Understanding one's eternal position as Krishna's servant is the foundation upon which all genuine spiritual practice must rest.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Prabhupāda: That is special advantage of this age. People are very much fallen from spiritual standard, and to fall down from the spiritual standard means to spoil the humanity. There is no education on this point. That is Vedic culture.
Most of them, they do not believe that there is soul, spirit soul, and human life is meant for understanding it and make progress on that platform. Most of them, they do not know. There is no education, I think. Everyone reads Bhagavad-gītā, mostly, but they do not understand the first lesson, dehino 'smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā, tathā dehāntara-prāptiḥ [Bg 2.13].
Nobody understands. What is your understanding about this transmigration of the soul? Indian man (1): We consider that man gets life after death according to his karma. Prabhupāda: Yes. Do you believe on this? Indian man (1): We have this belief. Prabhupāda: Then what is the preparation? If we believe that we have to get another life after death, then what preparation we have made? Indian man (1): Preparation?
Prabhupāda: That is I am saying. Indian man (1): This is what we would like to know from... [microphone rattling] ...the learned people. Prabhupāda: Yes. Yes, that is our duty, provided you want to learn it. But practically they are not interested.
That is the pity of the situation. They... Nature's law is there, but they do not care for the nature's law. They are so irresponsible. prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā kartāham iti manyate [Bg 3.27] Everything is being done by nature's law, and we are strictly under nature's law.
Still, we are thinking independent. Indian man (1): Nature's laws are inexorable. Prabhupāda: Yes. We cannot surpass. Daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā [Bg 7.14]. This nature's law is so strict, you cannot disobey. Indian man (1): We can't bend it.
It is un..., inevitable, inexorable. Prabhupāda: Yes, inexorable. Yes, yes, inexorable. Indian man (1): And nobody can interfere? Prabhupāda: No. Indian man (1): God alone. Prabhupāda: God can do anything. He is all-powerful. That is only...