Prabhupada on Immortality

Prabhupada spoke of immortality.  He said people do not know how to become immortal, and this is the greatest blindness in Western civilization.  They think they can attain lasting goals within the temporary material world, but that is impossible. 

Prabhupada said it was the mission of Lord Caitanya and Lord Krishna to teach immortality.  If we can know why Krishna comes into the world, as taught by Lord Caitanya, we will become immortal (janma karma ca me divyam).

Immortality is inconceivable to us.  It is not a topic that we have already mastered.  It is the basis of everything.  Although we may grasp it academically, what do we know of eternality?  Who is thoroughly convinced that he is spirit soul?  How nourishing it was, therefore, to hear this from Srila Prabhupada.