In truth, when we attain spiritual awareness, we will realize, “I am Krishna’s servant.” We will then understand that we are spiritual in nature. Material conceptions are like dreams.

In a dream, we may believe we are this or that, or that we are performing so many activities, but upon waking, we understand our true identity. As integral parts of Krishna, we have no other duty than to serve Him with love and devotion. When we attain this awareness, everything is spiritual.

All religions must be respected, for they disseminate the directives of Krishna, God, the Supreme Person.

Yes. It is very important to understand that religion is not a matter for humankind. We define religion as “God’s directives.”

The Lord tells us in this regard: Whenever in any part of the universe the principles of religion decline and irreligion arises, I personally descend. I appear from age to age to liberate the believers, annihilate the unbelievers, and restore the principles of spirituality.

This is religion. It is based on the directives of God, Krishna. If we strictly follow Krishna's instructions, we are then religious, pious, and transcendental.

Why did God create the minute spiritual sparks that are spiritual souls?

In truth, the Absolute Truth, which is none other than Krishna, God, the Supreme Person Himself, is perfect in every way only when He is both infinite and infinitesimal. If He were only infinite, He would not be completely perfect.

His Infinite and Absolute aspect is God, the Supreme Being, while living beings, the individual and distinct spiritual souls of Krishna, constitute His infinitesimal aspect, being minute fragments of His Divine Person.

The infinite desires of the Supreme Lord bring forth the spiritual world, while the infinitesimal desires of the distinct souls of God give rise to the material world. When infinitesimal beings seek to satisfy their limited desires for material pleasure, they are referred to as “conditioned beings,” whereas when they connect with the Infinite, they are called liberated souls. Therefore, we need not ask why Krishna, God, the Supreme Person, created infinitesimal beings. They are simply complementary to Him. Indeed, it is essential for the Infinite to have infinitesimal emanations, distinct souls inseparable from Him, the Supreme Soul.

Since living beings are infinitesimal parts of the Supreme, there is a reciprocity of feelings between the Infinite and the infinitesimal. In the absence of infinitesimal beings, the Supreme Lord would have remained inactive, and spiritual life would have been devoid of diversity. If infinitesimal beings did not exist, the concept of the Supreme God would lose all meaning, just as there can be no king without subjects.