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RasaRasika at 05:35, 29 December 2023

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RasaRasika: Text replacement - "''gopīs''" to "gopīs"

2023-12-19T02:56:54Z

Text replacement - "''gopīs''" to "gopīs"

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	'''Acyutānanda:''' Yes. (break) I once heard you explain to somebody where this is mentioned exactly.		'''Acyutānanda:''' Yes. (break) I once heard you explain to somebody where this is mentioned exactly.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Hmm? ''Ārādhyate, anayārādhyate'', when the ''gopīs'' saw that Kṛṣṇa had been separated with Rādhārānī then they understood that She worships Kṛṣṇa more than anyone. So the gopī who worships Kṛṣṇa, satisfies Kṛṣṇa more than others that is Rādhārānī. ''Ārādhate, ārādhyate'' it is Rādhā, Rādhā, ''ārādhyate''.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Hmm? ''Ārādhyate, anayārādhyate'', when the gopīs saw that Kṛṣṇa had been separated with Rādhārānī then they understood that She worships Kṛṣṇa more than anyone. So the gopī who worships Kṛṣṇa, satisfies Kṛṣṇa more than others that is Rādhārānī. ''Ārādhate, ārādhyate'' it is Rādhā, Rādhā, ''ārādhyate''.

	'''Devotee:''' Hmm . . . (indistinct)		'''Devotee:''' Hmm . . . (indistinct)

	'''Prabhupāda:''' So the ''gopī'' who worships Rādhārānī more than the other ''gopīs'' he sees Rādhārānī. So why, how can you say that there is no mention of Rādhārānī?		'''Prabhupāda:''' So the ''gopī'' who worships Rādhārānī more than the other gopīs he sees Rādhārānī. So why, how can you say that there is no mention of Rādhārānī?

	'''Devotee:''' . . . (indistinct)		'''Devotee:''' . . . (indistinct)
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	'''Acyutānanda:''' ''Jaya''.		'''Acyutānanda:''' ''Jaya''.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Then Tamal Kṛṣṇa has blessed him to become one of the ''gopīs''.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Then Tamal Kṛṣṇa has blessed him to become one of the gopīs.

	(laughter)		(laughter)

RasaRasika at 01:32, 5 September 2023

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RasaRasika: Text replacement - "Yaśodānandana:" to "'''Yaśodānandana:'''"

2023-09-03T05:25:31Z

Text replacement - "Yaśodānandana:" to "'''Yaśodānandana:'''"

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	Guru Kṛipa: Yes we met him there. (break)		Guru Kṛipa: Yes we met him there. (break)

	Yaśodānandana: . . . with us to Cuttack and Māyāpura. And he lived for three. He tried for some time then he followed all the principles and regulations for the last six months and he shaved up his head after a few days and he has been keeping on regularly doing preaching outside every day.		'''Yaśodānandana:''' . . . with us to Cuttack and Māyāpura. And he lived for three. He tried for some time then he followed all the principles and regulations for the last six months and he shaved up his head after a few days and he has been keeping on regularly doing preaching outside every day.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' So you recommend him?		'''Prabhupāda:''' So you recommend him?
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	Gurudasa: Yes we recommend him.		Gurudasa: Yes we recommend him.

	Yaśodānandana: (indistinct) . . . serious.		'''Yaśodānandana:''' (indistinct) . . . serious.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Then . . . (indistinct)		'''Prabhupāda:''' Then . . . (indistinct)
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	Gurudasa: Bhavānanda has also recommended him.		Gurudasa: Bhavānanda has also recommended him.

	Yaśodānandana: Also . . . (indistinct) . . . has been initiated by Your Divine Grace a few months ago or a year ago and I think he's very much fit for ''brāhmin'' . . . (indistinct) . . . Gāyatrī.		'''Yaśodānandana:''' Also . . . (indistinct) . . . has been initiated by Your Divine Grace a few months ago or a year ago and I think he's very much fit for ''brāhmin'' . . . (indistinct) . . . Gāyatrī.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' So where is he?		'''Prabhupāda:''' So where is he?

