- Śrīla Prabhupāda: From what I’ve seen it has a great chance. We don’t say, “Give up your religion and come to us.” We say, “At least follow your own principles. And then if you want to, study with us.” Sometimes it happens that although students have received their M.A. degree, they go to foreign universities to study more. Why does it happen? They want more enlightenment. Similarly, any religious scripture you may follow will give you enlightenment. But if you find more in this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, then why should you not accept it? If you are serious about God, why should you say, “Oh, I am Christian,” “I am Jewish,” “I cannot attend your meeting”? Why should you say, “Oh, I cannot allow you to speak in my church”? If I am speaking about God, what objection can you have?
Journalist: Well, I couldn’t agree with you more.
Śrīla Prabhupāda: I am prepared to talk with any God conscious man. Let us chalk out a program so that people may be benefited. But they want to go on in their stereotyped way. If we see that by following a particular type of religious principle one is developing love of God, that is first-class religion. But if one is merely developing his love for mammon, then what kind of religion is that?PDD; Here, we get the universality of KC. Plus a warning on false religion.I was trying to find the conversation where Srila Prabhupada ripped on Confessions. "why sin, confess and sin some more? we simply say, don't sin". Everything was simple to Srila Prabhupada, and he makes it simple for us too. God is God no matter what. Truth is truth no matter how unpleasant a particular truth is. We are all eternal souls whose position is to love and serve God. That is the only truth you need to know.
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