True dharma means surrendering to Krishna alone, transcending bodily identification and becoming His devoted servant.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Dr. Patel: She had a very big religious background. Prabhupāda: Women are generally... Dr. Patel: They're more religious, yes. My children...
My son does not eat, I told you the other day, even tomatoes. The boy has passed examinations, so he's going to States for the fellowship, and I don't know what he'll do there. Prabhupāda: [laughs] No. If you don't like to eat tomato, who is going to force you? That is not... [break] Dr.
Patel: Hindu, that is wrong nomenclature. There is no Hindu dharma. It is a... Hindu is a way of life.
Even Muslims live the same way, even Christians live the same way, the joint Hindu family. The sanātana-dharma is the real word. They just use it and then everyone says. I had it in a letter to American Consul about this America.
In there I mentioned the sanātana-dharma. I have said sanātana-dharma, not Hindu dharma. I have mentioned like that. Real religion is the Vedic religion. Prabhupāda: The difficulty is religion actually means the law given by God.
Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam [SB 6.3.19]. Religion is not manufactured. Dr. Patel: One ācārya has said, dharmājneya sadācāra śruti smṛti prapādita. What is mentioned in the śruti and smṛti, that is dharma.
Sadācāra. You cannot say... Prabhupāda: Basic principle is that it is made by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Now there are books, how to carry out the order. And the ultimate ending: how to become faithful to the Supreme.