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Flaw of material life !!!

Harivilas: He said, 'When I first came to America, my plan was to make sannyasis.'  He looked at us. We were quiet. Then he said, 'But that was not possible, so I thought, 'Let them get married. The husband will give his wife one child, she will go to Vrindavan, and then the husband will take sannyas.'" He looked at us and said, 'That is also not possible. But that's all right. You can chant Hare Krishna.' We were all in a state of shock. We kept walking. Prabhupada stopped and looked at a house and said, "This house is first class. In India, only the best gentlemen have a house like this." He said, "Look at the garden, it's perfect. Look at the house, it's perfect. It's too perfect." It shocked me. He said, "It's too perfect. The gentleman in this house cannot leave this situation. When he dies, he will take birth here again as a dog or a bug to continue his attachment." He said, "Ato griha kshetra sutapta vittair janasya moho 'yam aham mameti [Srimad-Bhagavatam 5.5.8]. "It's too nice, and he will continue his attachment. This is the flaw of material life."



Reference: Memories Anecdotes of a Modern Day Saint - Volume 1 by Siddhanta Dasa