# Love of God *On prema and developing love for Kṛṣṇa* --- ### Goal of Life > The goal of human life is to develop love of God. That is the perfection of life. All other achievements are secondary. The primary achievement is love of God. — [[spoken/1972/721017sb.vrn|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.6, Vṛndāvana, 1972]] --- ### Test of Religion > You can adopt any means. There are different kinds of religious system all over the world. You can become Hindu, you can become Muslim, you can become Christian, you can become something else. But the test is how much you have learned to love God. That's it. — [[spoken/1972/721017sb.vrn|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.6, Vṛndāvana, 1972]] --- ### Dormant in Everyone > Love of God is dormant in everyone's heart. It is not something that has to be imported from outside. It is already there. It simply has to be awakened by the process of devotional service. — [[spoken/1968/680816jm.mon|Janmāṣṭamī Lecture, Montreal, 1968]] --- ### Through Service > Love is developed through service. The more you serve Kṛṣṇa, the more your love increases. Just like a mother develops love for her child by serving the child. — [[spoken/1969/690510r1.col|Room Conversation, Columbus, 1969]] --- ### Eternally Increasing > Just like when we were chanting here you could feel some ecstasy. Well, this ecstasy grows unlimitedly and infinitely, eternally, if one takes to it. It's not as if you reach some point of enlightenment, and then you're enlightened. No. But it's always eternal, ever increasing. — [[spoken/1968/680816jm.mon|Janmāṣṭamī Lecture, Montreal, 1968]] --- ### Natural Love > The living entity's love for Kṛṣṇa is natural. We have simply forgotten. Just like a child may be separated from the mother, but when they meet again, the natural love comes out. Similarly, our love for Kṛṣṇa is natural. — [[spoken/1970/700508ip.la|Śrī Īśopaniṣad, Mantra 6, Los Angeles, 1970]] --- ### Through Chanting > By chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, the love of God is awakened. Ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam. The heart becomes cleansed, and the natural love for Kṛṣṇa comes out. — [[spoken/1966/660909le.ny|Lecture on Hare Kṛṣṇa Mantra, New York, 1966]] --- ### Without Any Motive > Real love is without any motive. The gopīs loved Kṛṣṇa without any motive. They did not want anything from Kṛṣṇa. They only wanted to give pleasure to Kṛṣṇa. This is real love. — [[spoken/1972/721017sb.vrn|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.6, Vṛndāvana, 1972]] --- ### Never Diminishes > Material love diminishes. Today you love, tomorrow you don't love. But spiritual love never diminishes. It only increases. The more you serve Kṛṣṇa, the more you love Him. — [[spoken/1969/690510r1.col|Room Conversation, Columbus, 1969]] --- ### Highest Achievement > To develop pure love of Kṛṣṇa is the highest achievement of human life. Nothing is greater than this. All other achievements are insignificant compared to this. — [[spoken/1972/721017sb.vrn|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.6, Vṛndāvana, 1972]] --- *10 quotes from Śrīla Prabhupāda on love of God* [[wiki/quotes|Back to Quotes]]