Who is Krsna?
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- Prabhupada, who is Krsna?
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- Krsna is historical personality.
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- But He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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- According to Vedic literature, we get information that God comes within all kinds of societies.
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- Not only human society, but in animal society also.
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- And why does He come? When does He come?
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- These descriptions that information is there in the Vedic literature very nicely, one has to study.
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- Sometimes, people object that, “God cannot come as incarnation.”
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- But we don’t agree with that point.
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- If we say that God cannot come, that means God becomes subjected to our order.
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- He, so great and independence, so why He shall not come? If He like, He can come.
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- We don’t agree to the philosophy that God cannot come. Why God cannot come?
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- If He is actually the great whatever He likes, He can do, that is God’s position.
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- What is Krsna Consciousness?
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- Yes. That is very important.
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- Krsna Consciousness is described very nicely in the Bhagavad-Gita.
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- Perhaps you know Bhagavad-Gita. I understand you are reading Bhagavad-Gita.
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- So Bhagavad-Gita is the guide how to become Krsna conscious.
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- There is a statement by Krsna Himself in the ninth chapter.
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- Just always think of me, become my devotee, always think of me.
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- Worship me. Offer obeisances unto me.
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- These are the different processes how one can become Krsna conscious.
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- How does Krsna Consciousness differ from other yoga systems?
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- Yoga systems is also Krsna Consciousness.
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- But the modern yoga system is a different manufacture of the latest atheist class of men.
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- They meditate upon something impersonal, void. That is very difficult.
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- You cannot concentrate your mind on something void.
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- That is simply troublesome. That is stated in the Bhagavad-Gita.
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- Those who are attached to the impersonal void feature of the Absolute Truth,
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- their process is very troublesome.
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- So, Krsna has got the different features of his manifestations.
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- The first feature is impersonal. The second feature is localized.
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- The third feature is localized, but the Supreme.
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- So generally, the yogis, they try to concentrate on the impersonal feature.
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- Actually they should have concentrated on the localized feature.
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- The localized feature is called Paramatma. And the impersonal feature is called brahman.
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- And the personal feature is called Bhagavan. That is explained very nicely in Srimad-Bhagavatam.
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- The Absolute Truth is one. And personal, impersonal, and localized, the thing is one.
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- But according to a different vision, in the beginning, it is impersonal,
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- farther advanced it is localized and farther advanced it is personal.
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- So yoga system of the modern day, first of all I may say, most of them are not very bona fide.
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- They are simply humbug.
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- Actual yoga system, astanga-yoga, is different status of practicing yoga,
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- is not possible at the present day.
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- What is the relationship between Christ and Krsna?
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- That is very simple to understand. Christ repented himself, as son of God.
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- So we have no objection to accepting as son of God..
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- In the Bible, Lord Christ said the only way to worship God is through me.
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- Yes. That’s nice.
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- Because unless you get association of a devotee, there is no question of God realization.
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- So Jesus Christ was a devotee. So one has to associate with a devotee before realization of God.
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- But it is not that God has got only one devotee.
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- If God is unlimited, he has unlimited devotees of God.
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- That is real philosophy. But the philosophy which was spoken by Lord Jesus Christ,
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- that society was different from the society where Krsna appeared and Krsna spoke.
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- Just like Krsna spoke to Arjuna. And Jesus Christ spoke to some people in a desert.
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- So their status of life and their understanding is different.
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- So the representative of God speaks according to the circumstances, according to the country,
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- So it was good for the people at that time.
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- They should have concentrated to Jesus Christ.
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- Is Krsna Consciousness secretarian? Can anyone take it up?
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- Can Christians take it up? Can Moslems take it up?
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- Yes, you can see practically.
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- All our students here in the Western countries, they’re mostly coming from Christian group,
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- Jewish group, and there are many Mohammedans also. And these Negros.
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- All kinds of…everyone is welcome. That is stated in the Bhagavad-Gita.
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- Although materially there is gradation of first class, second class, third class human society.
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- But Krsna is saying that anyone, that anyone who takes proper shelter of me,
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- this is very important. Proper shelter means to take shelter of Krsna.
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- But in the physical absence of Krsna, one has to take shelter of Krsna’s real representative.
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- Then anyone who is understanding Krsna’s philosophy,
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- and he will be elevated to the highest platform of understanding.
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- With what authority do you teach this Krsna Consciousness?
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- I told you, Bhagavad-Gita is our authority.
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- Just like when you go to the law court you speak on the Law…
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