Giriraj Swami read and spoke on Srimad-Bhagavatam7.6.1, as part of the ISKCON-Houston Sunday School graduation program.
” ‘Prahlada Maharaja said: One who is sufficiently intelligent should use the human form of body from the very beginning of life—in other words, from the tender age of childhood—to practice the activities of devotional service, giving up all other engagements. The human body is most rarely achieved, and although temporary like other bodies, it is meaningful because in human life one can perform devotional service. Even a slight amount of sincere devotional service can give one complete perfection.’ (Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.6.1)
“In this verse and purport Prahlada Maharaja and Srila Prabhupada give a complete program for human life and a complete program for human society. Unfortunately, at the present moment, most people are under the influence of the modes of passion and ignorance with hardly a touch of the mode of goodness. In other words, people are living almost like animals. Dharmena hina pasubhih samanah—without dharma, without spiritual life, humans are on the level of animals (Hitopadesa). This has created a very serious situation, and consequently people are suffering terribly. They themselves are suffering, and they cause others to suffer.”
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