# War and Peace *On the cause of conflict and how to achieve real peace* --- ### No Peace Without God > The godless civilization is always disturbed. There is no peace. That is a fact. You cannot have peace in this godless civilization. That is not possible. — [[spoken/1976/761016bg.cha|Bhagavad-gītā 9.3, Chandigarh, 1976]] --- ### Bhoktāraṁ Yajña-tapasām > Kṛṣṇa is the proprietor of everything, He is the enjoyer of everything, and He is the friend of everyone. When people accept these three things, there will be peace. Otherwise, there cannot be peace. — [[spoken/1972/721017sb.vrn|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.6, Vṛndāvana, 1972]] --- ### Fighting Over Property > The whole world is fighting over who is the proprietor. "This is my land," "This is your land." But actually, everything belongs to Kṛṣṇa. When people understand this, there will be no more fighting. — [[spoken/1969/690510r1.col|Room Conversation, Columbus, 1969]] --- ### Kṛṣṇa Is the Friend > Kṛṣṇa is everyone's friend. Suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānām. He is the friend of the Americans, He is the friend of the Russians, He is the friend of the Indians—everyone. When people understand that Kṛṣṇa is everyone's friend, there will be peace. — [[spoken/1972/721017sb.vrn|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.6, Vṛndāvana, 1972]] --- ### Material Peace Impossible > In the material world, there cannot be real peace. Because everyone is trying to be the master, the enjoyer. So there is conflict. Real peace is possible only when everyone accepts Kṛṣṇa as the supreme master and enjoyer. — [[spoken/1970/700508ip.la|Śrī Īśopaniṣad, Mantra 6, Los Angeles, 1970]] --- ### United Under Kṛṣṇa > This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement can unite the whole world. Because everyone is a child of Kṛṣṇa. On this platform, the whole world can be united. Not by any other platform. — [[spoken/1972/721017sb.vrn|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.6, Vṛndāvana, 1972]] --- ### Cause of All Problems > My Guru Mahārāja used to say that "There is no scarcity in the world. The only scarcity is that people are not Kṛṣṇa conscious. That's all. Otherwise there is no scarcity." All problems will be solved if people become Kṛṣṇa conscious. — [[spoken/1970/701215sb.ind|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.27, Indore, 1970]] --- ### Society of Cheaters > So my Guru Mahārāja used to say, "This world is the society of cheaters and cheated." The members are somebody are cheating, and somebody are cheated. The association of cheaters and cheated. So we want to save them from this society of cheaters and cheated. — [[spoken/1969/690510r1.col|Room Conversation, Columbus, 1969]] --- ### Real Solution > The real solution to all problems is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Not by political arrangement, not by economic development, not by any material method. Only by Kṛṣṇa consciousness. — [[spoken/1976/761016bg.cha|Bhagavad-gītā 9.3, Chandigarh, 1976]] --- ### Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Movement > We are trying to give this Kṛṣṇa consciousness to everyone so that there will be peace in the world. When people become Kṛṣṇa conscious, automatically there will be peace. There is no other way. — [[spoken/1972/721017sb.vrn|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.6, Vṛndāvana, 1972]] --- *10 quotes from Śrīla Prabhupāda on war and peace* [[wiki/quotes|Back to Quotes]]