Religious Revival Growing In America, Education System Produces Begging Dogs

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Rāmeśvara: ...how nicely they are printed and that they are from America. Otherwise these books... Gargamuni: In libraries they have no budget for religious books. They only want technical books. Rāmeśvara: They're not interested in religion. Gargamuni: But because our books are printed so nicely and coming from America, and they are seeing the foreign sādhus, oh, they become so, "Oh, yes. We must take." But actually they have no budget for any religious books. Prabhupāda: That is good.

The so-called religious books they're presenting—all bogus humbug. [laughter] Humbug imagination, that's all. There is no fact. Just like Ramakrishna Mission.

What religion they have got? Anyone? This religion, that religion, Jainism, Sikhism, this "ism," no nothing. Simply bogus propaganda. Gargamuni: All the libraries, they say, "We have too many religious books, too much religion." Rāmeśvara: And the government is so much afraid of offending one religion, so they have become secular.

But there only is one religion. There is only one religion. Prabhupāda: Yes. One religion, this is sarva-dharmān parityajya [Bg 18.66], to become surrendered to God. That is religion.

And they're useless. That is our religion. We are teaching surrender to God, but they have no idea that there is God. They have forgotten that "There is God, and He can talk with me.

I can talk with Him." They cannot believe all these things. "Even if God is there, He cannot talk. He has no mouth, He has no leg." Nirākāra, impersonal. This is their position. Rāmeśvara: In America there are surveys, public opinion surveys. Prabhupāda: Just see.

God has to be created by public opinion. Just see how degraded. Rāmeśvara: But anyway, these surveys show that religious sentiment in America is increasing. Prabhupāda: Yes. That is proof. You are the proof.

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