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So we are teaching this real religion. Here is Deity, Krsna. So we are thinking of Krsna, "Hare Krsna." We are worshiping Deity, Krsna. There is no difference between Lord Krsna and Deity. He's Krsna. And we are offering obeisances. So the same... This... Therefore it is real religion because we are strictly following the laws of God. Anyabhilasita... 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 Krsna 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 Krsna.    (More...)

Prabhupada: No, dharma is duty, varnasrama-dharma. That is also given up. That means the only duty becomes to Krsna consciousness. He said, sarva-dharman parityajya. In the beginning He said that dharma-samsthapanarthaya [Bg 4.8]. Yes. Yuge yuge sambhavami. Now, He said that "I appear to reestablish the principle of religion." So at the last stage He said, sarva-dharman parityajya. That means the so-called dharmas, or religion, which is going on in the world, they are not real. And the Bhagavata therefore says, dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo 'tra [SB 1.1.2], that "All kinds of pretending religion is rejected here." Pretending religion, what is that? Pretending... Just like gold. Gold is gold. If the gold is in the hand of some Hindu, then will it be called Hindu gold? Similarly, religion means obedience to God. So where is Hindu religion? Where is Christian religion? Where is Muslim religion? God is everywhere, and we are just meant for obeying God. That is one religion: obedience to God. Why they have manufactured this Hindu religion, Muslim religion, Christian religion, this religion, that...?    (More...)