A living being who does not rise to the level of devotional service which he is to offer to God, is little better than a sepulcher.

Anyone who is not led by its acts to turn to religion, which is not led by its ritual religious practices to choose the renunciation of the pleasure of the senses and materialism, or whose renunciation does not lead to the devotional service offered to the Lord Supreme, must be held dead, even if she breathes and lives

Jesus had also said in this regard : They are sepulchres that nothing can distinguish.

True renunciation must lead to the rejection of sense satisfaction and materialism, which will undoubtedly lead to liberation from material slavery. The man who does not detach himself from the pleasure of the senses and who remains anchored in materialism, becomes a slave of matter, because he is subjected to the harmful influence of the energy of illusion which will force him to undergo the cycle of rebirths. and repeated deaths. He will not be able to free himself from the chains which hold him prisoner of matter.

Indeed, any action which does not raise its author to the level of piety turns out to be useless. By nature, everyone has an inclination for this or that form of activity, and when this activity leads to piety, the latter in turn leads to renunciation, and the latter to devotional service. One then attains the perfection of the act.

As the Lord teaches, any action which does not ultimately lead to devotional service is a cause of chaining in this world. Unless the living being gradually rises to the level of devotional service from its natural activity, it is little better than a corpse or a sepulcher. Action which does not promote the unfoldment of the consciousness of God, also called Krishna consciousness, must be held to be unnecessary.

The Supreme Lord says : It is only through the service of devotion, and only thus, can one know Me as I am. And the being who, by such devotion becomes fully aware of My Person, can then enter My absolute kingdom.

When the Lord feels a particular affection for his devotee, He takes away all opulence or material wealth, in order to bring him back to his kingdom.

The Lord says: If I feel a marked affection for a devotee of My Person and I wish to surround him with a very special protection, the first thing I This is to take away his wealth.

When the devotee of Krishna becomes poor, he sinks more or less into poverty, he sees his relatives and other members of his family lose interest in him for most of the time, breaking all ties with him.

He therefore becomes doubly unhappy: first because his wealth or the social position or even the advantageous position he occupied were taken away from him, and then because his relatives desert him. Note however, that when the devotee of the Lord