Prabhupāda: So Indian and American combined kīrtana, oh, it will be very nice. Big kīrtana, and every city will receive. And we shall preach that, "Here is the common platform for everyone. There is no distinction of nation or religion or anything. Come to the platform." So the Muhammadans also will join. The government will appreciate that here is something secular, real secular, at the same time, God is there.
Actually, it is that. All religious people, so-called religious leaders, come here. And religion means this, to love, I mean to say, develop love of God. That is religion. What is this formulary? Simply formula, that "I keep this, I copy that," that is not religion, simply by dressing in different way or sitting in a different way. Where is your understanding? You have no understanding of God. You simply formally attend some church or mosque or temple for some material benefit or for some . . . make some show, but where is your love of God? That is the test of religion, Bhāgavatam says.
A religious person means he has got complete love of God. Then he is religious. All nonsense. Śrama eva hi kevalam (SB 1.2.8). Simply wasting time. Bhāgavatam says without developing this love of Godhead, if somebody is engaged in religious ritualistic performance, he's simply wasting his time. Śrama . . . that particular word is used, śrama eva hi kevalam. Śrama means labor. Eva. Certainly it is simply laboring. What is called? Labor of love? What is called?
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Labor of love.
Prabhupāda: Yes. You love something and unnecessarily you labor. So religion means . . . this is religion, how to develop love of God. That is religion.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Also there is a story in the Bhāgavatam about the girls, they were offering to Lord Śiva.
Prabhupāda: Yes. That is another feature of Lord Caitanya. He taught in that instruction that there is no need of worshiping demigods. The incident is that in India the unmarried girls, they are encouraged to worship Lord Śiva, especially in the month of Vaiśākha, March-April. And they will go to the Ganges side and prepare śivaliṅga, and they'll . . . that means Śiva will be pleased upon them to offer a husband like Lord Śiva. Śiva is very peaceful and very great devotee, and most powerful at the same time. So that is the ideal husband.