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<h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2>
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<h3>1969 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3>
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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.
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[[Vanisource:690804 - Conversation on Lord Caitanya Play - Los Angeles|690804 - Conversation on Lord Caitanya Play - Los Angeles]]
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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 ([[Vanisource:SB 1.2.8|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.
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