Krishna consciousness is the universal science of God, transcending all religious labels and national boundaries.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Room Conversation — November 7, 1970, Bombay 701107R1-BOMBAY [47:11 Minutes] Conv_701107R1-BOMBAY Prabhupāda: These are also done within these five years. Guest (1): And that, too, in the foreign countries, to establish that, it is... Guest (2): Yes, it's a wonderful thing. I was all the while imagining, imagining... Prabhupāda: So I went in USA without any sponsor. No, I... That is the...
One gentleman sponsored for one month. One month only. Not even one month; I remained there only three weeks, and then I chalked out my plan. He was my friend's son, and my friend wrote him that "You sponsor Swāmījī for one month." Guest (1): Some American gentleman? Prabhupāda: No, Indian.
One gentleman from Agra. So his son immediately sent me, sponsoring. But still, the government objected that "We cannot allow you to go there, because you are sponsored by an individual person." But I wanted to see chief controller of... what is called, foreign exchange, Mr. Rao.
So he kindly accepted: "Yes, Swāmījī, you can go." He fought. [indistinct]. Guest (2): That time it was very difficult. Passport I have got already. Prabhupāda: Passport, visa. Guest (2): Now, the difficulty is about visa only. Passport I have secured.
It's cleared it for three years. [indistinct] passport. Now it is easy to get a passport. I do possess.
After getting the passport I wrote and corresponded with your... Prabhupāda: So there was no money with me, and in an awkward position... My philosophy is completely different. I was to ask them to cease from four kinds of sinful activities, and they are habituated to these things. Illicit sex, and drinking wine, and intoxication and gambling—these are their daily affairs.
So I was thinking, "I have to stop this. Who will hear me?" But Kṛṣṇa... Everything became... Guest (1): May I ask one thing? How you chose this America to be your first...? Prabhupāda: My Guru Mahārāja ordered me that "You go and preach this cult amongst the English-speaking public, and specially in the Western countries." So first of all I thought of London, where is London.