One sincere soul understanding Krishna consciousness brings more spiritual benefit than thousands of uninvolved seekers.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Prabhupāda Listening to Recording of His Own Room Conversation with Students — April 25, 1969, Boston 690425R1-BOSTON [12:11 Minutes] Conv_690425R1-BOSTON [following is a transcription of the recording being played back as Prabhupāda listens] Prabhupāda: Yes. So if you have got any question, you can ask. Student (1): My question, that one child [indistinct]... Kṛṣṇa conscious... [break] ...I don't know... Prabhupāda: I told you that I do not expect that everyone will be Kṛṣṇa conscious. That is not possible.
But if there is one moon in the sky, that is sufficient to eradicate the darkness. You don't require many stars. Ekaś candras tamo hanti na ca tārā sahasraśaḥ [Hitopadeśa 25]. [One moon dissipates the darkness; thousands of stars cannot.] Even if there..., if one man understands perfectly what is this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is, he can do tremendous benefit to the other people. So you are all intelligent boys and girls.
You try to understand this Kṛṣṇa consciousness philosophy with all your reason or argument. But try to understand it seriously. Don't make it a farce. That is the object of life. Student (2): When you've got that...
[indistinct] ...Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and then you become unconscious, and then you become conscious, and then you become unconscious. And it extended like that, backwards and forwards, for five minutes. Is that Vedic? Prabhupāda: What is that? Unconscious?
You are unconscious, or you answered? Student (2): I have read and thought that... Prabhupāda: To become unconscious. Student (2): ...that God, the force who made everything and more in this [indistinct]..., in making this, playing a game. And you play a game by playing hide and seek. The whole point of the game is that someone is hidden from you. Prabhupāda: There is nothing hide and seek here. It is all open.
Yes? Student (3): At one time, years ago, everyone was Kṛṣṇa conscious. Prabhupāda: Everyone was...? When? Student (3): When? In the beginning. Student (2): If you sit down and you look very closely into his eyes, and you get closer and closer and closer and closer.... [laughter] Prabhupāda: What is their doubt? Student (2): You can go all the way, all the way, all the way, and what do you find?
[laughter] Prabhupāda: You can find. I cannot find. Student (4): I wanted to know, material world, being in spiritual consciousness is to get... Prabhupāda: Yes. We are trying that. Calling everyone, "Come and push your conscious." We are inviting everyone.