6.3:
Re-establishing the Importance of Ethics and Morality
Following moral principles will help one develop attraction to Krishna-katha (Krishna Book Intro)
Moral principles are preliminary steps for proceeding further on the path of God realisation. (Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.3.24 purport)
Without being moral a person cannot understand the real principles of religion. (Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.9.10 purport)
As long as one is not satiated by fruitive activity and has not awakened his taste for devotional service by sravanam kirtanam visnoh one has to act according to the regulative principles of the Vedic injunctions. (Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.20.9)
A person who performs his proper duties free from material desires and avoiding sins will not have to waste time going to the heavenly planets for sense gratification or going to hell for punishment, but can proceed straight to the path of devotional service to the Lord. (Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.20.10)
One who is situated in his prescribed duty, free from sinful activities and cleansed of material contamination, in this very life obtains transcendental knowledge or, by fortune, devotional service unto Me. (Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.20.11)
The residents of both heaven and hell desire human birth on the earth planet because human life facilitates the achievement of transcendental knowledge and love of Godhead, whereas neither heavenly nor hellish bodies efficiently provide such opportunities. (Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.20.12)
We cannot avoid making distinctions between moral and immoral acts. Material discrimination is necessary but we must also accept the transcendental position of Krishna consciousness. There is a transcendental good beyond the relative good of the material world. (Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.21.3)