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Elevation to Kṛṣṇa Consciousness
changed, but  dharma  is a natural sequence, a natural occupation or connection.
Kṛṣṇa says that as soon as there is a discrepancy in the discharge of the  dharmas  of the living entities, when there is an upsurge of unnatural activities, He descends. One of the principal purposes of His descent is to reestablish religious principles. The best system of religion is that which best trains us to surrender unto the Supreme Lord. This is the basic principle underlying  Bhagavad-gītā . We can select our own religion and be Hindu, Moslem, Buddhist, Christian or whatever, as long as we know the real purpose of religion. Indeed,  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  does not recommend that we give up our present religion, but it does hint at the purpose of religion. That purpose is love of Godhead, and that religion which teaches us best how to love the Supreme Lord is the best religion.
In this age especially there is a general decay in the consciousness of the masses of people. A few people remember that there is a God, but for the most part people are forgetting Him. Therefore they cannot be happy. People are thinking that God is dead, or that we have no obligation to God, or that there is no God. This sort of thinking will never make for happiness. When civilization is godless or atheistic, as it is today, God or His representative comes to remind people of their relationship with the supreme consciousness.
When Sanātana Gosvāmī inquired from Lord Caitanya, “What am I? Why am I always in a miserable condition? What is the position of all living