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Prabhupāda: our whole original consciousness. So any system of religion which revives this consciousness is first-class religion. It doesn't matter whether it is Christian religion or Hindu religion or Muhammadan religion. The system which revives original consciousness—that "I am eternally related with God as part and parcel. My aim of life is go back to home, back to Godhead and to act accordingly"—this is God consciousness.
Prabhupāda: . . . our whole original consciousness. So any system of religion which revives this consciousness is first-class religion. It doesn't matter whether it is Christian religion or Hindu religion or Muhammadan religion. The system which revives original consciousness—that, "I am eternally related with God as part and parcel. My aim of life is go back to home, back to Godhead and to act accordingly"—this is God consciousness.


Guest: Let me ask you one question. Now your God is Hare Kṛṣṇa, and Kṛṣṇa ...
Guest: Let me ask you one question. Now your God is Hare Kṛṣṇa, and Kṛṣṇa . . .


Prabhupāda: God is one.
Prabhupāda: God is one.
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Guest: God is one, that's right.
Guest: God is one, that's right.


Prabhupāda: Your God, my God—there is no difference.
Prabhupāda: Your God, my God—there is no difference.  


Guest: God is one.
Guest: God is one.  


Prabhupāda: There is no such thing.
Prabhupāda: There is no such thing.


Guest: Exists and..., xeris (Greek: "I know") Is there any prohibitions in your...
Guest: Exists and . . . ''xeris ''(I know) Is there any prohibitions in your . . .


Prabhupāda: God means the supreme controller. So everyone has to accept the supreme controller. So there is no question of "your God," "my God" or "his God."
Prabhupāda: God means the supreme controller. So everyone has to accept the supreme controller. So there is no question of "your God," "my God" or "his God."
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Prabhupāda: Yes.
Prabhupāda: Yes.


Guest: So that means... My religion is...
Guest: So that means . . . my religion is . . .


Prabhupāda: There is no "my religion" also. If God is one, then to know God or to abide by the orders of God is religion. According to Bhāgavata definition: dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). Dharma means the orders or the law given by God. Just like law means the order given by the state. Nobody can manufacture law at home. The state has ordered, "Keep to the left," that is law. You cannot make "Keep to the right." That is not law. Therefore religion means the order of God. So we must know what is God and what is His order—then you are religious. Otherwise there is no religion. If there is no government, then were is the law? There is no question of law. Law means there must be government, and the order given by the government that is.
Prabhupāda: There is no "my religion" also. If God is one, then to know God or to abide by the orders of God is religion. According to ''Bhāgavata ''definition: ''dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam ''([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.19|SB 6.3.19]]). ''Dharma ''means the orders or the law given by God. Just like law means the order given by the state. Nobody can manufacture law at home. The state has ordered, "Keep to the left," that is law. You cannot make "Keep to the right." That is not law. Therefore religion means the order of God. So we must know what is God and what is His order—then you are religious. Otherwise there is no religion. If there is no government, then were is the law? There is no question of law. Law means there must be government, and the order given by the government that is.
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Latest revision as of 12:00, 2 March 2021

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"any system of religion which revives this consciousness is first-class religion. It doesn't matter whether it is Christian religion or Hindu religion or Muhammadan religion"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1977 Conversations and Morning Walks

Ny system of religion which revives this consciousness is first-class religion. It doesn't matter whether it is Christian religion or Hindu religion or Muhammadan religion. The system which revives original consciousness—that "I am eternally related with God as part and parcel. My aim of life is go back to home, back to Godhead and to act accordingly"—this is God consciousness.


Prabhupāda: . . . our whole original consciousness. So any system of religion which revives this consciousness is first-class religion. It doesn't matter whether it is Christian religion or Hindu religion or Muhammadan religion. The system which revives original consciousness—that, "I am eternally related with God as part and parcel. My aim of life is go back to home, back to Godhead and to act accordingly"—this is God consciousness.

Guest: Let me ask you one question. Now your God is Hare Kṛṣṇa, and Kṛṣṇa . . .

Prabhupāda: God is one.

Guest: God is one, that's right.

Prabhupāda: Your God, my God—there is no difference.

Guest: God is one.

Prabhupāda: There is no such thing.

Guest: Exists and . . . xeris (I know) Is there any prohibitions in your . . .

Prabhupāda: God means the supreme controller. So everyone has to accept the supreme controller. So there is no question of "your God," "my God" or "his God."

Guest (2): God is one.

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Guest: So that means . . . my religion is . . .

Prabhupāda: There is no "my religion" also. If God is one, then to know God or to abide by the orders of God is religion. According to Bhāgavata definition: dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam (SB 6.3.19). Dharma means the orders or the law given by God. Just like law means the order given by the state. Nobody can manufacture law at home. The state has ordered, "Keep to the left," that is law. You cannot make "Keep to the right." That is not law. Therefore religion means the order of God. So we must know what is God and what is His order—then you are religious. Otherwise there is no religion. If there is no government, then were is the law? There is no question of law. Law means there must be government, and the order given by the government that is.