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The ultimate goal of life is pure, unalloyed and unmotivated devotional service full of love to the Lord. By achieving so, we receive self realization and pure love of godhead, Krishna-prema, which are also the ultimate goal of life. That love makes the Brahman realization as valuable as a drop of water in the desert. However, in order to achieve the ultimate goal of life, we need a spiritual master, who is like our eternal father, and who can lead us in the right direction in our spiritual life so we can successfully achieve our ultimate goal of life. | The ultimate goal of life is pure, unalloyed and unmotivated devotional service full of love to the Lord. By achieving so, we receive self realization and pure love of godhead, Krishna-prema, which are also the ultimate goal of life. That love makes the Brahman realization as valuable as a drop of water in the desert. However, in order to achieve the ultimate goal of life, we need a spiritual master, who is like our eternal father, and who can lead us in the right direction in our spiritual life so we can successfully achieve our ultimate goal of life. | ||
Srila Prabhupada's books, lectures, conversations and letters offer a comprehensive presentation of this essential subject as seen in the Vaniquotes '''[[Vaniquotes:Category:Ultimate Goal of Life|Ultimate Goal of Life]]''' category. An introduction from his books is given below in the following | Srila Prabhupada's books, lectures, conversations and letters offer a comprehensive presentation of this essential subject as seen in the Vaniquotes '''[[Vaniquotes:Category:Ultimate Goal of Life|Ultimate Goal of Life]]''' category. An introduction from his books is given below in the following 10 quotes. | ||
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{{VaniQuotebox|The bona fide spiritual master, as the representative of the Lord, is the eternal father because the spiritual master has the responsibility to lead the disciple to spiritual salvation, or the ultimate goal of life|The father and mother of the material body are so only in one birth, and in the next birth the father and mother may be a different couple. But the bona fide spiritual master, as the representative of the Lord, is the eternal father because the spiritual master has the responsibility to lead the disciple to spiritual salvation, or the ultimate goal of life. Therefore, a civilized man must be twice-born, otherwise he is no more than the lower animals. '''(Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.5.7)'''}} | {{VaniQuotebox|The bona fide spiritual master, as the representative of the Lord, is the eternal father because the spiritual master has the responsibility to lead the disciple to spiritual salvation, or the ultimate goal of life|The father and mother of the material body are so only in one birth, and in the next birth the father and mother may be a different couple. But the bona fide spiritual master, as the representative of the Lord, is the eternal father because the spiritual master has the responsibility to lead the disciple to spiritual salvation, or the ultimate goal of life. Therefore, a civilized man must be twice-born, otherwise he is no more than the lower animals. '''(Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.5.7)'''}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|All rituals, all performances of sacrifices, and everything that is put into the Vedas, including all direction for material activities, are meant for understanding Krsna, who is the ultimate goal of life|All rituals, all performances of sacrifices, and everything that is put into the Vedas, including all direction for material activities, are meant for understanding Kṛṣṇa, who is the ultimate goal of life. But because the conditioned souls do not know anything beyond sense gratification, they study the Vedas to that end. '''(Bhagavad-gītā 3.26)'''}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:00, 22 November 2020
The ultimate goal of life is pure, unalloyed and unmotivated devotional service full of love to the Lord. By achieving so, we receive self realization and pure love of godhead, Krishna-prema, which are also the ultimate goal of life. That love makes the Brahman realization as valuable as a drop of water in the desert. However, in order to achieve the ultimate goal of life, we need a spiritual master, who is like our eternal father, and who can lead us in the right direction in our spiritual life so we can successfully achieve our ultimate goal of life.
Srila Prabhupada's books, lectures, conversations and letters offer a comprehensive presentation of this essential subject as seen in the Vaniquotes Ultimate Goal of Life category. An introduction from his books is given below in the following 10 quotes.
Quotes from Srila Prabhupada's books
Ultimate Goal of Life - explore more within this category.
Vanipedia has now over 903 introductory articles compiled from Srila Prabhupada's books under the series titled Essential Subjects. All these articles can be seen in the Table of Content on the right side of this article and also here in this Umbrella Category. Browse through them to relish the breadth and depth of Srila Prabhupada's teachings - There is a subject for everyone.