From: ISKCON Austin, Texas USA
My Dear Bahu Rupa Caitanya,
Please accept my blessings.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
The real meaning of religion is to know who you are be who you are. At the present moment we are suffering like anything because we are misidentifying ourselves with these temporary material bodies and thus most foolishly dedicating our lives for material sense gratification.
When one knows that his actual identity is as a spiritual being who is qualitatively one with God and that being part and parcel of God he is naturally meant to serve God and engages himself in the service of God,
he has come to the true platform of religion. This is the natural propensity for every living being, just as the hand, which is part of the body, is naturally meant to serve the whole body.
So, religion is one, to serve the Supreme Person with love and devotion. One can do this as a Christian, a Jew, a Muslim, a Hindu, etc. Religion is the universal science of reawakening one's original, natural identity as the eternal servant of that Supreme Person Who is the source of all existence.
I hope this meets you in the best of health.
Your ever well-wisher,
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
