There is scarcity of
devotees of God at the present moment. People have rejected God. Somebody is
saying, “God is dead.” Somebody is accepting a rascal as God. Somebody is
declaring himself as God. That is not correct.
One should try to
understand God scientifically and become a devotee – a lover of God. If you do
that, then your life will be successful. That is Krishna consciousness
movement. It is not that “My God” or “Your God;” “This religion” or “That
religion.” God is one and religion is one.
And what is that
religion? “Love of God”. That’s all. There is no other second religion. This is
the real religion. Therefore God comes and says,
sarva-dharmān parityajya
mām ekam śaranam vraja:
“Abandon
all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me
[Bhagavad Gita. 18.66].”
This is religion. Don’t
be after so-called religion. If you become a lover of God, then you are
first-class religionist. That’s all. That is taught by God in the Bhagavad Gita
[18.66]. But if you don’t love God, and you simply love dog, how can you be
religious?
[An
excerpt from a lecture delivered on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.7 in New Vrindaban on
September 5, 1972]
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