The Bliss Of Krishna Consciousness

There is no endurance of the changing body. That the body is changing every moment by the actions and reactions of the different cells is admitted by modern medical science; and thus growth and old age are taking place in the body. But the spirit soul exists permanently, remaining the same despite all changes of the body and the mind. That is the difference between matter and spirit. By nature, the body is ever changing, and the soul is eternal. This conclusion is established by all classes of seers of the truth, both impersonalist and personalist. In the Viṣṇu Purāṇa it is stated that Viṣṇu and His abodes all have self-illuminated spiritual existence. "Jyotīṁṣi viṣṇur bhavanāni viṣṇuḥ." The words existent and nonexistent refer only to spirit and matter. That is the version of all seers of truth. From The Book :- Bhagavad Gita As It Is (2.16 Purport) Written By :- His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Srila Prabhupada :- This is sādhu: no more designation. "I am Hindu," "I am Muslim," "I am Christian," "I am American"---these devotees, they have got no such conception. They are... Every one of them is thinking, "I am servant of Kṛṣṇa." This is called sarvopādhi-vinirmuktam. These are upādhi. Even this varṇāśrama, that is also... "I am sannyāsī," "I am gṛhastha," "I am vānaprastha..." Caitanya Mahāprabhu has rejected all these things. Nāhaṁ vipro na ca nara-patiḥ: "I am neither brāhmaṇa, nor kṣatriya, nor vaiśya, nor śūdra." Then what You are? Gopī-bhartuḥ pada-kamalayor dāsa-dāsānudāsaḥ [Cc. Madhya 13.80] = "This is My position." This is called sarvopādhi-vinirmuktam [Cc. Madhya 19.170], no more designation. So if we become no more designation, then immediately the whole world becomes Vaikuṇṭha. We are fighting---"I am Hindu," "I am Muslim," "I am Christian," "I am American," "I am Indian," "I am German." The whole disturbance is there. "This is my land. This is your land." The whole world is doing. As soon as they become Kṛṣṇa conscious, immediately this hellish world become Vaikuṇṭha, immediately, tat-kṣaṇāt. Simply one has to learn. So such important movement we should take very seriously and try to spread it all world wide. That will be the best service to the human society. Thank you very much. (Srila Prabhupada’s Lecture— SB 3.25.24—Bombay 1974)