Our real need is to understand Krishna, but we don't know that. We are thinking, "I need food, cloth, and shelter." And modern society has created so many artificial needs.
Lecture on Real Success Stories Are in Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 8.4.15; Ljubljana, Slovenia, 26 Dec 1998)
This creating more and more needs and attempting to fulfil them simply creates frustration, because it covers over, or leads us away from, our real endeavor. The real endeavor that we should be attempting is to find out Krishna – our real need.
Lecture on Real Success Stories Are in Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 8.4.15; Ljubljana, Slovenia, 26 Dec 1998)
The exalted people in human society live very simply; they do not increase their artificial needs. Rather, as much as possible they decrease eating, sleeping, mating and defending. Whatever way they can simply fulfill that, they do that, so as to concentrate more time and energy for fulfilling the real purpose of human life: to understand Krishna.
Lecture on Real Success Stories Are in Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 8.4.15; Ljubljana, Slovenia, 26 Dec 1998)
Human life is meant for becoming freed from animalistic propensities of spending your whole life simply interested in eating, sleeping, sex and fighting.
Lecture on Real Success Stories Are in Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 8.4.15; Ljubljana, Slovenia, 26 Dec 1998)