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Krishna's Direct Message Versus Distorted Interpretations, Varnasrama Division Essential For Society

📅 April 22, 1977 📍 Bombay ⏱ 19 min
Teach Bhagavad-gita as it is given by Krishna, not as distorted by scholarly speculation and personal interpretation.
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Indian man (1): ...mūrti, Shivananda Ashram. Prabhupāda: That Powai Ashram? Indian man (2): Tirtha Swami. Indian man (1): Krishna Chaitanya from Shivananda Ashram. Vijendra Reddy. Shri Narayana Shri Caitanya, he has Swami Krishna[?]. He is from Trivandram. Prabhupāda: Now people are taking our philosophy.

So your mission also, preach in the same way. People will be benefited. The whole world is taking Bhagavad-gītā as it is. Kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam [SB 1.3.28].

Aham ādir hi devānām [Bg 10.2]. Mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat kiñcid asti... [Bg 7.7]. Preach this.

People will take it. This knowledge is there in India, and they require to be educated with this knowledge. And we have tried little bit, and they are accepting. Why don't you do that?

They have taken. I said, "Here is Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Lord. You worship Him." Kṛṣṇa says, man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī mām. [Bg 9.34] Why don't you teach this?

Hmm? You are not teaching this, that "Accept Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Always think of Him. Man-manāḥ.

Become a devotee. Offer Him obeisances." Why don't you teach this? Hmm? What is the difficulty? Indian man (2): Excuse me.

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