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So this is the conception of pure devotional service – that when you go to Goloka Vṛndāvana, Kṛṣṇa’s

Ahaituky apratihatā: pure devotional service to the Lord, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is open to you now, and

Similarly, Prahlāda Mahārāja says, na tat-prayāsaḥ kartavyam: you should not waste your energy for material That is not possible. “How can I believe it – that by working harder I will not get more material happiness than I would otherwise

This movement is not some kind of rubber-stamp proselytizing – “You were Christian; now you are Hindu After all, if one does not know what his position is, what benefit will he derive by simply being stamped

The accusation implied in the question is not correct. In the Vedic system, people are not lazy. One should not lose a second’s time. So that is Vedic civilization.

So our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is not a process of trying to convince people of some speculative It is not artificial proselytizing: “You are Christian; now become a Hindu.” It is not like that.

Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre: “The living entity within the body is not Not that the Hindus, after giving up this body, exist, and the Muslims or Christians do not exist.

This any common man can distinguish – that a dog does not understand what religion is. The dog is also a living being, but he’s not interested in what is being discussed here about Bhagavad-gītā That is the distinction between man and dog: the animal is not interested.

And because people are not educated, they’re accepting these rascals as Vedantists. They are not Vedantists. They do not know anything of the Vedānta-sūtra. That is the difficulty.

Their irregularity is not taken as an offense, because they are animals. But if a human being does not follow the regulative principles, he is sinful. He’ll be punished. Consider the same example: When there is a red light, if you do not stop you’ll be punished. But if a cat or dog transgresses – “Never mind the red light; I shall go” – he’s not punished.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Śrīla Prabhupāda, one may ask why someone like Christ or Moses is not mentioned among the

If you love somebody and he’s not there, you find everything vacant. Is that clear or not?

The example is given that even though you do not want distress, still distress comes upon you. Similarly, even if you do not work hard for the happiness that is destined to be yours, still it will

Even a physician – when he is sick he does not devise his own treatment. He calls for another physician, because his brain is not in order.

Of course, the materialistic workers – they see, “These men are not working like us, like dogs and asses

They’re not lazy. So although they are not busy in the dog’s race, these people are not lazy. Similarly, during the daytime the dogs and asses think, “We are working, but these spiritualists, they are not

But Vedic civilization says, “No, this is not advancement.

If one does not act accord to the rules and regulations of sanātana-dharma, that is his business.

“Oh, that I do not know.” If you have not learned how to love God, then what is the meaning of your religion?”

So if one does not know who God is, who Kṛṣṇa is, and if one does not surrender to Him, then where is