'Krsna consciousness: Hindu Cult or Divine Culture?
The author is Srila Prabhupada."There is a misconception that the Krsna consciousness movement represents the Hindu religion.........
Sometimes Indians both inside and outside of India think that we are preaching the Hindu religion, but actually we are not.....One will not find the word Hindu in the Bhagavad-gita. Indeed, there is no such word as Hindu in the entire Vedic literature.........
......people should not think we are preaching a sectarian religion .....
The Krsna consciousness movement has nothing to do with the Hindu religion or any system of religion....
One should clearly understand that the Krsna consciousness movement is not preaching the so-called Hindu religion."......Still not sure?
Let us hear once again from the founder of ISKCON...
These quotations are taken from Srila Prabhupada's letters:Siksamrta Volume 2
Preaching to the Indian Community"Of course, there are many Indians who may be delighted to have a Hindu temple there, but we are especially interested in something else. Our plan is not to sponsor the Hindus or any other group. Our real purpose is to spread Krishna consciousness."
(SPL toYamuna, May 27, 1969)"I am not very interested to establish a Hindu temple, perhaps you know from the very beginning I never described my movement as Hindu religion."
(SPL to Mukunda, June10, 1969)"We should not anymore think in terms of Hindu society. If we limit ourselves to Hindus, then there will be many competitors like Christians, Mohammedans Buddhists and so on. But if we preach the philosophy of Krishna consciousness in right earnest, it will be accepted throughout the whole world."
(SPL to Sriman Bankaji March 13, 1970)"We must avoid the risk of a separatist movement, unity is our purpose; just like in London where the Indians are starting their own Radha-Krishna temple. We want to avoid skin disease and the Indian people are like the tannery expert."
(SPL to Sriman Hariprasad Badruka, March 05, 1973)
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