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<div class="heading">Always remember that if somebody takes us as religionists, yes, we are religionists, but pure religionists. If somebody says socialist, we are pure socialist. If somebody says we are diplomats, poli..., yes, we are pure politicians. What is pure politicians? Politics requires violence. So annihilate the demons and give protection.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.8.41 -- Mayapura, October 21, 1974|Lecture on SB 1.8.41 -- Mayapura, October 21, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">
We are teaching, "Just surrender to Kṛṣṇa," Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is pure religion, original gold, no carat gold. Therefore our Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has said very clearly, ''pṛthivīte yāhā kichu dharma nāme cale'', "Whatever is going on, all over the world, in the name of ''dharma''," ''bhāgavata kahe tāhā paripūrṇa cale'', "according to the opinion of ''Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam'', all this rascaldom is simply cheating." Now, if we say that, everyone will be rebellious. But that is the fact, because if ''dharma'' means the order of God, then what is God's order? That "You become My devotee." ''Man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namas ''. . . ([[vanisource:BG 18.65 (1972)|BG 18.65]]). Four things: "You always think of Me, and you become My devotee, you offer your obeisances," ''man-manā bhava mad-bhaktaḥ'', "and worship Me."

So we are teaching this real religion. Here is Deity, Kṛṣṇa. So we are thinking of Kṛṣṇa, "Hare Kṛṣṇa." We are worshiping Deity, Kṛṣṇa. There is no difference between Lord Kṛṣṇa and Deity. He's Kṛṣṇa. And we are offering obeisances. So the same . . . this . . . therefore it is real religion because we are strictly following the laws of God. ''Anyābhilāṣitā'' . . . we have no other business. So therefore this is real religion, if you take, or real culture, real society—everything real. Because God is real, anything in connection with God, according to His instruction, that is real. All other things are imitation. So always remember that if somebody takes us as religionist, yes, we are religionist, but pure religionist. If somebody says socialist, we are pure socialist. If somebody says we are diplomats, poli . . . yes, we are pure politician. What is pure politician? Politics requires violence. So annihilate the demons and give protection. The politics means two things. The state, government, what is that? Government gives protection to the good citizen, and those who are rogues, punish them. Law and order. Two things are there: maintenance and law and order. So similarly, our Kṛṣṇa consciousness is also the same thing. But so far we are concerned, because we are not in political power . . . otherwise we have . . . would have followed the principles of Kṛṣṇa.
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