Take It Seriously

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"In God We Trust"

"...Why don't you take it seriously...?"

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Prabhupada: "You have got the opportunity and the Krsna consciousness movement is also in your hand, now it is up to you to utilize it and become actually the leaders of the world. That was my mission: "I shall go to America, and educate them, and they, if they follow, the whole world will follow." And that is coming to be true. You are all young men, it is in your hand. Now you make policy in that way. Just like the communists. A few communists, Stalin, Lenin, they formed a big communist party, now it is predominating all over the world. Similarly, you are so many nice, young, flowers, intelligent young Americans you have understood the philosophy, and now it is up to you to spread this "ism". You don't become stagnant--'Now I have understood Krnsa consciousness, I shall sit down and chant Hare Krsna.'

Everything should be reformed, political, social, and be, you American nation--you're favored nation, that I am always speaking; you should utilize the favor of God and be yourself perfect--and be leader of the whole world.

That is my ambition. I want to begin one revolution. Their godless civilization..., against godless civilization. That is my ambition. The America will be the best person to be educated in this line and to lead, to become the leaders. They're already leader, but they must be real leader now, so that the whole world may be happy. That I can give direction. If the topmost American gentlemen come to me, I can give them direction how they can become the world leader. Actual leader. Actual leader, not bogus leader. Because God has favored them, so many things. And this movement has been started from America. I started this movement from New York

Hrdayananda: You're saying that America is the most important?

Prabhupada: Yes.

Hrdayananda: You think...

Prabhupada: Therefore I come to your country...

Hrdayananda: So perhaps...

Prabhupada: ...because you're most important. Now you must... Under my guidance you must be real important, not false important.

Yes. Turn your whole nation, turn into God consciousness, because they've declared in the Constitution, "In God we trust." Now they must take it very seriously. What does it mean by "God"? What does it mean by "trust"? You take this propaganda. We are doing, actually. We trust in God; therefore we have sacrificed our whole life for God. This is trust in God. Not that smoking in the parlor, and you trust in God. Not that kind of trust. Real trust. Trust means first of all you know what is God. Suppose that if you say "Trust this man." But I must know what is this man. Then my trust will be convinced, that "He is very respectful man, he's rich man, he's able man..." Yes, I can trust. But simply trust in God, you do not know what is God, what is trust, and it is going on.

Why this bluff?

Ah? What you say?

Prajapati: That that's right, Srila Prabhupada.

Prabhupada: Yes. So you must take this clue, that we Americans, we say "In God we trust." Now, every American should know what is God, what is trust. This is propaganda, Krsna consciousness. The government must come forward to patronize this. This is my proposition. So you write articles, you are theologicians. The America must rise up to the occasion. They have pledged themselves, "In God we trust." Every human nation or every human being should be like that. In God they must trust. So America, especially taken up the slogan as part of Constitution. Now there should be regular educational program, that every child, every man, every woman will trust in God. And this is Krsna consciousness. So? Am I wrong in my arguments?

Devotee: No, correct.

Prabhupada: So why don't you take it seriously, you American boys?

Actually America is favored. Therefore, I repeatedly say that you Americans, you are graced by God, you simply take this Krsna consciousness, you will become first-class nation. And actually they are taking more than other countries."