hindu gold, muslim gold

People are..., try to understand, that this movement, Krsna consciousness movement, is Hindu movement: "Krsna is one of the Hindu gods." But that is not the fact. Krsna is God. God is God. God cannot be Hindu God, cannot be Muslim God, cannot be Christian God. God is God. Just like gold. If the Hindus deal gold, that does not mean gold becomes Hindu gold. Or the Christian deals in gold, that does not become..., the gold becomes Christian or Muslim. Gold is gold. Similarly, God is God-the great. Now, if you study how His greatness expands... Just like here is one example:    (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, dharmah 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...)