NO DIPLOMACY, NO POLITICS

NO DIPLOMACY, NO POLITICS
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
For a vaisnava there is no suffering. But he is very much anxious: “These rascals are misled. They are going astray, unhappy. How can they be happy?” That is vaisnava’s business. Therefore the vaisnava will have no politics. Politics means planning for one’s own happiness. So in our society there should be no diplomacy and no politics. Everyone should be eager how to do good to others. That is vaisnava. If he’s planning something, that “I shall be leader,” “I shall be doing something,” that is not vaisnavism. Politics is not good. _
— Morning walk 15 March 1974, Vrindavan.