Religious activism and determined protest are necessary to preserve Krishna consciousness against institutional opposition and discrimination.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk at Marine del Rey — July 13, 1974, Los Angeles 740713MW-LOS ANGELES [44:20 Minutes] Walk_740713MW-LOS ANGELES Kṛṣṇa-kānti: [introducing recording] Morning Walk, July 13th, 1974, in Marina del Rey. [break]
Prabhupāda: ...have discrimination because the British government, they think that the Ratha-yatra is becoming very popular. Jayatīrtha: Yes.
Prabhupāda: That is the... It is actually rational discrimination. The Christians, they thought, "Now these Englishmen, they'll make Hindu religion very prominent." Because it is a fact. If we introduce such three, four celebration, then Christianity will be finished.
But what is there? Christianity, there is nothing. Simply some dry words. And actually, they're seeing, nobody's coming to the church.
So in this way, if they some..., relish something better, then whatever is there, that will be finished also. Therefore in London we wanted to purchase a church. Bali-mardana: A big cathedral.
Prabhupāda: Ah. And they said, "We shall burn it down; still, we shall not give to Bhaktivedanta Swami." They said like that. Bahulāśva: Rascals.
Prabhupāda: "We shall burn it down." They are seeing practically. After all, they are businessmen, "Shopkeepers' nation." They see practically that if such kind of movements go on... People are already have no interest in the church. In Chicago they wrote, "American Hindus." They wrote in the paper.