Real civilization begins when one inquires 'Who am I?' and seeks shelter of an authorized spiritual master.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Pradyumna: [leads chanting, etc.] prabhu kahe—"kṛṣṇa-kṛpā tomāte pūrṇa haya Prabhupāda: There is no signboard? Why? Hmm. All right, go on.
Pradyumna: [Continues to lead verse chanting] saba tattva jāna, tomāra nāhi tāpa-traya" [Cc Madhya 20.104] Prabhupāda: There is no signboard? Why? Hmm. All right, go on.
Pradyumna: [Continues to lead verse chanting]
Prabhupāda: saba tattva jāna. Hmm, alright. prabhu kahe—"kṛṣṇa-kṛpā tomāte pūrṇa haya saba tattva jāna, tomāra nāhi tāpa-traya" Pradyumna: [Continues to lead verse chanting] [01:39] Translation: "Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, 'Lord Kṛṣṇa has bestowed His full mercy upon you so that all these things are known to you. For you, the threefold miseries certainly do not exist.' " Prabhupāda: prabhu kahe—"kṛṣṇa-kṛpā tomāte pūrṇa haya saba tattva jāna, tomāra nāhi tāpa-traya" [Cc Madhya 20.104] So Sanātana Gosvāmī's first question was, ke āmi, kene more jāre tāpa-traya āpani kaha prabhu kise hita haya [Cc Madhya 20.102] Tāpa-traya, we have explained several times, that there are three kinds of miserable condition: 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 condition 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. The miserable condition means... It is a question of understanding. The beginning of spiritual life is to understand that "I am not this body." That is the beginning.
So if I am properly trained up to understand that "I am not this body," then where is my tāpa-traya, miserable condition? Because miserable condition is due to this body. In the Bhagavad-gītā it is said that mātrā-sparśās tu kaunteya śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ [Bg 2.14]. We feel sometimes cold, sometimes warm.
What is the reason? The reason is on account of the body. Mātrā-sparśa. The water is the same, but according to the seasonal changes the water is sometimes very pleasing and sometimes it is not pleasing.