Text 45] Prahlada Pacifies the Lord with Prayers 261

his interest is in the busiest part of the world, where he teaches people
Krsna consciousness. The Krsna consciousness movement was started for
this purpose. We do not teach one to meditate in a secluded place just so
that one may show that he has become very much advanced and may be
proud of his so-called transcendental meditation, although he engages in
all sorts of foolish materialistic activity. A Vaisnava like Prahlada
Maharaja is not interested in such a bluff of spiritual advancement.
Rather, he is interested in enlightening people in Krsna consciousness
because that is the only way for them to become happy. Prahlada
Maharaja says clearly, nanyam tvad asya Saranam bhramato ‘nupasye:
“I know that without Krsna consciousness, without taking shelter of
Your lotus feet, one cannot be happy.” One wanders within the universe,
life after life, but by the grace of a devotee, a servant of Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu, one can get the clue to Krsna consciousness and then not
only become happy in this world but also return home, back to Godhead.
That is the real target in life. The members of the Krsna consciousness
movement are not at all interested in so-called meditation in the
Himalayas or the forest, where one will only make a show of meditation,
nor are they interested in opening many schools for yoga and meditation
in the cities. Rather, every member of the Krsna consciousness move-
ment is interested in going door to door to try to convince people about
the teachings of Bhagavad-gita As It Is, the teachings of Lord Caitanya.
That is the purpose of the Hare Krsna movement. The members of the
Krsna consciousness movement must be fully convinced that without
Krsna one cannot be happy. Thus the Krsna conscious person avoids all
kinds of pseudo spiritualists, transcendentalists, meditators, monists,
philosophers and philanthropists.

TEXT 45

aayate TeAhgE f ad

WEI SAG TATA |
Tated Ae HIM TEE aATT:

arg faaeaatast fared ae: esl

yan maithunadi-grhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham
kandityanena karayor iva duhkha-duhkham