	Yaśodānandana: A tall boy, Pāñcajanya very tall, tall boy,		'''Yaśodānandana:''' A tall boy, Pāñcajanya very tall, tall boy,

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Ah.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Ah.

	Yaśodānandana: he's the tall boy		'''Yaśodānandana:''' he's the tall boy

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Ah.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Ah.

	Yaśodānandana: very serious . . . (indistinct)		'''Yaśodānandana:''' very serious . . . (indistinct)

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Ah where he is now?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Ah where he is now?

	Yaśodānandana: He is now (break)		'''Yaśodānandana:''' He is now (break)

	'''Mahāṁsa:''' Can you tell us something about the philosophy of . . . is there any difference in the philosophies of the four ''sampradāyas''?		'''Mahāṁsa:''' Can you tell us something about the philosophy of . . . is there any difference in the philosophies of the four ''sampradāyas''?
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	"''Avaiṣṇava'' cannot describe Kṛṣṇa. Not . . . or neither by his description one can understand Kṛṣṇa."		"''Avaiṣṇava'' cannot describe Kṛṣṇa. Not . . . or neither by his description one can understand Kṛṣṇa."

	Yaśodānandana: What about that Ramakrishna? When I was in South India I met many people they seemed to place so much faith upon him. But seeing this philosophy that they are propounding it is not so much sound. This Ramakrishna, what is the fate of such kind of person? What is the actual fate? Destination?		'''Yaśodānandana:''' What about that Ramakrishna? When I was in South India I met many people they seemed to place so much faith upon him. But seeing this philosophy that they are propounding it is not so much sound. This Ramakrishna, what is the fate of such kind of person? What is the actual fate? Destination?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Ramakrishna?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Ramakrishna?

	Yaśodānandana: Hm.		'''Yaśodānandana:''' Hm.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Mission?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Mission?

	Yaśodānandana: Hm.		'''Yaśodānandana:''' Hm.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' So if you go to a quock .		'''Prabhupāda:''' So if you go to a quock .
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	(laughter)		(laughter)

	Yaśodānandana: He has misled so many people.		'''Yaśodānandana:''' He has misled so many people.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Everyone, misleading is there already but why should you be misled?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Everyone, misleading is there already but why should you be misled?

	Yaśodānandana: I am not misled.		'''Yaśodānandana:''' I am not misled.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' No I mean to say the person who is misled. And his question is, "What is the value of this." You are misled, he is misleader, what to talk about this? And if we talk and if we tell the truth then people will be angry. ''Mūrkhāyopadeśo hi prakopāya na śāntaye'' (''Hitopadeśa'' 3.4), "You cannot pacify a rascal by giving good instruction. He will be more angry. Better avoid."		'''Prabhupāda:''' No I mean to say the person who is misled. And his question is, "What is the value of this." You are misled, he is misleader, what to talk about this? And if we talk and if we tell the truth then people will be angry. ''Mūrkhāyopadeśo hi prakopāya na śāntaye'' (''Hitopadeśa'' 3.4), "You cannot pacify a rascal by giving good instruction. He will be more angry. Better avoid."
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yeah.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yeah.

	Yaśodānandana: What is the diff . . .		'''Yaśodānandana:''' What is the diff . . .

	'''Prabhupāda:''' ''Jaya rādhā-mādhava'' . . .		'''Prabhupāda:''' ''Jaya rādhā-mādhava'' . . .
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	'''Devotees:''' A mouse.		'''Devotees:''' A mouse.

	Yaśodānandana: It sat under your feet then she went away.		'''Yaśodānandana:''' It sat under your feet then she went away.

