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Gandhi Vinobha Write Gita but Avoid Krsna, Give Half Income to Vaishnavas Keep Rest

📅 December 30, 1976 📍 Bombay ⏱ 17 min
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Girirāja: ...cannot accept anything artificial, but Mr. Bajaj cannot keep up to that standard.

Prabhupāda: Vinobha Bhave is also not cent per cent. Girirāja: Oh, I know. But by chance, on this particular point...

Prabhupāda: He has written book, Bhagavad-gītā Pravacana. But in his bhāṣya there is no kṛṣṇa-bhakti. So what is this Bhagavad-gītā Pravacana? Why he has avoided kṛṣṇa-bhakti?

What is the reason? Girirāja: He's envious.

Prabhupāda: Gandhi has... The same thing. Bhagavad-gītā..., he is writing essays on Bhagavad-gītā and the main principle of Bhagavad-gītā, man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru [Bg 18.65], mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te [Bg 7.14]. What is that?

Caitya-guru: Mām eva satyaṁ te pratijāne priyo' si me. Girirāja: Mām evaiṣyasi satyaṁ te pratijāne priyo 'si me.

Prabhupāda: So where is that? Girirāja: They don't follow.

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