Re: everlasting life.

Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna! Jaya Shri Guru Parampara! Pranams! Thank you. Here the statement that "rich" cannot enter the kingdom of God would mean that those possess the ego of pride and proprietorship of their possessions and consider themselves the Lord and Master of everything they own, cannot enter the Kingdom of God. Rich and poor are material conditions of the body and have no connection at all with the soul's journey to the Kingdom of God. It is our humble consciousness which is the key. In some cases, a rich man can be internally more humble and devoted to God than a poor man.

And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

Here again, it would mean that those who have given up the sense of proprietorship over all of the above and consider God as the ultimate owner and maintainer of everything will be able to enter the Kingdom of God. Literally giving up all the above is of no use unless our consciousness is reformed. One may give up everything and stay in the forest but one may be proud or in vanity about God. But someone may physically remain in the midst of all the above but internally may be fully dependent and dedicated to God, then such a personal is eligible for everlasting life. The word "forsaking" here means forsaking the sense of proprietorship over all these things internally not simply physical renunciation.

Daaso'smi, Swami Gaurangapada.

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