Spiritual success demands active service within Krishna's institution, not solitary attempts or independent preaching.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk — December 5, 1973, Los Angeles 731205MW-LOS ANGELES [56:20 Minutes] Walk_731205MW-LOS ANGELES [in car]
Prabhupāda: ...has done a great mistake. I never expected that... [indistinct] ...all of a sudden... [break] You see the so-called svāmīs and yogīs—they could not do anything, because they are outsider.
They are not within the jurisdiction of Kṛṣṇa. One must remain within the jurisdiction of Kṛṣṇa. Then his spiritual life is assured. Otherwise, [indistinct].
Prabhupāda: So one must give service. Simply to feel, "I belong to Kṛṣṇa's family" and doing nothing for Kṛṣṇa, that is not... Sudāmā: That's not good.
Prabhupāda: That's not good. That is not good. That means he'll... Very soon he'll again forget Kṛṣṇa.
He'll again forget Kṛṣṇa. Sudāmā: Actually, the other element is so powerful. These people here, because, even though they are part of Kṛṣṇa's family, but because they have forgotten, then we become influenced by their forgetfulness.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Forgetfulness means māyā. Sudāmā: Yes. Prabhupāda: Māyā is nothing. It is a forgetfulness.