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Soul's Eternal Nature Beyond Material Body, Spiritual Purity Requires Austerity and Cleanliness

📅 August 24, 1976 📍 Hyderabad ⏱ 46 min
Surrender to Krishna transcends all philosophical differences and brings both wisdom and family fortune.
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Prabhupāda: Nowadays people are taking to the imagination of industry. But we don't find in Bhagavad-gītā, there is any suggestion for industry. Kṛṣṇa said... [aside:] It started?

Prabhupāda: No, no, you stop this. Hari-śauri: You want to play this tape back?

Prabhupāda: Yes. [break] That's nice. Paṇḍita: So pañca-saṁskāra makes one dvija of Śrī Vaiṣṇava... And the śaraṇāgati makes them assured of mukti.

So kṛta-kṛtya. Now, the later part of life, [Sanskrit]. Vedānta-ācārya. Have you heard of Vedānta-ācārya?

Prabhupāda: Yes. Pandita: ...of Rāmānuja school? Prabhupāda: Yes. Pandita: That is, our..., this Rāmānuja school has been fortified by his works, so many works on Vedānta, like Tattvamuktakalapam, Nyāya siddhāñjanam, Nyāya parisuddhi, Śatadūṣanī, Tattva-tīkā. These are all the major Vedānta works he has composed. All these works I have sat before a guru and studied for eight years at Śrī Raṅgam.

My ācārya has been a great scholar in Vedānta and tarka who was lecturer in... Prabhupāda: I know, Rāmānuja sampradāya, they are very learned scholars. I know that. Paṇḍita: And they are very particular about ācaraṇas also, more than... Prabhupāda: Sadācāra. Paṇḍita: Hah. Sadācāra. Prabhupāda: Yes. Paṇḍita: And I have been given guidance by these ācāryas to stick to this paramparā sampradāya ācāra. So I belong to this Ahobila order.

I have taken initiation from this guru, as well as Vedāntic knowledge from another guru. I am practicing my ācāra, sampradāya ācāra, very strictly in that order. As far as I see, there is... Without disturbing this set-up, I can do service, I think.

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