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fragmented into many subdivisions. Now the earth is divided into many countries, religions and political parties. Despite these political and religious divisions, we advocate that everyone should unite again under one culture—Krṣṇa consciousness. People should accept one God, Krṣṇa; one scripture,  Bhagavad-gītā ; and one activity, devotional service to the Lord. Thus people may live happily upon this earth and combine to produce sufficient food. In such a society, there would be no question of scarcity, famine, or cultural or religious degradation. So-called caste systems and national divisions are artificial. According to our Vaiṣṇava philosophy, these are all external bodily designations. The Krṣṇa consciousness movement is not based upon bodily designations. It is a transcendental movement on the platform of spiritual understanding. If the people of the world understood that the basic principle of life is spiritual identification, they would understand that the business of the spirit soul is to serve the Supreme Spirit, Krṣṇa. As Lord Krṣṇa says in  Bhagavad-gītā  (15.7),  mamaivārṁśo jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ : “The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal, fragmental parts.” All living entities in different life forms are sons of Krṣṇa. Therefore they are all meant to serve Krṣṇa, the original supreme father. If this philosophy is accepted, the failure of the United Nations to unite all nations will be sufficiently compensated all over the world by a great Krṣṇa consciousness movement. Recently we had talks with Christian leaders in Australia, including the Bishop of Australia, and everyone there was pleased with our philoso
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তবে স্ববৃদ্ধি-রায় সেই ‘ছদ্ম’ পাঞ্জা ।।
বারাণসী আইলা, সব বিষয় ছাড়িয়া ॥ ১৯৪ ॥
tabe subuddhi-rāya sei ‘chadma’ pāñā vārāṇasī āilā, saba viṣaya chāḍiyā
SYNONYMS
tabe —upon this;  subuddhi-rāya —Subuddhi Rāya;  sei —that;  chadma —plea;  pāñā —getting an opportunity;  vārāṇasī āilā —came to Vārāṇasī;  saba —all;  viṣaya chāḍiyā —giving up the implications of material activities.
TRANSLATION
Taking the Nawab’s sprinkling water upon him as an opportunity, Subuddhi Rāya left his family and business affairs and went to Vārāṇasī.
PURPORT
It appears that Subuddhi Rāya was a big landholder and a responsible, respectable gentleman. He could not, however, avoid the social misconception that one