180 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 2

Personality therefore comes to teach us how to act according to the Vedic
principles. In this age of Kali, the Supreme Personality of Godhead ap-
peared as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and preached that in this age the
Vedic activities cannot be systematically performed because people are so
fallen. He gave this recommendation from the Sdstras:

harer nama harer nama
harer ndmaiva kevalam

kalau nasty eva nasty eva
nasty eva gatir anyatha

“In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy the only means of deliverance is
chanting the holy name of the Lord. There is no other way. There is no
other way. There is no other way.” The Krsna consciousness movement
is therefore teaching people all over the world how to chant the Hare
Krsna mantra, and this has proved very much effective in all places at all
times. The Supreme Personality of Godhead appears in order to teach us
Vedic principles intended for understanding Him (vedais ca sarvair
aham eva vedyah). We should always know that when Krsna and Lord
Caitanya appeared, They appeared in Suddha-sattva bodies. One should
not mistake the body of Krsna or Caitanya Mahaprabhu to be a material
body like ours, for Krsna and Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared as needed
for the benefit of the entire human society. Out of causeless mercy, the
Lord appears in different ages in His original suddha-sattva transcen-
dental body to elevate human society to the spiritual platform upon
which they can truly benefit. Unfortunately, modern politicians and
other leaders stress the bodily comforts of life (yasyatma-buddhih
kunape tri-dhdtuke) and concentrate on the activities of this ism and that
ism, which they describe in different kinds of flowery language. Essen-
tially such activities are the activities of animals (sa eva go-kharah). We
should learn how to act from Bhagavad-gita, which explains everything
for human understanding. Thus we can become happy even in this age of
Kali.
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