" Religion means the order of God, just as law means the order of the state. Now, if in your social system there is no state, where is the question of the state's order? You will simply manufacture your own order. Today that is going on in the field of religion: there is NO CONCEPTION OF GOD and therefore no one is following God's order. But we devotees of Krishna have a clear conception of God. Here is God, Krishna. And He's giving orders. We accept those orders. So it is clear religion… But if there is no conception of God, no order of God, then where is the question of religion? Ask someone in any Christian Church or any other religious system what their conception of the form of God is, no one can tell you clearly? But we shall immediately say;
veëuà kvaëantam aravinda-daläyatäkñaà
barhävataàsam asitämbudha-sundaräìgam
kandarpa-koöi-kamanéya-viçeña-çobhaà
govindam ädi-puruñaà tam ahaà bhajämi
"I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is adept at playing on His flute, whose eyes are like petals of a blooming lotus, whose head is bedecked with a peacock's feather, whose figure of beauty is tinged with the hue of blue clouds, and whose unique loveliness charms millions of Cupids." [Brahma-samhitä 5.30]
Immediately, we give a description—"Here is God." Then there is religion. But if there is no conception of God, where is the question of religion? Bogus. That is why religiosity and the other noble human qualities are declining. People have no conception of God, and therefore there is no understanding of religion. As a result, the whole human civilization is declining. And because it is declining, human beings are becoming more
and more LIKE ANIMALS." - Srimad bhagavatam, Canto 12, ch 2, verse 1; purport by Srila Prabhupada.
veëuà kvaëantam aravinda-daläyatäkñaà
barhävataàsam asitämbudha-sundaräìgam
kandarpa-koöi-kamanéya-viçeña-çobhaà
govindam ädi-puruñaà tam ahaà bhajämi
"I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is adept at playing on His flute, whose eyes are like petals of a blooming lotus, whose head is bedecked with a peacock's feather, whose figure of beauty is tinged with the hue of blue clouds, and whose unique loveliness charms millions of Cupids." [Brahma-samhitä 5.30]
Immediately, we give a description—"Here is God." Then there is religion. But if there is no conception of God, where is the question of religion? Bogus. That is why religiosity and the other noble human qualities are declining. People have no conception of God, and therefore there is no understanding of religion. As a result, the whole human civilization is declining. And because it is declining, human beings are becoming more
and more LIKE ANIMALS." - Srimad bhagavatam, Canto 12, ch 2, verse 1; purport by Srila Prabhupada.
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