Pure devotion to Krishna, not material pursuit, is humanity's highest duty and sole source of lasting happiness.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.6 — February 23, 1972, Calcutta 720223SB-CALCUTTA [19:08 Minutes] SB-01.02.06_720223SB-CALCUTTA Prabhupāda: ...sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhokṣaje... [SB 1.2.6] [baby crying] [Hindi] Somehow or other we have to turn to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is the aim of life. This human form of life is meant for this purpose, yato bhaktir adhokṣaje and...
[someone speaking in Hindi] [break] ...religion you may profess, it does not matter. It must teach you how to render loving service to the Lord. That is required. [break] ...pravṛtti and nivṛtti.
So there are two kinds of dharma. Dharma means occupational duties. [Hindi] [break] Devotee: It doesn't work. Prabhupāda: In this material world, we come here to enjoy. Not enjoy, but to satisfy our senses.
This is material life. But that is not the right process, to develop the sense enjoyment process. The modern civilization, they are increasing the sense enjoyment process, making life more and more complicated, because the real motive of human life is to develop devotional service to the Lord. Or in other words, instead of gratifying our senses we should gratify the senses of the Lord.
That is required. We cannot independently gratify our senses. The Īśopaniṣad therefore says, tena tyaktena bhuñjīthā [Īśo mantra 1]. Directly you cannot. The best example is you give me nice a foodstuff, rasagullā.
The fingers catches it, but it cannot enjoy directly. That is not possible. It must give to the stomach, and when it is given to the stomach, the energy produced by eating that foodstuff is distributed not only in this finger but in other fingers and other parts of the body. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. We are making center Kṛṣṇa.
Kṛṣṇa said, yat karoṣi yaj juhoṣi yad aśnāsi tapasyasi yat tat kuruṣva mad-arpaṇam [Bg. 9.27]: "You work. Whatever you like, you work, but ultimately you give Me the result of it." That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. We do not want to stop anything. People may not misunderstand that we want to stop business, we have to stop industries, our..., our general modes of life.