Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures

It is full of miseries, adhyātmikā, adhi (?), adhibhautika, three kinds of miserable condition of life. Beyond
that, there is ultimate miseries.
Lecture on CC Adi-lila 7.1 -- Mayapur, March 1, 1974:
Therefore Ṛṣabhadeva says that na sādhu manye. He was instructing His sons, "My dear boys, this kind of life, irresponsible
life, to do anything and everything for sense gratification, is not very good." Why? "Now, because you are creating another
body." You have already got experience of this body. It is full of miseries, adhyātmikā, adhi (?), adhibhautika, three kinds of
miserable condition of life. Beyond that, there is ultimate miseries.

So tāpa-traya means three kinds of miserable condition: ādhyātmika, ādhibhautika, ādhidaivika.

Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.98-102 -- April 27, 1976, Auckland, New Zealand:
So this is the proposition to the spiritual master, that one must submit that "Actually, I do not know what I am. Am I this
body or something else?" I am not this body, that I can understand, because I say, when somebody asks... Even a child,
you ask, "My dear child, what is this?" he will say, "It is my finger." He'll never say, "I finger," what to speak of others. If
every one of us, we say, "This is my hair, this is my nose," then where is "I"? He doesn't inquire "Where is I?" Then there
will be analysis of the body, where is that "I"? Everyone knows "my," but who knows "I"? That is education. That is being
submitted by Sanātana Gosvāmī. Ke āmi kene āmāya jāre tāpa-traya. So tāpa-traya means three kinds of miserable
condition: ādhyātmika, ādhibhautika, ādhidaivika.

We are always under three kinds of miseries, but sometimes one is slackened, other is greater, in this way,
but we are always under miserable condition.
Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.100-108 -- New York, November 22, 1966:
So Caitanya Mahāprabhu is being asked, ke āmi kene āmāya jāre tāpa-traya. Tāpa-traya means threefold miseries. What
are these threefold miseries? They are miseries pertaining to this body and mind; miseries pertaining to the, I mean to say,
disturbance of material nature; and miseries pertaining to the other living entities. We are always under threefold miseries.
We may accept or not accept; that is our position. I am in miserable condition due to others' arrangement—my enemies,
other animals or other enemies. And I am in miserable condition due to material disturbances, nature's disturbances. And I
am always under miseries due to my bodily and mental conditions. These called, these are called threefold miseries. So out
of these three... We are always under three kinds of miseries, but sometimes one is slackened, other is greater, in this way,
but we are always under miserable condition. When a sane man comes to this understanding, he is eligible for spiritual
evolution.

"What is my position? What I am? I do not want to suffer, but in this material world, three kinds of suffering
are always there, and they are giving me trouble."
Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.100-108 -- Bombay, November 9, 1975:
Sanātana Gosvāmī, he is approaching Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu very humbly and tolerantly, putting himself that he is fool
number one. Yes. Grāmya-vyavahāre kahaye paṇḍita: "These general people, they do not know what is a paṇḍita, but they
call Me paṇḍitajī, but actually I know what kind of paṇḍita I am. I do not know what I am." Grāmya-vyavahāre paṇḍita
satya kari māni. So his first proposal is, ke āmi kene āmāya jāre tāpa-traya: "What is my position? What I am? I do not
want to suffer, but in this material world, three kinds of suffering are always there, and they are giving me trouble." This
consciousness is not there. People have become so dull-headed that they are always suffering by three kinds of suffering:
adhyātmika, adhibhautika and adhidaivika; still, they are thinking they are very happy. This is called māyā.

There are three kinds of sufferings. Just like the firework is going on, the heavy sound. It is intolerable by
somebody.
Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.101-104 -- Bombay, November 3, 1975:
First question was that "What is my duty?" Then next question is, ke āmi: "Actually what I am?" Ke āmi kene āmāya jāre
tāpa-traya: "I do not want sufferings, but sufferings are forced upon me, three kinds of suffering: adhyātmika, adhibhautika
and adhidaivika." This is knowledge. So adhyātmika means sufferings pertaining to the body and mind, and adhibhautika
means sufferings offered by other living entities. Adhibhautika. And adhidaivika, sufferings offered by natural disturbances.
There are three kinds of sufferings. Just like the firework is going on, the heavy sound. It is intolerable by somebody. But
still, he has to tolerate, that "This firework is going on by other persons." This is called adhibhautika. Similarly, there are so
many sufferings which we do not want. Still, they are forced upon us. Therefore he said, kene āmāya jāre tāpa-traya:
"These three kinds of miseries are always giving me trouble, and at the same time, I do not know what I am." Everyone is
thinking, "I am this, I am that," but he is suffering. These are very plain questions. So these questions should be put before
the spiritual master, and he should get proper answer and act accordingly. Then spiritual life will be successful.

