Niranjana Swami

Niranjana Swami

Lectures from a Disciple, Vol. 2, The Lord Protects Those Who Glorify His Name

We should accept whatever is necessary to maintain body and soul together, and we should be very careful that we do not become so diverted that we forget what the whole goal of human life is. Not using this body for becoming Krishna conscious in this life is a waste, simply being a kripana (miserly person). If we simply maintain this body for sense gratification, at the end of this life, the only thing that we can take with us is our sinful reactions. But, if we use this human form of life for hearing and chanting about Krishna, then that is the purpose for maintaining this body.

Srila Prabhupada

Lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.6.1, Montreal, June 10, 1968

There are different kinds of duties according to the different division of the human society. That is a fact. Nobody can deny it. But how one can understand that the duty he is performing is successful? How one can understand? What is the test? You may be whatever you are doing, that doesn't matter. But how it is tested, that whatever you have done in your whole life, it has become successful. The test is, according to Bhagavatam, svanusthitasya dharmasya. Everyone's duty, the point of perfection is samsiddhir hari-tosanam [SB 1.2.13], whether by your duty you have satisfied the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is the duty. Then it is perfect. You are a great scientist? Very good. But if you can prove scientifically that there is God, that is successful. Otherwise, it is nonsense.