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<h3>General Lectures</h3>
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Father orders something; you have to carry out. That is the duty of the son. Similarly, religion means to carry out the orders of God. That's all. This is simple definition of religion. You may define religion with some bombastic word. This is religion: religion means to abide by the orders of God. That is religion.
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[[Vanisource:720510 - Lecture - Honolulu|720510 - Lecture - Honolulu]]
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Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is to propagate this sense, this consciousness, that "Everything belongs to God." Īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam ([[Vanisource:ISO 1 (1974)|ISO 1]]). This is Vedic injunction, Īśopaniṣad. We have got . . . we have published our book, Īśopaniṣad. Īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam: everything belongs to God, and every one of us, we are children of God. We have got right that . . . you will find in the animal kingdom, they are actually following. If you throw a bag of rice or wheat on the street, so many birds will come, and they will eat. But as soon as their belly is fulfilled, two grains or five grains, they go away. They won't take the grains for stocking for tomorrow or speculating for business. They will never do. But we human being, because we are civilized, as soon as we see there is enough grain, "Oh, let us take home, stock it. Tomorrow we shall sell and speculate, make some profit." This is going on.

So if you actually take to this Kṛṣṇa consciousness, then even the . . . there is no scarcity actually. Suppose in India there is scarcity of grain, but here in America there is enough grain production. Even the government request that, "Don’t produce more." Why? If there are so many hungry men all over the world, why don’t you stock? Why you stock . . . (indistinct) . . . distribute it. Everything belongs to God, and everyone is God's children. Why one should suffer? This is another Vedic communism. According to Vedic communism, in your house if there is a lizard, if there is an insect, if there is a rat, if there is snake, you have to see that everyone has got his food. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is nothing extra; it is simply cleansing your heart to understand things as they are. That's all. Nothing external. You have to understand that you are eternal servant of God, or son. Son is also servant of the father. So as you take it, if you take as father, then father's desires should be fulfilled. Father orders something; you have to carry out. That is the duty of the son. Similarly, religion means to carry out the orders of God. That's all. This is simple definition of religion. You may define religion with some bombastic word. This is religion: religion means to abide by the orders of God. That is religion.

But unfortunately you do not know God. We know, but we do not try to understand what is God. Neither there is any education, university, to teach actually what is God, what is His function, how does He live, where does He live, what does He order. We do not know. That is the missing part. This human form of life is meant for understanding God only. There is no other business. But instead of understanding God we have created so many problems, and our life is being spoiled in solving all these problems. That is the difficulty.
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