Real mission
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 3
SB Canto 5
SB Canto 9
- dehino 'smin yathā dehe
- kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā
- tathā dehāntara-prāptir
- dhīras tatra na muhyati
Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures
So it is not... This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is for very intelligent, high-class, fortunate persons. Because they are going to guide the destiny of the human society. Nānā-śāstra-vicāraṇaika-nipuṇau sad-dharma-saṁsthāpakau lokānāṁ hita-kāriṇau. Their only endeavor is how people will be happy. This is their real mission. Just like Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore asked to "Take this mission and go village to village, town to town, and spread My mission." pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi-grāma sarvatra pracāra haibe mora nāma
So you young Americans, you have taken a very great mission, and the system we have introduced, to go in the vans, buses and village to village, town to town. And if you keep strictly on the principles and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, then your mission will be successful. There is no doubt about it.Nectar of Devotion Lectures
- dharmaḥ svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsāṁ
- viṣvaksena-kathāsu yaḥ
- notpādayed ratiṁ yadi
- śrama eva hi kevalam
[SB 1.2.8]
"You are doing your duty very nice. That's all right. But by doing your duty, if you do not develop your Kṛṣṇa consciousness, then you are simply wasting your time."
So these people, they do not know. They are thinking that "We are doing our duty." What is this nonsense duty? Real duty is to develop Kṛṣṇa consciousness. If you are missing that point, the so-called duty is simply wasting.1977 Conversations and Morning Walks
Rāmeśvara: Everyone is now wearing these "Double It" buttons. The whole movement is simply thinking of doubling book distribution, doubling it.
Prabhupāda: Yes, that is our real mission. Yāre dekha tāre kaha 'kṛṣṇa'-upadeśa [Cc. Madhya 7.128]. That's all. This is the opportunity of speaking the words given by Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana or Kṛṣṇa are the same. So that's all right. No more talking.
Devotees: Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda!
Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. Jaya.Correspondence
1970 Correspondence
1971 Correspondence
1973 Correspondence
Page Title: | Real mission |
Compiler: | Rati, Madhavananda |
Created: | 19 of Nov, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=3, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=7, Con=1, Let=3 |
No. of Quotes: | 14 |