Pure, causeless love for Krishna—free from all motive and impediment—alone grants full spiritual satisfaction.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrī Īśopaniṣad, Mantra 1 — May 3, 1970, Los Angeles 700503IP-LOS ANGELES [14:35 Minutes] Iso-01_700503IP-LOS ANGELES Prabhupāda: Govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi **. Ādi-puruṣam, the original Personality of Godhead. So when we speak of Govinda, Govinda is not alone. Just like when we speak of a king, it is to be understood that king is not alone. He has got many other followers, secretaries, ministers, soldiers—whole state.
Similarly, when we speak of Govindam, behind Govinda, with Govinda, all living entities, all creation, everything... Govindam. So you can st... [break] Gargamuni: [reading] "It is also wrong to consider that simply by becoming a vegetarian one can save himself from transgressing the laws of nature.
Vegetables also have life. One life is meant to feed another living being, and that is the law of nature. One should not be proud of being a strict vegetarian. The point is to recognize the Supreme Lord.
The animals have no developed consciousness to recognize the Lord, but a human being..." Prabhupāda: That is the main point. Just like there are the Buddhists, they are also vegetarian. According to Buddhist principle... Nowadays everything has deteriorated, but Lord Buddha's propaganda was to make the rascals at least to stop animal-killing.
Ahiṁsā paramo dharma. Lord Buddha's appearance is described in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and many Vedic literatures, sura-dviṣām. He came to cheat the demons. The demons... He made such a policy that the demons were cheated.
How He has cheated? The demons, they are against God. They don't believe in God. So Lord Buddha propagated, "Yes, there is no God.
But what I say, you follow." "Yes, sir." But He is God. [laughter] This is cheating. Yes. They do not believe in God, but they believe in Buddha, and Buddha is God.