Krishna as the center point makes all expanding circles of love perfect, never conflicting.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Lecture at International Student Association Cambridge [near Boston] — May 2, 1969, Boston 690502LE-BOSTON [57:21 Minutes] Lecture_690502LE-BOSTON Prabhupāda: I understand that your..., this society is known as International Student Society? Yes. There are many other international societies. There are international United Nations also.
The idea is very nice, but we should try to understand—internationally or universally—what is the central idea. Just like if you throw a stone in the middle of water, it expands. It becomes..., the circle expands, and the circle goes to the limit of the bank of the water. That is the way.
The vibration, sound vibration also, radio message also. Similarly, the circle increases, and you capture the waves and you understand. Similarly, international feeling can be extended also. In the beginning of our life, just like a child, anna-brahma: everything he wants to eat. A small child, whatever he captures he wants to eat.
Personal interest. Then, when the child grows, he tries to participate with his other brothers and sisters: "All right. You also take little." This is increasing the feeling of fellowship. Then he grows again; he feels for his father, parents, society, then community, country and, at last, international.
Expansion. But in such feeling, unless the center is right, that expansion of feeling, universally or internationally or nationally even, that is not perfect. That is not perfect. Take, for example, internationally. In your country, what is the meaning of national?
National means one who has taken birth in that particular country. Is that all right? National? You feel for another American because he is born in this country.
Or any other country, Indian. That national feeling..., that is called national feeling. You feel for your countrymen. You sacrifice your life for your country. But there is defect.