Whoever teaches how to know God and how to love Him—he is a spiritual master. Sometimes bogus rascals mislead people. "1 am God," they claim, and people who do not know what God is believe them. You must be a serious student to understand who God is and how to love Him. Otherwise, you will simply waste your time. So the difference between others and us is that we are the only movement that can actually teach one how to know God and how to love Him. We are presenting the science of how one can know Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by practicing the teachings of the Bhagavad-gitä and the Srimad-Bhägavatam. They teach us that our only business is to love God. Our business is not to ask God for our necessities. God gives necessities to everyone—even to one who has no religion. For example, cats and dogs have no religion, yet Krishna supplies them with the necessities of life. So why should we bother Krishna for our daily bread? He is already supplying it. Real religion means to learn how to love Him. The Srimad-Bhägavatam (1.2.6) says,
sa vai pumsäà paro dharmo
yato bhaktir adhoksaje
ahaituky apratihatä
yayätmä suprasidati
First-class religion teaches one how to love God without any motive. If I serve God for some profit, that is business—not love. Real love of God is ahaituky apratihatä: it cannot be checked by any material cause. It is unconditional. If one actually wants to love God, there is no impediment. One can love Him whether one is poor or rich, young or old, black or white.
from - Science of Self Realization by Srila Prabhupada
Prabhupada Dasa
RadhaKrishna Sevak
Jagadguru Srila Prabhupada - The Real Soul Doctor
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