Human life's sole purpose is developing God consciousness; without it, civilization remains childishly material and fundamentally animal.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Rāmeśvara: Do you want to sit on chairs or...?
Rāmeśvara: Oh, good. Indian style. How large is the newspaper? The circulation?
Reporter: Ah, Swami? What is your purpose here with your, ah..., with the faith in seeking the growth and so on?
Prabhupāda: [to Rāmeśvara] What is the purpose you can explain.
Rāmeśvara: The purpose of our, of our seeking the growth is so that people all over the world can become happy again. People who are suffering due to lack of knowledge about who they are and what their relationship is with God, and as a result of that ignorance, they're performing so many activities which cause them pain and misery, so that they can become happy again.
Reporter: Ah. How is..., how will this be achieved?
Prabhupāda: Misery..., misery is caused due to ignorance. Do you admit or not? The more we are kept in darkness of knowledge, we suffer. What is the difference between ah..., what is called?