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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 ad-
vocate that everyone should unite again under one culture—Krsna consciousness.
People should accept one God, Krsna; one scripture, Bhagavad-gita; and one ac-
tivity, 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 Vaisnava philosophy,
these are all external bodily designations. The Krsna consciousness movement is
not based upon bodily designations. It is a transcendental movement on the plat-
form 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, Krsna. As Lord Krsna says
in Bhagavad-gita (15.7), mamaivamso jiva-loke jiva-bhdtah sanatanah: ‘The living
entities in this conditioned world are My eternal, fragmental parts.” All living en-
tities in different life forms are sons of Krsna. Therefore they are all meant to serve
Krsna, 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 Krsna consciousness movement. Recently we had talks with
Christian leaders in Australia, including the Bishop of Australia, and everyone
there was pleased with our philosophy of oneness in religious consciousness.

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Sea FAq-MT CAS ‘Oa’ vas |
alaieay Sisal, Aa faqs GSA W s98 i

tabe subuddhi-raya sei ‘chadma’ pana
varanasi dila, saba visaya chadiya

SYNONYMS

tabe—upon this; subuddhi-raya—Subuddhi Raya; sei—that; chadma—plea;
pafd—getting an opportunity; varanasi aila—came to Varanasi; saba—all; visaya
chadiya—giving up the implications of material activities.

TRANSLATION

Taking the Nawab’s sprinkling water upon him as an opportunity, Subuddhi
Raya left his family and business affairs and went to Varanasi.

PURPORT

It appears that Subuddhi Raya was a big landholder and a responsible, respect-
able gentleman. He could not, however, avoid the social misconception that one
