12 Elevation to Krsna Consciousness

students who are voluntarily practicing Krsna con-
sciousness are very pleased to practice it. The process
is not troublesome but pleasing. Now they are
realizing that purified existence constitutes the dif-
ference between animal life and human life.

If we purify our existence simply by following
the basic regulations of Krsna consciousness, which
involve abstaining from illicit sexual connection,
meat-eating, intoxication and gambling, we will
gradually rise to attain our spiritual existence, which
is completely pure. The sage Rsabhadeva told his
sons that once they purified their existence they
would have unlimited happiness. We are all intended
to attain peace and happiness, but whatever peace
and happiness we find in this material world is
limited. If we but purify our existence and attain
spiritual existence, we will experience unlimited
peace and happiness.

The spiritual world is not dry or abstract; as
pointed out before, there is variegatedness there. A
part of the spiritual pleasure experienced in the
Vaikunthas is the pleasure of dancing. There are
also young girls and young boys there. Indeed, there
is no such thing as old age, or disease, or death, or
the pains of birth. If we want to participate in the
unlimited happiness, knowledge and eternal life
which constitute our actual heritage in the spiritual
world, we should not waste this life by working hard
for sense gratification and worshiping hogs. We
should accept a life devoted to the cultivation of
Krsna consciousness, and then we will get unlimited
happiness and unlimited pleasure. This is the sum
and substance of the Krsna consciousness movement.
