servant of god

Prabhupada: So any spiritual... If he is actually belongs to the spiritual understand, then he must admit that he is servant of God.    (More...)

Reporter: But many different groups give the...    (More...)

Prabhupada: They are not... They have no spiritual understanding. Anyone who says something else beyond this understanding, that every living entity is servant of God, if he says something else, he does not know what is spiritual life.    (More...)

Reporter: But there seem to be a lot of groups that are saying that, but teaching a different way to...    (More...)

Prabhupada: Different way... There cannot be dif... The way is one. God is one, and we all living entities, we are dependent on God's mercy. Therefore we are servant. Everyone is servant. We say that, that God is one, and every one of us, we are all servant of God. So let us engage in our original position as servant of God. This is our teaching.    (More...)

Prabhupada: Yes. Because they do not understand what is their position; therefore their teaching is simply waste of time. This is the position: that God is great, and we are all dependent on God. Who will deny this? This is the original principle. Now, in one religious system it may be taught in a little different way. In another religious system it may be... But if there is no such sense that "God is the supreme, and we are all subordinate servant..." This should be the basic idea. That is stated in the Srimad-Bhagavatam:    (More...)

He says that "That is first-class religion which teaches the followers how to become obedient to God." It doesn't matter whether it's Christian religion or Hindu religion or Muslim religion. If they are teaching this fact, that... Actually they are doing that. Muslim, they say, allahu akbar. Christian people say, "God is great," and the Hindus also say, eko brahma dvitiya nasti. So you go... This the same teaching.    (More...)

Prabhupada: Yes, this is... I am saying, what I am saying to you, that "God is great, and everyone is servant." Can you deny this? Can you deny this?    (More...)

Prabhupada: Then? What is the difficulty? Nobody, no sane man, will deny it.    (More...)

And Krsna says in the Bhagavad-gita, mattaḥ parataram nanyat kincid asti dhananjaya [Bg 7.7]. But these things are there. God is great, we are all subordinate, and we are maintained. Eko yo bahūnam vidadhati kaman. This is the Vedic information. Nityo nityanam cetanas cetananam [Katha Upanisad 2.2.13]. So this principle should be broadcast. People should know what is his position.    (More...)