Spiritual goals
Bhagavad-gita As It Is
BG Chapters 1 - 6
BG Chapters 7 - 12
- anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ
- jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam
- ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānu-
- śīlanaṁ bhaktir uttamā
- [Cc. Madhya 19.167]
"One should render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa favorably and without desire for material profit or gain through fruitive activities or philosophical speculation. That is called pure devotional service."
When these four kinds of persons come to the Supreme Lord for devotional service and are completely purified by the association of a pure devotee, they also become pure devotees. As far as the miscreants are concerned, for them devotional service is very difficult because their lives are selfish, irregular and without spiritual goals. But even some of them, by chance, when they come in contact with a pure devotee, also become pure devotees.Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 4
Other Books by Srila Prabhupada
Renunciation Through Wisdom
Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
Conversations and Morning Walks
1969 Conversations and Morning Walks
Guest (4) (Indian man): You said the approach to spiritual goal, through this way, Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Rāma. Okay. Now there is another philosophy which has been preached by Ramakrishna and Vivekananda: "The service of man is the service of God."
Prabhupāda: And why not service of God service of man?
Guest (4): No...
Prabhupāda: First of all answer this. If service of man is service of God, why not service of God, service of man?
Guest (4): Okay. It is one and the same thing because within man is within the soul, which is...
Prabhupāda: So, one thing, suppose that service of God is service of man, then why should you go door to door serving ... If God is service of man, if you say service of man is service of God, then service of God is service of man.
Guest (4): Okay. Fine.
Prabhupāda: That's all. Now if by serving God I can serve whole humanity...
Guest (4): That's good.
Prabhupāda: That's good. But you, how many human beings you can serve? So my process is better.1977 Conversations and Morning Walks
Prabhupāda: As they are reading our literatures.
Hari-śauri: As Kṛṣṇa consciousness spreads... Just like we see these different things happening in the world that are coming nearer to a religious way of life or a spiritual understanding, even though that may not be directly connected with our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, still, is that the cause, because there's an auspicious atmosphere that people are...
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Hari-śauri: ...able to come nearer to that spiritual goal?
Prabhupāda: Yes. The Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra is going on. That purifies.
Hari-śauri: So that's purifying the atmosphere.
Prabhupāda: That will help. That will, help them.Correspondence
1974 Correspondence
Page Title: | Spiritual goals |
Compiler: | Visnu Murti, Kanupriya, Laksmipriya |
Created: | 14 of Jan, 2008 |
No. of Quotes: | 8 |
Totals by Section: | BG=2, SB=1, CC=0, OB=1, Lec=1, Con=2, Let=1 |