Question 2: How could the Kṛṣṇa experience with me be practically valuable in social relationships.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Social relationship is, just like in your country you are thinking, "American". Why? Because this land of America is the center of an individual. Similarly as soon as you understand that you are part and parcel of God immediately you understand that other living entities, they are also part and parcel of God, Then you will be equally situated. This is also stated in the Bhagavad-gītā (BG 5.18):
- vidyā-vinaya-sampanne
- brāhmaṇe gavi hastini
- śuni caiva śva-pāke ca
- paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ
(The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a learned and gentle brāhmaṇa, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater (outcaste))
Paṇḍita means, "Who is learned." Learned means one who has realized the spiritual education. Such a person, either a learned brāhmaṇa, or a dog, or a cow, or an elephant, or a caṇḍāla—he sees on equal level. Because his vision, at that time it, it will be not necessary that we refused protection to the Americans. All these American boys and girls and you send the American animals in the slaughterhouse. That ignorance will be removed. You will see every living entity as part and parcel of God. So Kṛṣṇa realization and God realization makes you universally conscious that everyone is part and parcel of God and that situation is very nice, that is called spiritual life.
So your sociology, welfare activities would be automatically concerned. Just like we are spreading this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, this is also a social movement, we are trying to enlighten you, trying to stop you make this discrimination. We don't discriminate that, "This is for the Hindus or Mohammedans or the Christians or for anyone else." It is for all living entities. This is universal concept of God—Kṛṣṇa consciousness.