Vedic Literature and Mutual Purpose

0:03Prabhupāda: ...Vedic literature that kṣatraṁ dvijatvaṁ ca parasparārtham. [break] They are meant for cooperation.

Secularism and spiritual progress

0:17So secular state does not mean that we should be neglectful of the spiritual progress of life. The government should be very careful that in the name of secularism people are going to..., astray. No.

0:41So this is the movement that kṣatraṁ dvijatvaṁ ca parasparārtham. We are trying to cooperate with the political power, and we are trying to impart spiritual instruction. This is our attempt.

Unity of God and religion

1:03And another thing is that according to our Vedic literature, there cannot be different religions. It is not possible. Because God is one. God cannot be two.

1:26"This is Hindu God," "This is Muslim God," or "This is Christian God..." No. God is one.

Defining dharma as divine law

1:37And dharma means dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam SB 6.3.19

1:43= "The law which is given by God, that is dharma." This is the simple definition of dharma. And at the end of Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa says, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja BG 18.66

Surrender as the ultimate religion

2:08That is the ultimate religion. One has to surrender to the Supreme Lord. This is religion. SB 1.2.6स वै पुंसां परो धर्मो यतो भक्तिरधोक्षजे ।अहैतुक्यप्रतिहता ययाऽत्मा सुप्रसीदति ॥ ६sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmoyato bhaktir adhokṣajeahaituky apratihatāyayātmā suprasīdatiThe supreme occupation [dharma] for all humanity is that by which men can attain to loving devotional service unto the transcendent Lord. Such devotional service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted to completely satisfy the self.

2:28If we actually want peace, samprasīdati, then we must learn how to surrender to the Supreme Lord.

Universal goal of loving God

2:41It doesn't matter through which process. Either by Hindu religion or Muslim religion or Christian religion, it doesn't matter. We want to see that everyone is becoming a perfect lover of God. This is our definition of God.

3:06It may be, due to circumstantial changes in the country, the Muslim religion may be little different from Hindu religion so far the ritualistic ceremonies are concerned, but actually we want to see whether you have advanced in the matter of loving God.

3:36Not that "Superficially I am very advanced in religion, but I do not know how to love." This is the test.

Happiness through God consciousness

3:54Sarve sukhino bhavantu. This is the test. A devotee wants to see that everyone is happy. It doesn't matter whether he is a Hindu or a Muslim or a Christian. It doesn't matter. We want to see that everyone is happy.

4:16This process we are following, and because we are sincerely following, people are accepting, and gradually we are advancing.

Distributing spiritual knowledge through literature

4:33Within the five or six years, we have written these books, about twenty books, four hundred pages, and we are selling very nicely these books—not only to the common man, but also to the learned scholar, big, big scholar in the universities...

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5:03...bring people to God consciousness. Don't joke with them their process will be very nice... [end]