	(laughter)		(laughter)

RasaRasika: Text replacement - "Pañcadraviḍa:" to "'''Pañcadraviḍa:'''"

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	'''Prabhupāda:''' No some of them . . . (indistinct) . . . Now Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas there are many Māyāvādīs. (laughs) There are many Māyāvādīs, this Bābājīs they are almost Māyāvādīs. Sahajiyās.		'''Prabhupāda:''' No some of them . . . (indistinct) . . . Now Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas there are many Māyāvādīs. (laughs) There are many Māyāvādīs, this Bābājīs they are almost Māyāvādīs. Sahajiyās.

	Pañcadraviḍa: In the ''Bhāgavata'' it is said that, "Just as the birds fly in the air according to their capacity so the great sages may explain the absolute truth according to their realisation." So is this why the different ''ācāryas'' they explain different concepts?		'''Pañcadraviḍa:''' In the ''Bhāgavata'' it is said that, "Just as the birds fly in the air according to their capacity so the great sages may explain the absolute truth according to their realisation." So is this why the different ''ācāryas'' they explain different concepts?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Not different concepts, in different ways.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Not different concepts, in different ways.

	Pañcadraviḍa: Is it because of . . . (indistinct) . . .?		'''Pañcadraviḍa:''' Is it because of . . . (indistinct) . . .?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' It can be understandable that I have already explained. That the ''viśiṣṭādvaita, māyā jīva'' and Kṛṣṇa are taken together, they are one. Diversity in unity, they are all one but there is diversity. The University department, the criminal department, the judicial department there are so many departments of the government but altogether they are one. This is ''viśiṣṭādvaita''.		'''Prabhupāda:''' It can be understandable that I have already explained. That the ''viśiṣṭādvaita, māyā jīva'' and Kṛṣṇa are taken together, they are one. Diversity in unity, they are all one but there is diversity. The University department, the criminal department, the judicial department there are so many departments of the government but altogether they are one. This is ''viśiṣṭādvaita''.
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	What do you think? How do you adjust?		What do you think? How do you adjust?

	Pañcadraviḍa: Well Mahāprabhu he has explained it.		'''Pañcadraviḍa:''' Well Mahāprabhu he has explained it.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Ah.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Ah.

	Pañcadraviḍa: Very clearly.		'''Pañcadraviḍa:''' Very clearly.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Ah. Because the government maintains the criminal department it should not be understood that government is under criminal department, because Kṛṣṇa maintains ''māyā'' that does not mean that Kṛṣṇa is under . . . ''māyāṁ ca tad-apāśrayām'' ([[SB 1.7.4\|SB 1.7.4]]). Vyāsadeva saw ''māyā'' and Kṛṣṇa together.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Ah. Because the government maintains the criminal department it should not be understood that government is under criminal department, because Kṛṣṇa maintains ''māyā'' that does not mean that Kṛṣṇa is under . . . ''māyāṁ ca tad-apāśrayām'' ([[SB 1.7.4\|SB 1.7.4]]). Vyāsadeva saw ''māyā'' and Kṛṣṇa together.
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	'''Acyutānanda:''' Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī patted him on the head. And he said that, "Wherever Bhaktisiddhānta used to sit down it seemed like the whole scenery was centred around him. He was so magnificent." He was telling. He tied up his cloth like a ''sannyāsī'' and he showed how he used to walk into the village. "He wouldn't look at anything directly but he would be looking at a distance," he was explaining.		'''Acyutānanda:''' Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī patted him on the head. And he said that, "Wherever Bhaktisiddhānta used to sit down it seemed like the whole scenery was centred around him. He was so magnificent." He was telling. He tied up his cloth like a ''sannyāsī'' and he showed how he used to walk into the village. "He wouldn't look at anything directly but he would be looking at a distance," he was explaining.

	Pañcadraviḍa: I understand they liked him very much because he would even take water from the hands of Mohammedan's . . .		'''Pañcadraviḍa:''' I understand they liked him very much because he would even take water from the hands of Mohammedan's . . .

