In the purport to BGAII, 4.1, Srila Prabhupada writes “Human life is meant for cultivation of spiritual knowledge, in eternal relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the executive heads of all states and all planets are obliged to impart this lesson to the citizens by education, CULTURE (my emphasis) and devotion.”

Then in a room conversation on July 10, 1976, New York, this exchange too place: “Hari-sauri: This opening comment in this magazine is very good, it says, “What is surprising about the International Society for Krishna Consciousness is not its CONQUEST (emphasis mine) of the West, the USA in particular. The CULTURAL (emphasis mine) impact of this institution, borne on the shoulders of Westerners in the main, has already reached amazing proportions in India. Prabhupada: That is my policy.”

Excerpt from Srimad Bhagavatam Preface in Canto 1: There is need of a clue as to how humanity can become one in peace, friendship and prosperity with a common cause. Srimad Bhagavatam will fill this need, for it is a cultural presentation for the respiritualization of the entire human society.