There are three kinds, jāre tāpa-traya, three kinds of miserable condition.
Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.102 -- Baltimore, July 7, 1976:
Now, suppose I am sitting here, you are all sitting here. Some fly comes and disturbs. We have got daily experience. And
he'll disturb. I want to get him out, and he comes again, stops on his mouth and creates some disturbance. A fly, a small
fly, not a very big man. So, but after all, this is disturbance. I don't like it, but the fly will come and disturb me. So there is
no question that "Why this fly is coming and giving me disturbance? I do not want it." This is sane man's inquiry. But there
is no inquiry. I do not want... There are three kinds, jāre tāpa-traya, three kinds of miserable condition.

There are three kinds of miserable conditions within this material world. But when one takes shelter of
spiritual master and seriously engages himself in devotional service, he has no more any miserable condition.
Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.104 -- New York, July 10, 1976:
So Sanātana Gosvāmī's first question was, ke āmi, kene āmāya jāre tāpa-traya āpani kaha prabhu kisera hita haya. Tāpa-
traya, we have explained several times that there are three kinds of miserable conditions: pertaining to the body; pertaining
to the mind; on account of harassment by other living entities and by natural disturbances. There are three kinds of
miserable conditions within this material world. But when one takes shelter of spiritual master and seriously engages himself
in devotional service, he has no more any miserable condition.

Any body, any material body, that is meant for miseries, miseries, tāpa-traya, threefold, threefold material
miseries.
Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.137-142 -- New York, November 29, 1966:
So a person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he cannot be in distress of material miseries. It goes automatically, automatically.
Taiche bhakti-phale kṛṣṇe prema upajaya. Similarly, by execution of this devotional service, gradually you develop love of
God, love of God. And preme kṛṣṇāsvāda haile bhava nāśa... And as soon as you get a taste for Kṛṣṇa, you at once lose all
this nonsense taste, culminating into sex life. The material taste means we want to gratify senses in so many ways, and the
supermost point is sex life. So as soon as you get into touch with Kṛṣṇa and you develop Kṛṣṇa love, all this nonsense
finished. Then you are liberated. And so long you are attached even to a pinch of material taste, there is no question of
liberation from material miseries; you have to continue this transmigration from one body to another, and body means
material miseries. The material body means material misery. You may get the body of a king or you may get the body of
Brahmā or Indra, Candra or the ant or the insignificant animal. Any body, any material body, that is meant for miseries,
miseries, tāpa-traya, threefold, threefold material miseries, and, besides that threefold miseries, ultimately birth, death, old
age and diseases.

So the māyā, this material nature, is inflicting upon the conditioned soul always three kinds of miseries so
that they can come to their consciousness, Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.281-293 -- New York, December 18, 1966:
When Vyāsadeva, he was just attempting to write Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam by bhakti-yoga, he saw two things: apaśyat puruṣaṁ
pūrṇam. He saw the Supreme Personality and the material energy, apāśrayam, just far away from Him. Because this māyā's
task is very thankless task. Māyā's task is very thankless task because she is in charge of these conditioned souls, and her
business is to give all the conditioned souls always miseries. Trisura. You have seen in the hand... You might not have seen,
but there is a picture of Durgā, she has got three, trisura. Trisura means three kinds of miseries. So the māyā, this material
nature, is inflicting upon the conditioned soul always three kinds of miseries so that they can come to their consciousness,
Kṛṣṇa consciousness. But the conditioned souls are so foolish and so dull, they have accepted, "Oh, these miseries are very
palatable." Yes. They have no sense that they are always in three kinds of miseries: adhyātmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika.
This is constantly going on.

