12 Krsna Consciousness: the Topmost Yoga System

He is one of the chief secretaries of the government, and he is
such a fool. He is taking this movement as a religious move-
ment, just as we have so many sentimental religions. But this
is not sentimental. This is the necessity of society: a class of
men should be Krsna conscious. Otherwise the society is
doomed; it is going to hell. And, when such rascals are at the
head of the government, how can there be peace? How can you
expect peace in a dog’s society? The dogs are by nature howling
—‘Woof! Woof! Woof!’’—as soon as they see other dogs. So do
you mean to say there will be peace if you turn human society
into dog society, into cat society, into tiger society? The tiger
is very powerful; he can kill many other animals. But does that
mean he is a very important animal? No, he has no use in
society. And now we are very powerful, and we have good
weapons to fight with, and we can kill many people. But these
are no qualifications for good men or a good society.

We are not meant to manufacture a society of monkeys or
tigers or asses—or rascals who work very hard. Do you mean to
say a society of asses will derive any benefit from life? No.

For those who have developed an attraction to Krsna, at-
tachment can be developed. Before my coming to the West,
there was no movement like this Krsna consciousness, but now
it is developing. Krsna was not born in your country; you do
not accept Krsna as your religious God. But Krsna is so attrac-
tive that although you are a foreigner, you are not foreign. To
Krsna you are not a foreigner. He claims everybody. We make
Him foreign, but this is our foolishness.

In the Gita Krsna says, “My dear Arjuna, there are many
different forms and different species of life undoubtedly. But
I am their father.” Just see how Krsna is universal. He is
claiming not only human society, but animal society, bird
society, beast society—everyone. He says, “I am the father.”
So how can Krsna be foreign? It is a mental concoction. They
