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firms code concerns implica- peo- will and of disease house in person
biotech the hack social to hope they day disease regardless age, prison intelligent
into to despite the ons.” Such empty promis- false one be immortal and thus free age, old As long as the living en ty is bound up within a mate- body, where it may be in the ma- terial universe, the miseries old a
pouring working life of about give es that ple from death. rial birth, of actually “An
is enjoyment.
world
35 vancement will make them happy and secure. To keep this illusory hope alive, many announcements are made publicly like the following: “Live for ever; Scien sts say they’ll soon extend life well beyond 120. Fixing the problems of ageing is the mission of Silicon Valley, where billions is and death will subvert their plans for eternal life, health, and unbridled which no one can escape the laws of nature that oblige everyone to be born, get old, sick and die. The only so
material sense
The material to
gra fica on. addic on
sense of es
good- religious ignorance, lusty This peo- In food/ natural
nature: ness, passion, and igno- When prac ces are corrupted by the lower modes of and become and greedy for material pleasures. creates a chao c condi- of human society in which the peace and the of disrupted. modern society almost sanc fied the are
material rance. passion people sense on tranquility is ple of these
distribu on –
God, becomes manifest.” (CC Adi.8.26)
30 the Hare Krishna maha-mantra without offenses vanquishes all sinful ac vi es. Thus pure devo onal service, which is the cause of love of When Lord Krishna appeared previously, He spoke the Bhagavad-gita in which He explained why people’s behavior deteriorates into sinful ac vi es that disturbs the prac ce of religion. In the material world all ac vi es of the living en es are influenced by the three modes of everyone is overwhelmed by greed and lust. To remedy this sad
Krishna, and
Hare wisdom
chan ng knowledge,
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ment esty,
