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automatically our own senses are satisfied. Materially, everyone wants to satisfy his senses, and he wants God
to be the order supplier for such satisfaction. The Lord will satisfy the senses of the living entities as much as they
deserve, but not to the extent that they may covet. But when one takes the opposite way – namely, when one
tries to satisfy the senses of Govinda without desiring to satisfy one’s own senses – then by the grace of Govinda
all desires of the living entity are satisfied. (Bg 1. 32-35 - purport)

All the spiritual desires of the devotee to please Krishna are satisfied because the devotee only endeavors to
please the Lord without any selfish motive.

The the problems of life are caused by the desire of the living entities to dominate, control and enjoy the
material nature and people. This causes unending competition due to the boundless lust for material
advancement of life. Ultimately the living entities are trying to compete with Krishna by ursurping some part of
Krishna’s material creation for their selfish interests rather than dedicate everything to the service of the Lord.
Krishna will supply resources and the intelligence to use them properly to His sincere devotee who endeavors
tirelessly to please the Lord. Once this sublime fact is understood by the devotee, wonderful things begin to
happen and the devotee experiences boundless happiness.

To conclude Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada elucidates the path to happiness by the cultivation of the mode
of goodness compared to the dead end of despair and misery by following the modes of passion and ignorance.

sattvāt sañjāyate jñānaṁ / rajaso lobha eva ca
pramāda-mohau tamaso / bhavato ’jñānam eva ca

From the mode of goodness, real knowledge develops; from the mode of passion, greed develops; and from the
mode of ignorance develop foolishness, madness and illusion. (Bg 14.17)

Since the present civilization is not very congenial to the living entities, Kṛṣṇa consciousness is recommended.
Through Kṛṣṇa consciousness, society will develop the mode of goodness. When the mode of goodness is
developed, people will see things as they are. In the mode of ignorance, people are just like animals and cannot
see things clearly. In the mode of ignorance, for example, they do not see that by killing one animal they are
taking the chance of being killed by the same animal in the next life. Because people have no education in actual
knowledge, they become irresponsible. To stop this irresponsibility, education for developing the mode of
goodness of the people in general must be there. When they are actually educated in the mode of goodness,
they will become sober, in full knowledge of things as they are. Then people will be happy and prosperous. Even
if the majority of the people aren’t happy and prosperous, if a certain percentage of the population develops
Kṛṣṇa consciousness and becomes situated in the mode of goodness, then there is the possibility for peace and
prosperity all over the world. Otherwise, if the world is devoted to the modes of passion and ignorance, there
can be no peace or prosperity. In the mode of passion, people become greedy, and their hankering for sense
enjoyment has no limit. One can see that even if one has enough money and adequate arrangements for sense
gratification, there is neither happiness nor peace of mind. That is not possible, because one is situated in the
mode of passion. If one wants happiness at all, his money will not help him; he has to elevate himself to the mode
of goodness by practicing Kṛṣṇa consciousness. When one is engaged in the mode of passion, not only is he
mentally unhappy, but his profession and occupation are also very troublesome. He has to devise so many plans
and schemes to acquire enough money to maintain his status quo. This is all miserable. In the mode of ignorance,
people become mad. Being distressed by their circumstances, they take shelter of intoxication, and thus they sink
further into ignorance. Their future in life is very dark. (Bg 14.17 purport)
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