Srila Prabhupada writes, “The perfection of life depends on one’s inclination to hear about Krishna.” When Srila Prabhupada speaks about perfection, he is not speaking about the perfection of mystic or jnana-yoga. Whenever he uses the word perfection, we can know that he is speaking about perfection in terms of the ultimate goal. That goal—the topmost platform of existence— cannot be surpassed because there is nothing beyond that perfectional stage. Srila Prabhupada is stating specifically that if we do not have an inclination to hear about Krishna, we cannot achieve perfection.
(SB 4.23.12, Kishinyov, June 1996)