	'''Prabhupāda:''' But what is their attitude towards our men?		'''Prabhupāda:''' But what is their attitude towards our men?
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	(laughter)		(laughter)

	Pañcadraviḍa: How does a ''mahā-bhāgavata'' see this kind of a mouse?		'''Pañcadraviḍa:''' How does a ''mahā-bhāgavata'' see this kind of a mouse?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' A living entity.		'''Prabhupāda:''' A living entity.

	Pañcadraviḍa: As a part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa?		'''Pañcadraviḍa:''' As a part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Oh yes and actually it is so. He has got a different dress only. Suppose there are many gentlemen we don't see the dress you see so many gentlemen that is all. Don't discriminate them because one has got different dress from another. Is it not?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Oh yes and actually it is so. He has got a different dress only. Suppose there are many gentlemen we don't see the dress you see so many gentlemen that is all. Don't discriminate them because one has got different dress from another. Is it not?
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' You take care.		'''Prabhupāda:''' You take care.

	Pañcadraviḍa: You can defend?		'''Pañcadraviḍa:''' You can defend?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' That's all. But you must see that he is part and parcel. Just like your child suppose he is doing something mischief do you discard him? You take care of him. And you take care that the child may not commit any mischief. That is your duty but you cannot say, "Because this child is creating some disturbance cut his throat." You cannot say that.		'''Prabhupāda:''' That's all. But you must see that he is part and parcel. Just like your child suppose he is doing something mischief do you discard him? You take care of him. And you take care that the child may not commit any mischief. That is your duty but you cannot say, "Because this child is creating some disturbance cut his throat." You cannot say that.

RasaRasika: Text replacement - "Mahāṁsa:" to "'''Mahāṁsa:'''"

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	Yaśodānandana: He is now (break)		Yaśodānandana: He is now (break)

	Mahāṁsa: Can you tell us something about the philosophy of . . . is there any difference in the philosophies of the four ''sampradāyas''?		'''Mahāṁsa:''' Can you tell us something about the philosophy of . . . is there any difference in the philosophies of the four ''sampradāyas''?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Not very. Caitanya Mahāprabhu has summarised all the Vaiṣṇava philosophies in ''acintya-bhedābheda-tattva''. Simultaneously one and difference. Some of the philosophers they say ''māyā'' and Kṛṣṇa they are different. Some of them says ''māyā'' although different is attached with . . . is Kṛṣṇa's . . .		'''Prabhupāda:''' Not very. Caitanya Mahāprabhu has summarised all the Vaiṣṇava philosophies in ''acintya-bhedābheda-tattva''. Simultaneously one and difference. Some of the philosophers they say ''māyā'' and Kṛṣṇa they are different. Some of them says ''māyā'' although different is attached with . . . is Kṛṣṇa's . . .
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	This is the way to understand it. Criminal department is not different from government but that does not mean government is criminal. Similarly ''māyā'' is not different from Kṛṣṇa, that does not mean that Kṛṣṇa is under ''māyā''.		This is the way to understand it. Criminal department is not different from government but that does not mean government is criminal. Similarly ''māyā'' is not different from Kṛṣṇa, that does not mean that Kṛṣṇa is under ''māyā''.

	Mahāṁsa: He is controlling ''māyā''?		'''Mahāṁsa:''' He is controlling ''māyā''?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. Kṛṣṇa has got connection with ''māyā'' as controller and we have got connection with ''māyā'' as controlled,		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. Kṛṣṇa has got connection with ''māyā'' as controller and we have got connection with ''māyā'' as controlled,

	Mahāṁsa: Controlled.		'''Mahāṁsa:''' Controlled.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' . . . that is the difference. In the broader sense nothing is different from Kṛṣṇa. That is explained in ''Bhagavad-gītā, mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni na'' (''cā'') ''haṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ'' (BG 9.4) "Everything is resting on Me but I am not there."		'''Prabhupāda:''' . . . that is the difference. In the broader sense nothing is different from Kṛṣṇa. That is explained in ''Bhagavad-gītā, mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni na'' (''cā'') ''haṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ'' (BG 9.4) "Everything is resting on Me but I am not there."
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	That ''viśiṣṭādvaita'', Rāmānujācārya, he says that, "God ''māyā'' and the ''jīva'' all together are the absolute truth." That is called ''viśiṣṭādvaita''.		That ''viśiṣṭādvaita'', Rāmānujācārya, he says that, "God ''māyā'' and the ''jīva'' all together are the absolute truth." That is called ''viśiṣṭādvaita''.

