Rama and Krsna, they are the name of God. And Hara is the energy of God. So we are chanting Krsna, or God, along with His energy. He has got two energies, spiritual energy and material energy. So at the present moment we are under the jurisdiction of material energy. So we are praying to Krsna, "Kindly transfer me from the service of material energy to the service of spiritual energy." This is our whole philosophy. Hare Krsna movement means, "O the energy of God and O God, Krsna, please engage me in your service." Because our constitutional position is to give service. Some way or other, we have been put in the service of the material energy. So this service can be transferred to the spiritual energy. Then our life is successful. That is our philosophy, bhakti-marga, bhakti-yoga. Sarvopadhi-vinirmuktam [Cc. Madhya 19.170]. Here we are giving service as Hindu, as Muslim, as Christian, as Jain, as this or that. These are designation. Designation. When we become free of the designation and then serve God, that is called bhakti or devotion. Just like we have manufactured Christian religion, Hindu religion, Muslim religion, this religion, that religion. But when the religion will be without designation -- I am neither Hindu nor Muslim nor Christian, but I am servitor of God -- that is pure religion.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
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