Tamaso ma jyotir gamaya

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Prabhupada: There is Vedic instruction. Tamaso ma jyotir gamaya. Don’t remain within this darkness. This material world is darkness. Therefore there is need of sunlight, need of moonlight. So Jyotir gamaya. The same thing Krsna also advises, that don’t be allured to stay in any nice planet of this universe. Come out of it. Yad gatva na nivartante tad dhama paramam mama [Bg. 15.6]. “That is My eternal abode, or the best abode, where once if you go, you’ll never come back again.”

Devotee: “In the minds of those who are too attached to sense enjoyment and material opulence and who are bewildered by such things, the resolute determination for devotional service to the Lord does not take place.”

Prabhupada: The Sanskrit verse for this is:

bhogaisvarya-prasaktanam
tayapahrta-cetasam
vyavasayatmika buddhih
samadhau na vidhiyate [Bg. 2.44]

If we simply remain in material opulence and enjoyment, that will be our disqualification for entering into the kingdom of God. Too much attachment, too much increasing of material civilization means that next life is very much dark. Bhogaisvarya-prasaktanam.