Prabhupāda: How do you know your name?
Reporter (1): My parents gave it to me.
Prabhupāda: So authority. Similarly, from authority you have to know what is the name.
Reporter (1): From the scriptures.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Reporter (3): Śrīla Prabhupāda, what about other religions such as Christianity and . . .
Prabhupāda: There is no second religion. There is only one religion. That is God consciousness. Now, as soon as you designate, "Christian," "Hindu," "Muslim," that is upādhi, designated religion. Just like you are here and you are in black coat. So if I say: "Black Mr. Such-and-such," so to say, "Black Mr. Such-and-such," there is no need. "Mr. Such-and-such" is sufficient. But we have been accustomed to say like that, "Black Mr. Such-and-such," "White Mr. Such-and-such." Similarly, religion is one, but due to our sophisticated mind, we call it "Christian religion," "Hindu religion," "Muslim religion." (aside) Why don't you come in? Why are you outside?
Devotee: I have my working clothes on, Śrīla Prabhupāda. I'm rather dirty.
Prabhupāda: All right. So there cannot be . . . but for particular reason or circumstances we call it, but religion is one. That means to abide by the laws of God. That is religion. If you do not know what is God, what is His law, that is another thing. But the religion means to abide by the laws of God, that's all. It cannot be Hindu, Muslim, Christian. Just like the state law. So there are many persons, citizens, of the state. The law is not that, "It is for the Christians," "It is for the Jews," "It is for the Negroes," "It is for the white man." It is not like that. Law is the same for everyone. You can call it, "This is Negro law," "This is white law," "This is black law . . ." No. That is not very scientific. Scientific is that God is there, and we are all . . . God is great, we are all subordinates, and we have to obey the orders of God. That is religion.