Jai Shri Krishna
The Only Permanent Investment: Understanding Spiritual Progress
In daily life, people constantly plan for the future. We earn money, protect our health, and build social status. However, we rarely pause to ask whether these efforts truly last. The Bhagavad Gita gives a clear direction here. In Chapter 2, Verse 40, Lord Krishna explains that spiritual effort always gives lasting results. Unlike material achievements, spiritual progress stays with the soul forever.
The Two Banks: Where Are You Depositing Your Life?
To understand this truth, we can look at life as a choice between two banks.
First comes the material bank, which always ends in bankruptcy. Wealth, beauty, power, and fame disappear at the time of death. No matter how much one accumulates, one cannot carry anything forward. Therefore, investing all one’s time here brings only temporary comfort.
On the other hand, the spiritual bank never fails. Every small act of devotion remains محفوظ forever. Even when a person forgets those efforts, the Supreme Lord remembers them. As a result, these spiritual deposits continue with the soul across lifetimes.
Why Spiritual Progress Never Resets
In the material world, failure often forces a restart. A student repeats a class, and a worker rebuilds a career. Even a great genius must begin again in a new life. However, spiritual life follows a higher law. Lord Krishna assures Arjuna that this path never suffers loss. If someone completes thirty steps in devotion and leaves the body, the next life begins from the thirty-first step. Moreover, even a little spiritual practice protects one from falling into lower forms of existence.
Lessons from the Wise and the Foolish
Ancient stories explain this truth further. A king once realised at death that he could not take wealth or power with him. At that moment, a devotee revealed the truth: spending life only on temporary gains makes a person truly foolish.
Similarly, Gajendra the elephant survived a deadly crisis because of devotion earned in a previous life. When physical strength failed, spiritual merit saved him. In the same way, Ajamila gained protection at death when he called out “Narayana.” That single moment became possible only because of sincere devotion practised earlier in life.
Conclusion: Your Daily Deposit
Therefore, while one must perform material duties, one should never forget eternal duty. Spiritual progress alone gives permanent success. Even one minute of prayer, one small service, or one sincere chant creates an eternal deposit. So, even if worldly life takes most of the day, offering some time to the Lord changes everything.
Chant with devotion:
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare
In this way, every chant becomes a lasting investment that the soul carries forever.
Jai Shri Krishna
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