CHAPTER FOUR
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The Wise Man

Nobody can trace the history of the living entity’s entanglement in ma-
terial 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 acti-
vities. And there he becomes one of the many demigods. And when he is

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