Conversation at Gita Bhavan

Svami Gosvami and Prabhupada Titles Explained

📅 December 6, 1970 📍 Indore ⏱ 3 min
True respect means addressing someone according to their actual spiritual position, not through excessive or inappropriate titles.
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Prabhupāda: Begging from door to door for lakṣmī. How can I [indistinct]. Indian (1): [Laughs] if you [indistinct] , Mahārāja.

Devotee: Program for Caitanya Mahāprabhu hated when people call him Narayan. [indistinct]

Prabhupāda: Within this coat you are, therefore I shall not ask you coat. Indian (1): [Laughs]

Prabhupāda: Is that any reason? Because within the coat you are, therefore can I address you Mr. Coat? So in this way so many things are misused.

Indian (1): [indistinct] [background chatter]

Prabhupāda: That is wrong. Indian (1): Sometimes if one is usual the karma prospect[?], so they say.

Prabhupāda: Therefore say, over respecting himself. That example I gave you. That if I say, "Your Majesty" that is an insult. This is not respect it is insult.

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