These three kinds of miseries are there. Either this or that or three or two or one—must be there.
Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 22.11-15 -- New York, January 9, 1967:
Demons means their characteristic: to challenge the existence of God. And therefore this prakṛti, nature, is piercing, the
trident. The trident means threefold miseries: miseries pertaining to the body, pertaining to the mind... Just like yesterday
night you had some trouble due to the body. So sometimes mind: "Oh, today I am not very good mood. There is something
wrong." The body is all right, but the mind is not all right. This is called ādhyātmika. Then adhibhautika. Adhibhautika
means miseries offered by other living entities. Just like at night, bedbugs. (laughter) (laughs) So, very nice situation, whole
night there is no sleep. Why? Now there is adhibhautika. Adhibhautika. Or some enemy. This is... There are... These are all
miseries, but we forget. And adhidaivika. Adhidaivika. Just like heavy snowfall, severe cold, severe heat, earthquake,
famine, war. These are adhidaivika, forced by you by superior power. Nobody wants war, but it is forced. These are called
adhidaivika miseries. So three kinds. Here it is stated, ādhyātmikādi tapa-traya tāre. So we are under the control of this
material nature, and that trident is pierced on my chest. How can I understand? Now this trident I am experiencing every
moment. These three kinds of miseries are there. Either this or that or three or two or one—must be there.

Festival Lectures
Every step, there are three kinds of miserable condition: ādhyātmika, adhibautika, adhidaivika.
Ratha-yatra -- San Francisco, June 27, 1971:
This human form of life is a chance for God realization. Without God realization, our life is frustrated. We being part and
parcel of God, it is our duty to understand our relationship with God and act accordingly, and then our ultimate goal of life is
achieved. The ultimate goal of life is to attain eternal life, full of knowledge and bliss, sac-cid-ānanda vigraha (Bs. 5.1). Sat
means eternal, ānanda means bliss and cit means knowledge. This body is just the opposite. It is not sat. This body is
temporary. It is not eternal. This body is full of ignorance. There is practically no knowledge. We do not know, after closing
our eyes, we do not know what is happening before our eyes. So our knowledge is always imperfect. And this life is also
miserable. It is not at all blissful. Every step, there are three kinds of miserable condition: ādhyātmika, adhibautika,
adhidaivika.

This body, asann api, it will not exist forever. It is temporary, but it is troublesome always. Adhyātmika,
adhibhautika, adhidaivika. Three kinds of miseries are always there.
Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami's Appearance Day -- Vrndavana, October 19, 1972:
Asann api. This body, asann api, it will not exist forever. It is temporary, but it is troublesome always. Adhyātmika,
adhibhautika, adhidaivika. Three kinds of miseries are always there. So Bhāgavata says that we are mad, pramattaḥ kurute
vikarma, and doing all sorts of mischievous activities for sense gratification.

Wedding Ceremonies
And material body means three kinds of miseries, threefold miseries always. And at least threefold miseries
are exhibited in four kinds of distresses, namely birth, death, old age, and disease.
Wedding Ceremony and Lecture -- Boston, May 6, 1969:
If you make your consciousness completely absorbed in Kṛṣṇa, if you understand what is Kṛṣṇa, what is your relationship,
how you have to act in that relationship, simply if you learn this science in this life, then it is assured by the Lord Himself,
Kṛṣṇa, in the Bhagavad-gītā, tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti kaunteya: (BG 4.9) "After leaving this body, one
does not come again back to this material world to accept one of the 8,400,000's of species of body, but he goes directly
unto Me." Yad gatvā na nivartante tad dhāma paramaṁ mama (BG 15.6). "And if one can go back there, then he does not
come back again in this material world to accept this material body." And material body means three kinds of miseries,
threefold miseries always. And at least threefold miseries are exhibited in four kinds of distresses, namely birth, death, old
age, and disease.

