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We all are the same. We are eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa, or God. That is our position. This is called sarvopādhi-vinirmuktaṁ, and so long we shall be conducted by upādhis—"I am American," "I am Englishman," "I am Indian," "I am Hindu," "I am Muslim," "I am Sikh," these are upādhis, designation. Actually, these are the designation of this body. Because I am born in India, I am thinking "I am Indian." Accidentally one is born in America, he is thinking as American. But none of them are American, Indian or black or white. Spiritually, everyone is part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa. We have to think in that way. We have to be educated in that way. Then there will be actually peace in the world.
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[[Vanisource:710919 - Lecture on Sri Sri Gurv-astaka - Nairobi|710919 - Lecture on Sri Sri Gurv-astaka - Nairobi]]
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This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is so nice, so authorized.

So try to help this movement. Immediately we'll require a place. These devotees who have come here, they are from America, Europe, and still some of them are coming. So we must have a place to stay. Unless we stay, how we can prosecute the movement? Therefore help us immediately to give us a place, and see how things are going on, how things improve, gradually.

We have already tested that this movement has been successful all over the world; why not in Africa? So there is immense chance, and we have no sectarian view. We don't consider that, "He is African," "He is American." ''Sarvopādhi-vinirmuktaṁ''. This movement is freed from all designation, ''sarvopādhi-vinirmuktaṁtat-paratvena nirmalam'' ([[vanisource:CC Madhya 19.170|CC Madhya 19.170]])

Be Kṛṣṇa conscious. It is very, very pure, ''nirmalam''. Because these American boys, they do not think that they are American or I think I am Indian. If I thought Indian, why should I have taken so much trouble to travel all over the world to preach this movement? So we have no such conception that "I am Indian," "I am American," "I am ''brāhmin''" or "I am ''śūdra''," or "I am black," "I am white." We all are the same. We are eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa, or God. That is our position.

This is called ''sarvopādhi-vinirmuktaṁ'', and so long we shall be conducted by ''upādhis''—"I am American," "I am Englishman," "I am Indian," "I am Hindu," "I am Muslim," "I am Sikh," these are ''upādhis'', designation. Actually, these are the designation of this body. As soon as the . . . because I am born in India, I am thinking "I am Indian." Accidentally one is born in America, he is thinking as American. But none of them are American, Indian or black or white. Spiritually, everyone is part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa. We have to think in that way. We have to be educated in that way. Then there will be actually peace in the world. 
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