"If God is one, then to know God or to abide by the orders of God is religion. According to Bhāgavata definition: dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam (SB 6.3.19). Dharma means the orders or the law given by God. Just like law means the order given by the state. Nobody can manufacture law at home. The state has ordered, "Keep to the left," that is law. You cannot make "Keep to the right." That is not law. Therefore religion means the order of God. So we must know what is God and what is His order—then you are religious. Otherwise there is no religion."
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