General Lectures
So these three kinds of miseries are always there. But under the spell of illusion we are thinking that we are
happy.
Lecture to Technology Students (M.I.T.) -- Boston, May 5, 1968:
Duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam (BG 8.15). Duḥkhālayam means the place of miseries. We are thinking that we have made a
paradise, but actually the place is miserable, because the threefold miseries, they are there. Either in America or in India or
in any other country, China, or any other planet, the material miseries which are three kinds, ādhyātmika, ādhibhautika,
ādhidaivika... Ādhyātmika means miseries pertaining to the body and the mind. Sometimes we are feeling headaches,
sometimes we are feeling some other pains. Any things which are pertaining to the body and mind, there is some pain.
These are called ādhyātmika. Similarly, there are other pains, inflicted by other living entities. They are called ādhibhautika.
Similarly, other pains also, which is offered by the nature, by the laws of nature. All of a sudden there is earthquake, all of a
sudden there is famine, or similar other which we have no control over. So these three kinds of miseries are always there.
But under the spell of illusion we are thinking that we are happy.

Yes, this is very important point, that a spiritual master should not be accepted as a matter of fashion.
Lecture on Teachings of Lord Caitanya -- Seattle, September 25, 1968:
Girl(reading):So we are always suffering one or another of three kinds of miseries. Sanātana's inquiry was 'What is the
position of the living entities? Why are they always undergoing these three kinds of miseries?' Sanātana has admitted his
weakness. Although he was known by the mass of people as a greatly learned man, and actually he was a highly learned
Sanskrit scholar, and although he accepted the designation of a very learned man given him by the mass of people, yet he
did not actually know what his constitutional position was and why he was subjected to the threefold miseries. The
necessity of approaching a spiritual master is not a fashion, but is for he who is seriously conscious of the material miseries
and who wants to be free of them. It is the duty of such a person to approach the spiritual master. We find similar
circumstances in the Bhagavad-gītā..."
Prabhupāda: Yes, this is very important point, that a spiritual master should not be accepted as a matter of fashion.

There are three kinds of miseries due to our material conditional life: ādhyātmic, ādhibhautic, ādhidaivic.
Lecture -- Seattle, September 27, 1968:
Govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi **. (response) Thank you. So our program is to worship the original Supreme
Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. Govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi. In this material world everyone is trying to get
happiness and to get relief from distress. Two things are going on, attempt. There are different processes. Material process
is completely absurd. That is already proved. No amount of material comforts or happiness, so-called happiness, can give us
the actual happiness that we are hankering. That is not possible. Then there are different other processes also. There
are three kinds of miseries due to our material conditional life: ādhyātmic, ādhibhautic, ādhidaivic.

Otherwise, you will be harassed by three kinds of miserable condition: adhyātmika, adhibhautika...
Lecture -- Los Angeles, December 4, 1968:
Śuciḥ means cleansed. Therefore we prescribe so many things just to keep you cleansed—cleansed within, cleansed
outside. Then there is no affection of māyā. Otherwise, you will be harassed by three kinds of miserable condition:
adhyātmika, adhibhautika... I have seen many persons in India, within two or three days, by perspiration, within their coat,
they germinate so many germs. Do not take bath, unclean. You see? So cleanliness is the protection from infection. And
water is very disinfectant, natural disinfectant. This is the medical opinion, water. Therefore God has supplied unlimited
quantity of water. You can spend it as much as you like.

People should be educated to that standard of life when he will be inquisitive to know, "Why I am put into
this conditional life? What is the condition? I do not wish to suffer."There are three kinds of sufferings.
Engagement Lecture -- Buffalo, April 23, 1969:
The prison house, population in the prison house, they are condemned by the government. But their number is only fraction
of the whole population, not that whole population of the state goes to the prison house. Some criminals who are
disobedient to the laws of the state, they are put into the prison house under confinement. Similarly, these conditioned
souls within this material world, they are only fractional portion of the whole living enti..., number of living entities in the
creation of God, and because they have disobeyed or declined to obey or abide by the orders of Kṛṣṇa, or God, they have
been put into this material world. Now, the problem is: if one is sensible, if one is inquisitive and serious, he should try to
understand that "Why I am put into this material conditional life?" That should be the inquiry. This is called brahma-jijñāsā.
In the Vedānta-sūtra this is the first inquiry, that people should be educated to that standard of life when he will be
inquisitive to know, "Why I am put into this conditional life? What is the condition? I do not wish to suffer."There are three
kinds of sufferings. Many times I have explained. They are called ādhyātmika, ādhibhautika, ādhidaivika.

