[Spoken by Srila Gurudeva on January 31st, 1998, in Australia, published as part of the Bhakta Bandhav Anthology, Volume 22]
[Spoken by Srila Gurudeva on January 31st, 1998, in Australia, published as part of the Bhakta Bandhav Anthology, Volume 22]
Srila Gurudeva: We should have trust and faith in Krsna or Godhead. Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the embodiement of love and affection. We want that everyone should have faith in the Supreme Personality of Godhead. We also want that they should be happy in this world, in their next birth and after liberation. We want everyone to be happy forever.
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Interviewer: What happens if someone falls away? Do you welcome them back ?
Srila Gurudeva: Yes, we help them to come back. Whether they are in family life or the renounced order, no harm. They should go on chanting Krsna’s name, remembering Him and doing all these activities. In the primary stage, which is called kanistha-adhikara, they are lacking knowledge of bhakti. There seems to be so many different groups, and it seems that they are struggling against each other. But actually, in the advanced stage, in a higher stage, there is no struggling. Nothing. There is only the group of bhakti. At that time there will be no quarrel. In lower stages, it may seem like that. But we think that there is nothing to quarrel about.
If they will develop thier Krsna conciousness, they will think, “We are all in one family.” The whole world, whether they are devotees or not, they are parts and parcels of God. Like world brotherhood. Even creepers, trees, animals, all the living entities, are all sons or parts and parcels of Krsna, the Personality of Godhead. They should all be honored. We should not kill or eat them. Since we cannot create living entities, we should not kill them.
If we are killing them, we should know that they will kill us in the next life. If you will kill animals and consume meat, eggs, and all these things, our nature will be the same, like wild animals. So don’t do all these things and tell others to follow this as well.