# Urgency *On the importance of taking to Kṛṣṇa consciousness now* --- ### Death Can Come at Any Moment > Death is inevitable. Nobody can check death. That death may come at any moment. Old age or childhood, it doesn't matter. Everyone is subjected to death. So we must be prepared. — [[spoken/1976/760619sb.tor|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.6.3, Toronto, 1976]] --- ### No Time for Death > "I am very busy making money. I have no time for this Kṛṣṇa consciousness." But you have time for death. You cannot say, "I am very busy. I cannot die." No. The death will say, "No, although you are very busy, I have come." — [[spoken/1976/760619sb.tor|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.6.3, Toronto, 1976]] --- ### Don't Wait > Don't think, "I will become Kṛṣṇa conscious later when I am old." No. Death may come at any moment. So become Kṛṣṇa conscious now. Don't wait. — [[spoken/1968/680816jm.mon|Janmāṣṭamī Lecture, Montreal, 1968]] --- ### Life Is Very Short > Life is very short. And at any moment, death can come. So why should we waste this valuable human life in material activities? We should immediately take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. — [[spoken/1976/760619sb.tor|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.6.3, Toronto, 1976]] --- ### Rare Opportunity > After many millions and millions of births and deaths, one gets this opportunity of human form of life. And if we waste it simply for eating, sleeping, mating, and defending, then we are committing suicide. We are missing the opportunity. — [[spoken/1976/760619sb.tor|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.6.3, Toronto, 1976]] --- ### Before Frustration > So before reaching to that point of frustration, if you take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, then you reach the real standard of happiness, because everything belongs to Kṛṣṇa. — [[spoken/1969/690510r1.col|Room Conversation, Columbus, 1969]] --- ### From Childhood > One should begin cultivation of Kṛṣṇa consciousness from the very childhood. That is the mission of this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. We want to give chance to everyone, especially to the children, to develop Kṛṣṇa consciousness from the very beginning of life. — [[spoken/1976/760619sb.tor|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.6.3, Toronto, 1976]] --- ### Greatest Problem > This is the greatest problem, that "I am suffering. I do not want to die." But everyone is forced to die. Anything he does not like, he is forced to accept. And there is no solution. These problems are there. So human life is meant for solving these problems. — [[spoken/1976/760619sb.tor|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.6.3, Toronto, 1976]] --- ### Cannot Be Bribed > Death cannot be bribed. However great politician, diplomatist, or rich man you may be, you cannot bribe Yamarāja. That is not possible. There is no question of money. When the time is there, you must go. — [[spoken/1970/701219sb.sur|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.34–39, Surat, 1970]] --- ### Now Is the Time > The time is now. Not tomorrow. Not later. Now. Because you do not know whether there will be a tomorrow. So take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness immediately. — [[spoken/1968/680816jm.mon|Janmāṣṭamī Lecture, Montreal, 1968]] --- *10 quotes from Śrīla Prabhupāda on urgency* [[wiki/quotes|Back to Quotes]]