It takes very long time to explain each and every word, but I tell you in summary, this life is subjected to
three kinds of miseries, always—either bodily, mental, or some miseries inflicted by other living entities, or
by nature.
Lecture at Engagement -- Columbus, may 19, 1969:
As soon as you come to that platform of self-realization, then you will be joyful, immediately. And you are seeking after that
joyfulness, that pleasure, because by nature you are joyful. By nature... It is your nature. Just like a diseased man, that
diseased condition is not his nature. Healthy condition is his nature; therefore he is trying to be healthy. Every diseased man
is trying how to get healthy, how to get health. Similarly, this position, this present consciousness of material existence is
full of threefold miseries. It takes very long time to explain each and every word, but I tell you in summary, this life is
subjected to three kinds of miseries, always—either bodily, mental, or some miseries inflicted by other living entities, or by
nature. So many things. At least one or two. We must be under the subjugation of some kind of misery. But if you become
situated in your spiritual platform of life, brahma-bhūtaḥ, you immediately become joyful, prasannātmā. Brahma-bhūtaḥ
prasannātmā (BG 18.54). And how one becomes prasannātmā? What are the symptoms? The symptoms are also stated, na
śocati na kāṅkṣati: he has no more any demand for satisfying the senses, neither he has any lamentation for any loss. This
is prasannātmā, joyfulness.

The first question was, "What I am? Why I am placed in this miserable condition of life in the material world,
suffering three kinds of miserable conditions?"
Lecture -- Visakhapatnam, February 18, 1972:
Guest: Ke āmi, kene āmāya.
Prabhupāda: Yes. He... The first question was, "What I am? Why I am placed in this miserable condition of life in the
material world, suffering three kinds of miserable conditions?" Grāmya-vyavahāre kahe paṇḍita. He was prime minister of
Nawab Hussain Shah, he was great learned scholar, and in Sanskrit, in Arabic language, a very respectful personality. But
he is placing his difficulty to Caitanya Mahāprabhu that "Ordinarily these people, they speak of me that I am very learned
man. But actually I do not know what I am." That is our position. We are advancing in material civilization, in science,
philosophy, and so many so-called religious principles. But actually we do not know what we are, what I am. Any scientist,
ask him, "What is after death? What happens after death?" I think hardly any scientist will give you clear idea.

If you do not become Kṛṣṇa conscious, if you do not surrender to Kṛṣṇa, God, then the māyā, or the material
energy, will always give you trouble. The triṣu, three kinds of miserable conditions.
Lecture -- Bombay, March 18, 1972:
Daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā (BG 7.14). This struggle you cannot overcome. Kṛṣṇa says duratyayā. It is
very difficult to surmount the influence of material nature. Mama māyā duratyayā. Mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ
taranti te: "If anyone surrenders unto Me, then he can get rid of this influence of the material nature." This is the law. You
cannot artificially change it. If you do not become Kṛṣṇa conscious, if you do not surrender to Kṛṣṇa, God, then the māyā, or
the material energy, will always give you trouble. The triṣu, three kinds of miserable conditions. The trident you have seen.
The trident in the hand of Goddess Durgā, and she is punishing the demons with the trident on the chest.

There are three kinds of sufferings. (But) That out of ignorance also, a rascal is suffering, he's saying that "I
am very happy."
Lecture What is a Guru? -- London, August 22, 1973:
Therefore guru's business is... Every human being is suffering in this material world. Nobody can say that "I am not
suffering." It is not possible. There must be suffering. There are three kinds of sufferings. (But) That out of ignorance also,
a rascal is suffering, he's saying that "I am very happy." That is also another ignorance. There are three kinds of
sufferings in this material world: ādhyātmic, ādhibautic, ādhidaivic. Suffering on account of my own body and mind—this
suffering is not imposed by anyone else. I do it.

