Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: This next question is very closely related to the last question. Question twenty: "What is your view regarding proselytization, or preaching? If you are . . ."
Prabhupāda: It is not proselytization. Proselytization has no meaning. To bring one to the real understanding. Kṛṣṇa says that mamaivāṁśo jīva-bhūtaḥ (BG 15.7). All living entities are His part and parcel. He claims, sarva-yoniṣu kaunteya (BG 14.4): "In all forms of life, as many living entities are there," ahaṁ bīja-pradaḥ, "I am the seed-giving father." So the natural position is that every living entity, not only human being, but also animals, plants, everyone . . . So why not Indian, American, or Czechoslovakian, everyone is part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa? So it is not the process of proselytizing to convince the idea. It is actually bringing them to their real position, that they're all part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa. It is not artificial proselytization, that "You are Christian; now you are Hindu," or "You are Hindu; now you are Christian," "You are a sweeper; now you are harijana." It is not like that. It is actually bringing him to his own position, part and parcel of God. It is not . . . Proselytization will not stand. When one comes to the real understanding of his position, then that will continue. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is that: bringing one to the original position. He's in diseased condition; he's thinking otherwise than servant of Kṛṣṇa. Now this movement is trying to bring everyone to the position that he is eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa. It is not a rubberstamp proselytization, that "You are Hindu; now you are Christian," or "You are Christian; now are Hindu." So if he does not know what is his position, by simply stamping that he is Hindu or Muslim or Christian, what benefit he will derive?