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and people will naturally be happy, peaceful and prosperous, not only in this life but also in the next, for as stated in  Bhagavad-gītā , anyone who understands Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, will very easily get salvation, or freedom from the repetition of birth and death, and go back home, back to Godhead. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore requests every Indian to become a preacher of His cult to save the world from disastrous confusion.
This is not only the duty of Indians but the duty of everyone, and we are very happy that American and European boys and girls are seriously cooperating with this movement. One should know definitely that the best welfare activity for all of human society is to awaken man's God consciousness, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Therefore everyone should help this great movement. This is confirmed in the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , Tenth Canto, Twenty-second Chapter, verse 35, which is next quoted in  Caitanya-caritāmṛta .
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এতাবজ্জন্মসাফল্যং দেহিনামিহ দেহিষ্ব ।
প্রাণৈরর্বৈধিয়া বাচা শ্রেষ্মআচরণং সদা ॥ ৪২ ॥
etāvaj janma-sāphalyam dehinām iha dehiṣu prāṇair arthair dhiyā vācā śreya-ācaraṇam sadā
SYNONYMS
etāvat —up to this;  janma —of birth;  sāphalyam —perfection;  dehinām —of every living being;  iha —in this world;  dehiṣu —toward those who are embodied;  prāṇaiḥ —by life;  arthaiḥ —by wealth;  dhiyā —by intelligence;  vācā —by words;  śreyaḥ —eternal good fortune;  ācaraṇam —acting practically;  sadā —always.
TRANSLATION
“‘It is the duty of every living being to perform welfare activities for the benefit of others with his life, wealth, intelligence and words.’
PURPORT
There are two kinds of general activities— śreyas , or activities which are ultimately beneficial and auspicious, and  preyas , or those which are immediately beneficial and auspicious. For example, children are very fond of playing. They don't want to go to school to receive an education, and they think that to play all day and night and enjoy with their friends is the aim of life. Even in the transcendental life of Lord Kṛṣṇa, we find that when He was a child He was very fond of playing with His friends of the same age, the cowherd boys. He would not even go home to take His dinner. Mother Yaśodā would have to come out to induce Him to come home. Thus it is a child's nature to engage all day and night in playing, not caring even for his health and other important concerns. This is an example of  preyas , or immediate-