As soon as we forget Kṛṣṇa . . . because we are eternally part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa, there cannot be any separation. There cannot be any separation between us and Kṛṣṇa because we are eternally related. But a cloudy thing, which is called forgetfulness, that comes between us, and we cannot see, we cannot understand Kṛṣṇa. That is diffi . . .
Nāhaṁ prakāśaḥ sarvasya yoga-māyā samāvṛtaḥ (BG 7.25). You will find in the Bhagavad-gītā that "I am not visible to everyone. Because yogamāyā . . . there is a curtain between Me and the material world, which is called yogamāyā." So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, or devotional movement, is a process by which we can move that curtain and we can see Kṛṣṇa face to face. This is the process.
So prāpañcika. Therefore Rūpa Gosvāmī says the process is anāsaktasya viṣayān yathārham upayuñjataḥ (Brs. 1.2.255). You . . . we should be unattached to the material necessities of life. It is not that we shall neglect this body, because a body is vehicle for understanding. So we cannot neglect. Just like you take care of your car. You ride on your car. For business you go from one place to another. So you have to keep it fit so that it can move very nicely, it can carry out your order. Similarly, there is no necessity of neglecting this body.
As it is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, yuktāhāra vihārasya yogo bhavati siddhi (BG 6.17). We do not say that "You don't eat," but we say that "You eat Kṛṣṇa prasāda, bhagavat-prasāda." You satisfy your tongue. You do not starve, but you satisfy your tongue by the foodstuff which is offered to Kṛṣṇa. That is our proposal. We do not say that, "You don't sleep," but we say: "Yes, you sleep. But sleep as much as possible so that to keep your body fit."
We do not say that, "You don't have sex life," but you have, have it. Just like in this association you'll find my disciples, out of them, there are many gṛhasthas. So there is no check that the woman and man should not mix. No. But they should mix together for producing Kṛṣṇa conscious children. You have seen the sample of one Kṛṣṇa conscious child. She's always dancing, and she's always jolly. She's always jolly, chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa.
So in this way, Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is to Kṛṣṇa-ize everything favorably. That is called śaraṇāgati. Just like Kṛṣṇa says, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja (BG 18.66). That does not mean that it was told to Kṛṣṇa . . . Arjuna . . . so Arjuna did not give up his profession as a fighter, but he submitted to Kṛṣṇa. He Kṛṣṇa-ized the fighting principle. He fought for Kṛṣṇa, not that he gave up fighting. In the beginning of Bhagavad-gītā he was a fighter, soldier. And at the end of his understanding Bhagavad-gītā he remained a fighter and a soldier, but his consciousness was changed. That is the difference.
Similarly, the activities of this material world which is going on, we do not say, like the Māyāvāda philosophers, that brahma satya jagan mithyā. According to the leader of Māyāvāda philosophers, Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya, his perfection of life begins when one takes to sannyāsa. The Śaṅkarācārya philosophers, they do not admit anyone as realized soul unless he has accepted sannyāsa.
But Vaiṣṇava philosophy is not like that. Vaiṣṇava philosophy is that you may remain in any condition of life—it doesn't matter—but you become Kṛṣṇa conscious. That's all.