So there are three kinds of sufferings in the material world, and everyone is suffering either by one, two or
three or..., but nobody can say that "I am completely free from suffering."
Lecture What is a Guru? -- London, August 22, 1973:
Just like your enemy or an animal—or there are ants, mosquitos, flies, they are all causing suffering. You are killing them,
and they are trying to give you suffering. This is called struggle. This is called ādhibautic, suffering given by other living
entities. Suffering caused by myself, this is called ādhyātmic. And suffering caused by other living... And there are other
sufferings, caused by the nature, superior power, ādhidaivic. All of a sudden, there is no rain, no rainfall, and now for want
of rainfall, there is no food grain. Excessive heat, excessive chilly cold; earthquake, famine... So many, by natures, imposed
by the natures. Flood. So there are three kinds of sufferings in the material world, and everyone is suffering either by one,
two or three or..., but nobody can say that "I am completely free from suffering." That is not possible. And why this
suffering? Due to ignorance. I do not know. I am committing sinful life, I am committing mistakes; therefore I am suffering.
Therefore guru's business is first to rescue his disciple from ignorance, ignorance. Ajñāna-timirāndhasya.

A mind is sometimes not in order. That is ādhyātmika.

Public Lecture -- Konigstein, Germany, June 19, 1974:
Prabhupāda: You first of all question on the topics we have finished. Of course, this is also pointing... What is your
question? Go on.
Devotee (1): Well, you explained that we have three kinds of miseries: ādhyātmika, ādhibhautika and ādhidaivika. So
ādhyātmika is the misery also of the mind.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Devotee (1): How can I understand?
Prabhupāda: Well, the, a mind is sometimes not in order. That is ādhyātmika. Suppose somebody comes to me and asks
some question. I am not thinking, but...(?) "Well, later on I shall say." That means mind is not in order. You are hearing
Bhagavad-gītā, but your mind may be somewhere else. So there is... This is mind's disease, rejecting and accepting. There
is mind's disease; there is bodily disease. That is called ādhyātmika.

Philosophy Discussions
As soon as you have this material body, then you must suffer these three kinds of miserable condition of life.
Philosophy Discussion on Sigmund Freud:
Prabhupāda: (indistinct) our solution is this: Your materialistic life is painful. That's a fact. This materialistic life is painful.
(indistinct). As soon as you have this material body, then you must suffer these three kinds of miserable condition of life. So
our whole program is to stop. Everyone is looking after happiness. We say that unless you stop your materialistic way of
life, repeated birth and death, there is no question of happiness. So the whole Vedic civilization is based on this, how one
can get out of this disease. This is a disease, the repetition of birth and death. We are trying to cure this disease. Then all
other symptoms will automatically vanquish.

Conversations and Morning Walks

1973 Conversations and Morning Walks
Actually, the whole world is going on, we do not want to suffer. But suffering is there. Three kinds of
suffering.
Room Conversation with Educationists -- July 11, 1973, London:
Prabhupāda: So nobody wants to die. But death is sure. So what solution they have made? I do not want to die, and death
is forced upon me. So what solution we have made. What is, what is the scientists have done in this connection?
Psychologically, if I do not want to die, then I must find out some way that death will not bother me. That is intelligence.
You are talking of intelligence. Therefore I am explaining what is intelligence. Intelligence means "I do not want something,
but it is being forced upon me. How to check it?" That is intelligence. Actually, the whole world is going on, we do not want
to suffer. But suffering is there. Three kinds of suffering. One kind of suffering is called pertaining to the body and mind. I
don't want to be diseased, but there is, all of a sudden, there is disease. Diarrhea. I don't want it, but it is imposed. This is
suffering. Due to the body. Some discrepancies.

There are three kinds of suffering. So who is free from this suffering? You may not be suffering from any
bodily disease, but you may be suffering from mental agony.
Room Conversation -- London, August 24, 1973 :
Prabhupāda: Suffering another way. Nobody is, is free from suffering. I have already explained. There are three kinds of
suffering. So who is free from this suffering? You may not be suffering from any bodily disease, but you may be suffering
from mental agony. You may not be suffering from mental agony, but you may suffer, suffering imposed by others. There
are so many suffering. This place is suffering. It is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam. This place is for
suffering. Duḥkhālayam. Duhkha means suffering, alayam means place. Asasvatam. And still you cannot make adjustment.
You, if you say "All right, let there be a little suffering. Let me stay here," that also will not be allowed. You will be kicked
out: "Get out!" Then you have to accept another body. You do not know what kind of body.