	Mahāṁsa: That is the Rāmānujācārya-sampradāya?		'''Mahāṁsa:''' That is the Rāmānujācārya-sampradāya?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes Rāmānuja. And Madhvācārya ''dvaita-vāda'', "God is different from ''jīvas'' and ''māyā''," that is ''dvaita-vāda''. And someone ''dvaita-advaita'', different and non-different like ''acintya-bhedābheda''. In this way different ''ācāryas'' have explained the same thing in a very explicit way according to their . . . but all of them are Vaiṣṇava philosophy.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes Rāmānuja. And Madhvācārya ''dvaita-vāda'', "God is different from ''jīvas'' and ''māyā''," that is ''dvaita-vāda''. And someone ''dvaita-advaita'', different and non-different like ''acintya-bhedābheda''. In this way different ''ācāryas'' have explained the same thing in a very explicit way according to their . . . but all of them are Vaiṣṇava philosophy.
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	Similarly, ''paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ'' ([[BG 5.18 (1972)\|BG 5.18]]) ''paṇḍitāḥ'' who is learned he sees everyone is Kṛṣṇa's part and parcel but he is playing differently, just like an actor on the stage by different dress playing . . . (indistinct) . . . Otherwise they are one.		Similarly, ''paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ'' ([[BG 5.18 (1972)\|BG 5.18]]) ''paṇḍitāḥ'' who is learned he sees everyone is Kṛṣṇa's part and parcel but he is playing differently, just like an actor on the stage by different dress playing . . . (indistinct) . . . Otherwise they are one.

	Mahāṁsa: When the part and parcel is acting very much in ignorance and suppose like for example it is trying to take away your ''prasādam'' or it is trying to bite you or something like that then . . .		'''Mahāṁsa:''' When the part and parcel is acting very much in ignorance and suppose like for example it is trying to take away your ''prasādam'' or it is trying to bite you or something like that then . . .

	'''Prabhupāda:''' You take care.		'''Prabhupāda:''' You take care.
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' That's all. But you must see that he is part and parcel. Just like your child suppose he is doing something mischief do you discard him? You take care of him. And you take care that the child may not commit any mischief. That is your duty but you cannot say, "Because this child is creating some disturbance cut his throat." You cannot say that.		'''Prabhupāda:''' That's all. But you must see that he is part and parcel. Just like your child suppose he is doing something mischief do you discard him? You take care of him. And you take care that the child may not commit any mischief. That is your duty but you cannot say, "Because this child is creating some disturbance cut his throat." You cannot say that.

	Mahāṁsa: Whew. So if there are mosquitoes who are troubling.		'''Mahāṁsa:''' Whew. So if there are mosquitoes who are troubling.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Same way.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Same way.

	Mahāṁsa: Same . . .		'''Mahāṁsa:''' Same . . .

	'''Prabhupāda:''' If there is mosquitoes you have a mosquito carton but you cannot kill them. That is the principal.		'''Prabhupāda:''' If there is mosquitoes you have a mosquito carton but you cannot kill them. That is the principal.

	Mahāṁsa: Yes.		'''Mahāṁsa:''' Yes.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Anyone, you take precautions you have got human brain, you take precaution that they may not create mischief. But they by nature they have got a body of like that—but because they have a different body you cannot kill them. Although it is said when one is an aggressor, you can kill.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Anyone, you take precautions you have got human brain, you take precaution that they may not create mischief. But they by nature they have got a body of like that—but because they have a different body you cannot kill them. Although it is said when one is an aggressor, you can kill.
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' So we have no other alternative than to become Kṛṣṇa conscious, otherwise you will be foiled by police actions so many ways, so many times. Tell them frankly.		'''Prabhupāda:''' So we have no other alternative than to become Kṛṣṇa conscious, otherwise you will be foiled by police actions so many ways, so many times. Tell them frankly.

