Elevation to Krsna Consciousness - Original 1973 ... - Prabhupada

Choosing Human and Animal Lives 5human society. All societies can take advantage ofVedic knowledge to perfect human life. As pointedout before, human life is not meant for sensegratification, but for understanding God, the universeand our own identity.From Vedic literatures we can understand thatthis material world is only a partial manifestation ofthe complete creation of God. The larger portion ofGod's creation is found in the spiritual world of theV aikur;1thas. Above and beyond this material naturethere is a superior spiritual nature, as Sri Krr;1a statesin Bhagavad-gTtii:bhumir apo 'nalo viiyukham mano buddhir eva caahankiira ifiyam mebhinnii prakrtir afitadhiiapareyam itas tv anyiimprakrtirh viddhi me paramfiva-bhutam maha-bahoyayedam dharyate jagat"Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence, andfalse ego-altogether these eight comprise My separatedmaterial energies. Besides this inferior nature,0 mighty Arjuna, there is a superior energy of Minewhich is all living entities who are strugglingwith material nature and sustaining the universe."(Bg. 7.4,5)There are many material universes clustered together,and all these universes constitute the material