Elevation to Krsna Consciousness - Original 1973 ... - Prabhupada

42 Elevation to Kra Consciousnessfact we must learn by submissive inquiry from authoritativesources, such as Bhagavad-gitii or a spiritualmaster who is fully realized in Kn;Qa consciousness.Today all facets of human society are thinkingthat their self-interest is in maintaining this body.Consequently today's society is simply a society ofcats, dogs and hogs. From Vedic literatures we canunderstand that we don't have to work hard all daysimply to maintain this body. We are working veryhard because we are trying to control material naturefor the purposes of sense gratification. One who cancome to understand that KrQa is the root of everything,the origin of everything, can understand themeaning of isvara parama krTJa- KrQa is thesupreme controller. In the universe there are manyisvaras, or controllers, but KrQa is the supremeamong all of them. KrQa consciousness gives us thisknowledge. Without It, we will remain ignorant ofour real self-interest.Modern society is in dire need of intellectualpersons or briihmm;ws who can broadcast real spiritualknowledge all over the world. That is an absolutenecessity for a society which is working hard simplyto exploit nature. If people try to understand thisKrQa consciousness movement scientifically andphilosophically, with their best knowledge andjudgement, and try to cooperate, there will be peaceall over the world. In essence, the method is verysimple. We need only chant Hare KrQa, Hare KrQa,Kg;l).a KrI]a, Hare Hare I Hare Rama, Hare Rama,Rama Rama, Hare Hare and follow the regulativeprinciples mentioned before. By following the regu-