People, conditioned soul, means they have forgotten Krsna, and they are suffering, that's a fact. Tri-tapa yantana, adhibhautika. But because they are illusioned, they are thinking, "We are enjoying." This is called illusion. They are suffering, working day and night like an ass, and still, he's thinking that he's very happy. But he does not know that there is a life where there is no such thing as to work hard. Just like Krsna and Krsna's associates in Vrndavana, they are jolly, tending their cows, getting milk in the village, sufficient food, dancing with the gopis. That is life. No mill, no slaughterhouse, no motorcar. You see? No skyscraper building. Here see. So this is another philosophy, another philosophy: simple life, simple life with Krsna. Simple life we can live still, but we do not agree. If we live simple life, people will criticize, "Oh, this is primitive, primitive. What you have made advancement?" But they have no sense. Anyway... So if we really want relief from this materialistic way of life, then we should take shelter of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His sankirtana movement. Then our misunderstanding of existence will be cleansed. Ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha-davagni [Cc. Antya 20.12]. And we have created a civilization which is blazing fire, blazing fire. Everyone, all politicians, even ordinary citizens, they are now suffering. The politicians cannot give them enough food. They simply take vote, and the price of foodstuff is increasing. This is a very precarious condition. It is called samsara-davanala, "the blazing fire of material existence." We may extinguish for the time being, but again... Davanala is used for this purpose. Nobody sets fire, but it takes place. That is called davanala. In the forest nobody goes to set fire, but it takes place by dealings. So when we deal in a different way than Krsna consciousness, then there will be fire immediately. This dealing will produce fire. That has come already. So this is the only remedy, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's process:
harer nama harer nama harer nama eva kevalam
kalau nasty eva nasty eva nasty eva gatir anyatha
[Cc. Adi 17.21]
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
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