	Mahāṁsa: Yeah.		'''Mahāṁsa:''' Yeah.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' That if you don’t become Kṛṣṇa conscious then your life is doomed. However you may be learned and very scholarly, <span style="color:#ff9933">palai bar path nai Yama ache piche.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(There is no escape as Yamarāja is waiting behind.)</span> He is noting down.		'''Prabhupāda:''' That if you don’t become Kṛṣṇa conscious then your life is doomed. However you may be learned and very scholarly, <span style="color:#ff9933">palai bar path nai Yama ache piche.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(There is no escape as Yamarāja is waiting behind.)</span> He is noting down.
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	But if you think, "Let me do something criminal for my sense gratification Kṛṣṇa is there he will protect me," oh that is the greatest criminality. ''Namno balād yasya hi pāpa-buddhiḥ'', that is not excused.		But if you think, "Let me do something criminal for my sense gratification Kṛṣṇa is there he will protect me," oh that is the greatest criminality. ''Namno balād yasya hi pāpa-buddhiḥ'', that is not excused.

	Mahāṁsa: Sometimes a devotee falls into ''māyā'', does Kṛṣṇa protect him then?		'''Mahāṁsa:''' Sometimes a devotee falls into ''māyā'', does Kṛṣṇa protect him then?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. He'll protect. If he is actually . . . but if he is cheating Kṛṣṇa.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. He'll protect. If he is actually . . . but if he is cheating Kṛṣṇa.

	Mahāṁsa: Knowingly?		'''Mahāṁsa:''' Knowingly?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Knowingly, he is going to some sinful activities and he is cheating his spiritual master and Kṛṣṇa, "Oh I'm going to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa." Then that is cheating, you cannot cheat Kṛṣṇa that is not possible, that is not possible.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Knowingly, he is going to some sinful activities and he is cheating his spiritual master and Kṛṣṇa, "Oh I'm going to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa." Then that is cheating, you cannot cheat Kṛṣṇa that is not possible, that is not possible.

	Mahāṁsa: He is only cheating himself.		'''Mahāṁsa:''' He is only cheating himself.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes, you cannot cheat Kṛṣṇa. Just like Hiraṇyakaśipu he wanted to cheat Kṛṣṇa he'll not die, but he cheated himself. He forgot to ask for one benediction that, "I shall not die on the lap of Hiraṇya."		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes, you cannot cheat Kṛṣṇa. Just like Hiraṇyakaśipu he wanted to cheat Kṛṣṇa he'll not die, but he cheated himself. He forgot to ask for one benediction that, "I shall not die on the lap of Hiraṇya."
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Is not possible.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Is not possible.

	Mahāṁsa: (indistinct) . . . on the hand or anywhere I heard.		'''Mahāṁsa:''' (indistinct) . . . on the hand or anywhere I heard.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' But these rascals they think that, "We are more intelligent than Kṛṣṇa."		'''Prabhupāda:''' But these rascals they think that, "We are more intelligent than Kṛṣṇa."
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	There is no enviousness there is open acceptance so, "My Godbrother or this devotee is so nice, he is doing so nicely how he can do it?" That is appreciation and exaltation, that is Vaikuṇṭha world. You cannot become envious.		There is no enviousness there is open acceptance so, "My Godbrother or this devotee is so nice, he is doing so nicely how he can do it?" That is appreciation and exaltation, that is Vaikuṇṭha world. You cannot become envious.

	Mahāṁsa: Is there also competition in the spiritual world?		'''Mahāṁsa:''' Is there also competition in the spiritual world?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Hmm?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Hmm?

