Krsna mantra. That will give us relief from the blazing fire. This is the only way.
Srila Prabhupad..Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.15.27 -- Los Angeles, December 5, 1973
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