Conclusion

New Dvaraka, then, demonstrates the perfection of renunciation, for the devotees there see everything as Krsna's energy and engage everything in His loving service. New Dvaraka is growing because its residents are following in the footsteps of the denizens of the original Dvaraka by serving Krsna in pure devotion. Of course, Krsna's own celestial city is opulent beyond comparison. The Vedic scriptures state, for example, that the residents there enjoy eternal youth and beauty, like Krsna Himself, and that brilliant jewels illuminate its palace walls, making electricity unnecessary. New Dvaraka's working facilities are on a scale more recognizable to this world, but its real opulence-for which you will not be able to find a match even if you travel all over the world-lies in transcendental knowledge of God. Even the children there realize that Krsna is everything, the cause of all causes, and He is their dearest friend, the topic of their talk and play.

The devotees in New Dvaraka have practical God conscious knowledge because they know how to practice renunciation by doing everything in relation to Krsna. Thus they are dedicated to expanding their activities in the future in all ways-by distributing more books, welcoming more families and brahmacaris, increasing their success in business, and doing everything for Krsna's pleasure. In return for their endeavors, they do not ask anything of the Lord but that He be pleased to continue engaging them in enthusiastic service to Srila Prabhupada, His pure devotee. Krsna has declared in Bhagavad-gita that devotees who work twenty-four hours a day in His service are very dear to Him and will surely attain Him in His eternal spiritual world. In New Dvaraka-and almost one hundred ISKCON centers like it-the Krsna consciousness movement is successfully demonstrating how to live constantly in the highest spiritual consciousness, Krsna consciousness, while at the same time executing one's daily duties as a student, businessman or householder. This is an ideal model the entire world can follow.