pretending

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...)