Prabhupāda: Suppose you are in the sunshine. In one sense you are in the sun, and in other sense you are not in the sun, because sun's temperature is so high, had you been in the sun, you would have been immediately blown up, burned into ashes. But you are in the sunshine, the energy of sun. So Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Lord, is situated as the supreme fire, and whatever we are experiencing, that is His energy. Although sun is . . . the example, sun is 93,000,000 miles away, but on account of the sun's energy spread, we are feeling the presence of sun. Similarly, we have to associate with God, Kṛṣṇa, by chanting His holy name because Kṛṣṇa, being Absolute, He is not different from His name, and therefore, if you chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra without any offense, then you directly associate with Kṛṣṇa.
Reporter (1): In all scriptures that I have read, it's always said that the disciple, the devotee, must remember God's name or remember it constantly, and so you are saying that the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra is God's name. How do we know this?
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."