One should not discriminate on the basis of caste and creed on the Vaisnavas. This is forbidden by the scriptures. The Vaisnava does not belong to any particular caste also

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"One should not discriminate on the basis of caste and creed on the Vaisnavas. This is forbidden by the scriptures. The Vaisnava does not belong to any particular caste also"

Lectures

General Lectures

One should not discriminate on the basis of caste and creed on the Vaisnavas. This is forbidden by the scriptures. The Vaisnava does not belong to any particular caste also. In our movement we have Americans, Europeans, Africans, Iranian, Hindus, Muslims, all are there. They have forgotten their castes.

761114 - Lecture Hindi - Vrndavana

Prabhupāda: The mission of the land of India is welfare of others. It may be the mission of other countries to loot the others and bring their wealth. For this purpose the Muslims came here, Mohammed Ghori had come here too, and the English Gentleman had also come earlier, that lets go to India and see how it can be looted. This can be the mission of other countries. The Christian missionaries come here to establish their empire, that’s why this movement being run by us is suspected by many people that Americans have come here as CIA. But this is not a fact. Will the CIA become Vaisnava and dance and give up meat eating, what is the need for this? What is the need to become a Vaisnava? Could not the CIA operate in any other way than this? This is illusion. They are all genuine Vaisnavas.One should not discriminate on the basis of caste and creed on the Vaisnavas. This is forbidden by the scriptures. The Vaisnava does not belong to any particular caste also. In our movement we have Americans, Europeans, Africans, Iranian, Hindus, Muslims, all are there. They have forgotten their castes. The original identity of the living entity which is, jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’ (CC Madhya 20.108), they consider themselves to be the servant of Lord Krishna, that’s all.  gopī-bhartuḥ pada-kamalayor dāsa dāsa-dāsānudāsaḥ (Padyāvalī 63). This is the teaching of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Caitanya Mahaprabhu says that I am not a brahmana, I am not a ksatriya, I am not a vaisya, I am not a sannyasi, I am not a vanaprastha, I am not a brahmacari, He denied the varnasrama. That what are You? gopī-bhartuḥ pada-kamalayor dāsa dāsa-dāsānudāsaḥ. The one who maintains the gopis, Lord Krishna, I am the eternal servant of the servant of the servant of servant, hundred times below. This is the introduction of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. And to teach this only Caitanya Mahaprabhu has instructed all, ordered all.