Knowledge Beyond Saṁsāra
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gaged in devotional service are acting for Kṛṣṇa or God, and since in this way there is connection with God, Kṛṣṇa consciousness is a religion.
It is not possible to manufacture a religion. A true religion must come from an authorized source, and that source is either God or His representative. Religion has been called the law of God. It is not possible for a person to manufacture a State law. The law is there, and it is given by the State. One may create some bylaws for his own society, but these laws must be sanctioned by the law of the State. Similarly, if we wish to make some principle of religion, it must be sanctioned by the Vedic authority.
Bhagavad-gītā  is also religion. Great authorities like Rāmānujācārya, Madhvācārya, Viṣṇusvāmī, Lord Caitanya, Śaṅkarācārya, and so many others have accepted  Bhagavad-gītā  as the supreme principle of religion and Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There is no doubt about it. In the West also  Bhagavad-gītā  is accepted as a great book of philosophy, and many great scholars and philosophers in the West have read it and commented upon it. Despite acceptance by the scholars and  ācāryas , there are persons who do not accept  Bhagavad-gītā  and who have no faith. They do not accept it at all as authority, for they think that it is some sentimental exaggeration by a man known as Kṛṣṇa. Thus Kṛṣṇa states in the above quoted verse that those who reject  Bhagavad-gītā  as authority cannot have any connection with Him, and because they have no relation to Him, they remain in the cycle of birth