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The Nectar of Devotion
tion so that everyone will be happy and take profit from developing Krṣṇa consciousness.
Lord Śrī Krṣṇa instructed Uddhava that by following the injunctions of the social and spiritual orders of human society one can satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and as a result of such satisfaction the whole society gets all the necessities of life amply and without difficulty. This is because, after all, the Supreme Personality of Godhead maintains all other living entities. If the whole society performs its respective duties and remains in Krṣṇa consciousness, there is no doubt that all of its members will live very peacefully and happily. Without wanting the necessities of life, the whole world will be turned into  Vaikuṇṭha , a spiritual abode. Even without being transferred to the kingdom of God, by following the injunctions of the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  and prosecuting the duties of Krṣṇa consciousness, all human society will be happy in all respects.
There is a similar statement by Śrī Krṣṇa Himself to Uddhava in the Eleventh Canto of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , 5th Chapter, 2nd verse. The Lord says there, “My dear Uddhava, all persons are engaged in activities, whether those indicated in the revealed scriptures or ordinary worldly activities. If by the result of either of such activities they worship Me in Krṣṇa consciousness, then automatically they become very happy within this world as well as in the next. Of this there is no doubt.” We can conclude from this statement by Krṣṇa that activities in Krṣṇa consciousness will give everyone all perfection in their desires.
Thus the Krṣṇa consciousness movement is so nice that there is no need of even designating oneself  brāhmaṇa ,  kṣatriya ,  vaiśya ,  śūdra ,  brahmacārī ,  grhastha ,  vānaprastha  or  sannyāsī . Let everyone be engaged in whatever occupation he now has. Simply let him worship Lord Krṣṇa by the result of his activities in Krṣṇa consciousness. That will adjust the whole situation, and everyone will be happy and peaceful within this world. In the  Nārada-pañcarātra  the regulative principles of devotional service are described as follows: “Any activities sanctioned in the revealed scriptures and aiming at the satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are accepted by saintly teachers as the regulative principles of devotional service. If somebody regu-