CHAPTER FOUR
The Wise Man
Nobody can trace the history of the living entity's entanglement in material energy. Therefore the Lord says that it is beginningless. Beginningless means that conditional life exists prior to the Creation—it is simply manifested with, and after, the creation. Due to forgetfulness of his nature, the living entity, although spirit, suffers all kinds of miseries in material existence. It is to be understood here that there are also other living entities who are not entangled in this material energy. Such living entities are situated in the Spiritual World, and they are called liberated souls. They are always engaged in Krishna Consciousness, in devotional service.
The activities of those who are conditioned by material Nature are taken into account, and in their next life, according to these activities, they are offered different grades of material bodies. In the material world the spiritual soul in conditional life is subjected to different rewards and punishments. When he is rewarded, he is elevated to the higher planets, due to his righteous activities. And there he becomes one of the many demigods. And when he is
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