Happy New Year

[Bhakti Vikasa Swami]

Devoid of Krsna consciousness, every living being suffers in this cycle of
birth and death perpetually. To relieve them from this bondage and enable them
to become blissful and happy, bhakti-yoga should be taught. A foolish
civilization neglects to teach people how to rise to the platform of
bhakti-yoga. Without Krsna consciousness a person is no better than a hog or
dog. The instructions of Rsabhadeva are very essential at the present moment.
People are being educated and trained to work very hard for sense
gratification, and there is no sublime aim in life. A man travels to earn his
livelihood, leaving home early in the morning, catching a local train and being
packed in a compartment. He has to stand for an hour or two in order to reach
his place of business. Then again he takes a bus to get to the office. At the
office he works hard from nine to five; then he takes two or three hours to
return home. After eating, he has sex and goes to sleep. For all this hardship,
his only happiness is a little sex.
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From Srila Prabhupada's purport to SB 5.5.1