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Letters of Srila Prabhupada.
75-1268-11 “Regarding your question about what determines our future,
generally when we are in the material world, we try to be prosperous by
material opulence. Just like a common man tries to have a good house, a good
wife, a good property, good social prestige, and this way, go on increasing the
bodily concept of life, and possess more and more in relationship to the body.
This is unfortunate. All living entities beginning from Brahma down to an ant,
everyone is trying to increase such materialistic way of happy life without
knowing that any amount of material comforts of life cannot make the
spiritual living entities happy. Therefore, when a living entity becomes very
serious to become really happy and gets into touch with Krsna consciousness
by the grace of Krsna and the spiritual master, that is the beginning of his
fortunate life. And the more one becomes advanced in that fortunate way of
life, the more he becomes happier and happier.
This is the difference between
fortunate and unfortunate. The beginning of contact with Krsna
consciousness is the beginning of good fortune. That some people may come
and others may not, this is also due to association. Suppose a man accidentally
comes in contact with our Society and gives some service willingly or
unwillingly, that is the beginning of his fortunate life. We go from door to door
canvassing people to join Krsna consciousness movement means that we are
trying to make them fortunate. Anyone who gives some service to this Krsna
consciousness movement is fortunate proportionately. At least the seed of his
fortunate life is sown there. Whether he gives service of some sort, willingly or
even unwillingly, the seed is sown, and the fortune will come proportionately.
Even if someone looks shabby and unclean, if he simply says this Krsna
consciousness is a very nice thing, even he is not able to take full advantage of
it at the time, still he is far more fortunate than any Rockefeller.” (SPL to
Tosana Krsna, November 13th, 1968)
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