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Description of the Kingdom of God
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the control of the supreme living entity, defy His existence, and that state is called  māyā . Sometimes they deny that there is such a being as God. They say, “Everything is void.” And sometimes they deny Him in a different way: “There may be a God, but He has no form.” Both these conceptions arise from the rebellious condition of the living entity. As long as this rebellious condition prevails, the material world will continue in disharmony.
Harmony or disharmony is realized because of the law and order of a particular place. Religion is the law and order of the Supreme Lord. In the  Śrīmad-Bhagavad-gītā  we find that religion means devotional service, or  Kṛṣṇa  consciousness.  Kṛṣṇa  says, “Give up all other religious principles and simply become a soul surrendered unto Me.” This is religion. When one is fully conscious that  Kṛṣṇa  is the supreme enjoyer and Supreme Lord and acts accordingly, that is real religion. Anything which goes against this principle is not religion.  Kṛṣṇa  therefore says: “Just give up all other religious principles.” In the spiritual world this religious principle of  Kṛṣṇa  consciousness is maintained in harmony, and therefore that world is called  Vaikuṇṭha . If the same principles can be adopted here, wholly or partially, then it is also  Vaikuṇṭha . So it is with any society, such as the International Society for Krishna Consciousness: If the members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, putting faith in  Kṛṣṇa  as the center, live in harmony according to the order and principles of  Bhagavad-gītā , then they are living in  Vaikuṇṭha , not in this material world.
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तद्वाममुष्य परमस्य विकुण्ठमतुः कर्तुं प्रकृष्टमिह धीमहि मन्दधीभ्याम्। लोकानितो व्रजतमन्तरभावदृष्ट्या पापीयसस्रय इमे रिपवोऽस्य यत्र ॥३४॥
tad vām amuṣya paramasya vikuṇṭha-bhartuḥ kartum prakṛṣṭam iha dhīmahi manda-dhībhyām lokān ito vrajatam antara-bhāva-dṛṣṭyā pāpīyasas traya ime ripavo'sya yatra
tat —therefore;  vām —unto these two;  amuṣya —of Him;  paramasya —the Supreme;  vikuṇṭha-bhartuḥ —the Lord of  Vaikuṇṭha ;  kartum —to bestow;  prakṛṣṭam —benefit;  iha —in the matter of this offense;  dhīmahi —let us consider;  manda-dhībhyām —those whose intelligence is not very nice;  lokān —to the material world;  itaḥ —from this place ( Vaikuṇṭha );  vrajatam —