Mother nature is described as Goddess Durgā, and she has got a trident in her hand. That is punishment.
Three kinds of miserable condition.
Room Conversation with Anna Conan Doyle, daughter-in-law of famous author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle --
August 10, 1973, Paris:
Prabhupāda: State police is there, engaged by the government. As soon as you violate law, the police will arrest you and
give you punishment. Similarly material nature means the police of God. As soon as you violate God laws, it will give
immediately punishment. That is material nature. It is always punishing us. Because we are, one after another, we are
violating the laws of God. Therefore she's always punishing. That is her business. Mother nature is described as Goddess
Durgā, and she has got a trident in her hand. That is punishment. Three kinds of miserable condition. Adhyātmika,
adhibhautika, adhidaivika. Adhyātmika, pertaining to the body and mind, adhibhautika, miserable condition offered by
others, and adhidaivika, miserable condition offered by higher authorities. Just like if there is no rain, you cannot do
anything. Your so-called science and advancement of knowledge will not be able to help. Or if there is over flood. That also
you cannot do anything. Therefore you have to accept there is a controller of this raining. It is not under my control. That is
nature.

1975 Conversations and Morning Walks

"As a medical man, you cannot say this disease is more dangerous than that. Every disease is dangerous."
Actually you should take that. Suffering, three kinds of suffering.
Morning Walk -- September 1, 1975, Vrndavana:
Prabhupāda: Syphilis, yes. So in India the syphilis is very horrible disease. So he exclaimed, "Oh, it is horrible." The doctor,
that Colonel Maylow(?), he was astonished: "Why you say it is horrible? In your country they suffer, 90%, from malaria.
That's not horrible?" So the example is that when you are suffering for a doctor, either you are suffering from malaria or
from syphilis, we are suffering from disease. Why you say "This disease is horrible than that disease"? Actually this is the
fact. Why should you discriminate? So he chastised him that "As a medical man, you cannot say this disease is more
dangerous than that. Every disease is dangerous." Actually you should take that. Suffering, three kinds of suffering—
adhyātmika, adhibhautika... The suffering is there. If you say adhyātmika suffering is better than adhibhautika suffering,
that is foolishness.

Prolonged life, does it guarantee that these three kinds of miseries-bodily, mental and external, natural;
there are so many disturbances—he will be free from all these disturbances?
Room Conversation -- October 15, 1975, Johannesburg:
Prabhupāda: Then why do they propose, "Prolong life"? What is the use of such prolonged life, stand up in a place without
any power to move an inch and suffer all climatic disturbances? Is that very good life? Everyone is... Even if he lives for
more years, the bodily, mental and external sufferings will be there. What is the use of living such prolonged life? Prolonged
life, does it guarantee that these three kinds of miseries-bodily, mental and external, natural; there are so many
disturbances—he will be free from all these disturbances? Simply dog's obstinacy, that's all.

1976 Conversations and Morning Walks

Tri-tāpa, three kinds of miserable condition of life are there always, adhyātmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika.
But we are accustomed to suffering, and we say suffering is happiness. That is called māyā.
Conversation with Seven Ministers of Andhra Pradesh -- August 22, 1976, Hyderabad:
Prabhupāda: The varṇāśrama-dharma, brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, this is plan just to teach the whole society how to
perform yajña. Varṇāśramācāra-vatā. Therefore this is the beginning of human civilization. Varṇāśrama. How to return back.
Just like Bali Mahārāja. Bali Mahārāja achieved, obtained, throughout the universe all the property, and he again returned to
Vāmana. That was his success of life. So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is an educational movement to teach people
how one should voluntarily return the property of the Lord to the Lord. That is called yajña. Yajñārthāt karmaṇo 'nyatra loko
'yaṁ karma-bandhanaḥ (BG 3.9). So people actually suffering. Not only... This material life means suffering. We may say
that we are very happy, but that is not the fact. Tri-tāpa, three kinds of miserable condition of life are there always,
adhyātmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika. But we are accustomed to suffering, and we say suffering is happiness. That is
called māyā.