Srila Prabhupada, New Vrindaban, September 7, 1972
sa vai pumsam paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhoksaje ahaituky apratihata yayatma suprasidati [SB 1.2.6]
If you want peace of mind, if you want full satisfaction, then your dharmic life, your religious life, should be how to advance yourself in devotional service of the Lord.
Then yayatma suprasidati. Then you will feel satisfaction. Then it is said that, dharmah svanusthitah pumsam visvaksena-kathasu yah [SB 1.2.8], “By executing your religious principles, if you do not develop your consciousness about God, then it is simply waste of time and labor.” Then it is said,
vasudeve bhagavati bhakti-yogah prayojitah janayaty asu vairagyam jnanam ca yad ahaitukam [SB 1.2.7]
Then Suta Gosvami says that “If you devote yourself in the service of Vasudeva, then you will get perfect knowledge and renunciation without any doubt.” And the next verse it is said,
dharmasya hy apavargyasya nartho ’rthayopakalpate narthasya dharmaikantasya kamo labhaya hi smrtah
So this Bhagavata discourse is meant for giving enlightenment to the people of the world.
It is not a sectarian religion; it is meant for all human beings. They should take advantage of the instruction of Srimad-Bhagavatam, Bhagavad-gita, and make their life perfect. That is our Krishna consciousness movement.
Thank you very much.
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