Room Conversation

True Religion Means Surrendering to the Supreme – Brief Meeting with a Vaishnava Family at Tirupati

📅 April 26, 1974 📍 Tirupati ⏱ 8 min
True religion is surrender to the Supreme Lord; all else is merely cheating.
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Room Conversation — April 26, 1974, Tirupati 740426R1-TIRUPATI [08:06 Minutes] Conv_740426R1-TIRUPATI Satsvarūpa: Secretary, he said, "You write in your books that your movement by Lord Caitanya is the..., as if it's the most exclusive thing." He said, "But actually, in India the Rāmānuja is a more prominent Vaiṣṇava sect." So, as I understand our claim, it's based on the fact that we worship Kṛṣṇa in a higher form, in Kṛṣṇaloka, and they worship Kṛṣṇa which leads to Vaikuṇṭha.

Prabhupāda: Yes. [break] ...quarter there is no cinema song. Bhaja gopālam. [music playing in background, recording of a woman singing "bhaja gopāla"]

Satsvarūpa: Śrīnivāsa said it is controlled by the temple here. Even the government doesn't control.

Prabhupāda: This is all temple [indistinct]. [break]

Devotee: ...prominence. [break] Mr. Iyengar: We came here yesterday. We went to the temple three times, and just for a long...

Prabhupāda: Oh, very good. Mr. Iyengar: This is my wife and daughter. You came yesterday?

Prabhupāda: Yes, I came yesterday at about eleven. Mr. Iyengar: We saw you in the evening going to the temple.

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