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<div class="heading">Everyone has dormant love for Krsna, and by culture and education that has to be awakened. That is the purpose of this Krsna consciousness movement. Once Lord Caitanya asked Sri Ramananda Raya what the best part of education was, and Ramananda Raya replied that the best part of education is advancement in Krsna consciousness.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 4.29.50|SB 4.29.50, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Sri Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the Supersoul and guide of all living entities who have accepted material bodies within this world. He is the supreme controller of all material activities in material nature. He is also our best friend, and everyone should take shelter at His lotus feet. In doing so, one's life will be auspicious.</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>In Bhagavad-gita (18.61) it is said, isvarah sarva-bhutanam hrd-dese 'rjuna tisthati: "The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone's heart, O Arjuna." The living entity is within the body, and the Supersoul, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is also there. He is called antaryami and caitya-guru. As Lord Krsna states in Bhagavad-gita (15.15), He is controlling everything.</p>
:sarvasya caham hrdi sannivisto
:mattah smrtir jnanam apohanam ca
<p>"I am seated in everyone's heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness."</p>
<p>Everything is being directed by the Supersoul within the body; therefore the better part of valor is to take His direction and be happy. To take His directions, one needs to be a devotee, and this is also confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (10.10):</p>
:tesam satata-yuktanam
:bhajatam priti-purvakam
:dadami buddhi-yogam tam
:yena mam upayanti te
<p>"To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me."</p>
<p>Although the Supersoul is in everyone's heart (isvarah sarva-bhutanam hrd-dese 'rjuna tisthati ([[Vanisource:BG 18.61|BG 18.61]])), He talks only to the pure devotees who constantly engage in His service. In Caitanya-bhagavata (CB Antya-khanda 3.45) it is said:</p>
:tahare se bali vidya, mantra, adhyayana
:krsna-pada-padme ye karaye sthira mana
<p>"One who has fixed his mind on the lotus feet of Krsna is to be understood as having the best education and as having studied all the Vedas." There are also other appropriate quotes in Caitanya-bhagavata:  (CB Adi-khanda 13.178-179)</p>
:sei se vidyara phala janiha niscaya
:krsna-pada-padme yadi citta-vrtti raya
<p>"The perfect result of an education is the fixing of one's mind on the lotus feet of Krsna." (CB Adi-khanda  13.173-174) </p>
<p>'dig-vijaya kariba,' -- vidyara karya nahe</p>
<p>isvare bhajile, sei vidya 'satya' kahe</p>
<p>"Conquering the world by means of material education is not desirable. If one engages himself in devotional service, his education is perfected." (CB Adi-khanda 12.49)</p>
:pade kene loka -- krsna-bhakti janibare
:se yadi nahila, tabe vidyaya ki kare
<p>"The purpose of education is to understand Krsna and His devotional service. If one does not do so, then education is false." (CB Antya-khanda 3.044)</p>
<p>tahare se bali dharma, karma sadacara</p>
:isvare se priti janme sammata sabara
<p>"Being cultured, educated, very active and religious means developing natural love for Krsna." Everyone has dormant love for Krsna, and by culture and education that has to be awakened. That is the purpose of this Krsna consciousness movement. Once Lord Caitanya asked Sri Ramananda Raya what the best part of education was, and Ramananda Raya replied that the best part of education is advancement in Krsna consciousness.</p>
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