	Mahāṁsa: Competition?		'''Mahāṁsa:''' Competition?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes competition just like here, "Oh . . . (indistinct) . . . this devotee has advanced so much I cannot do, let me follow his footsteps so then I can do." That's not competition.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes competition just like here, "Oh . . . (indistinct) . . . this devotee has advanced so much I cannot do, let me follow his footsteps so then I can do." That's not competition.

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	'''Acyutānanda:''' Gauracandra Gosvāmī is telling Prabhupāda that ah, that it started raining just so that the ''kīrtana'' would happen in front of Dāmodara and then it stopped raining so that we could go back into the ''samādhi'' grounds. Actually he was just trying to get us out of the front courtyard. Prabhupāda said: "Wherever there is . . . whenever there is ''kīrtana'' it is in front of Lord Dāmodara."		'''Acyutānanda:''' Gauracandra Gosvāmī is telling Prabhupāda that ah, that it started raining just so that the ''kīrtana'' would happen in front of Dāmodara and then it stopped raining so that we could go back into the ''samādhi'' grounds. Actually he was just trying to get us out of the front courtyard. Prabhupāda said: "Wherever there is . . . whenever there is ''kīrtana'' it is in front of Lord Dāmodara."

	Ānandamoya: Śrīla Prabhupāda, I would like to ask you if it is possible to receive initiation from you.		'''Ānandamoya:''' Śrīla Prabhupāda, I would like to ask you if it is possible to receive initiation from you.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Eh? What is that question?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Eh? What is that question?
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	'''Devotee:''' Again? Louder.		'''Devotee:''' Again? Louder.

	Ānandamoya: I would like to ask you if it is possible if you can give me initiation?		'''Ānandamoya:''' I would like to ask you if it is possible if you can give me initiation?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Initiation.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Initiation.
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	'''Devotee:''' Initiation.		'''Devotee:''' Initiation.

	Ānandamoya: Yes.		'''Ānandamoya:''' Yes.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Wherefrom you are coming?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Wherefrom you are coming?

	Ānandamoya: I have been six months in Calcutta, my home is in France and I met some members of the society some of the disciples in Bihar. I was touring in India with . . . (indistinct) . . . for one year about and fortunately I met some members there near . . . (indistinct) . . . Madhura. Madhuriya . . . (indistinct)		'''Ānandamoya:''' I have been six months in Calcutta, my home is in France and I met some members of the society some of the disciples in Bihar. I was touring in India with . . . (indistinct) . . . for one year about and fortunately I met some members there near . . . (indistinct) . . . Madhura. Madhuriya . . . (indistinct)

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Madhupur.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Madhupur.

	Ānandamoya: Madhupur.		'''Ānandamoya:''' Madhupur.

	Guru Kṛipa: Madhuroy.		Guru Kṛipa: Madhuroy.

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	Acyutānanda: Gauracandra Gosvāmī is telling Prabhupāda that ah, that it started raining just so that the ''kīrtana'' would happen in front of Dāmodara and then it stopped raining so that we could go back into the ''samādhi'' grounds. Actually he was just trying to get us out of the front courtyard. Prabhupāda said: "Wherever there is . . . whenever there is ''kīrtana'' it is in front of Lord Dāmodara."		'''Acyutānanda:''' Gauracandra Gosvāmī is telling Prabhupāda that ah, that it started raining just so that the ''kīrtana'' would happen in front of Dāmodara and then it stopped raining so that we could go back into the ''samādhi'' grounds. Actually he was just trying to get us out of the front courtyard. Prabhupāda said: "Wherever there is . . . whenever there is ''kīrtana'' it is in front of Lord Dāmodara."

	Ānandamoya: Śrīla Prabhupāda, I would like to ask you if it is possible to receive initiation from you.		Ānandamoya: Śrīla Prabhupāda, I would like to ask you if it is possible to receive initiation from you.
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes Rāmānuja. And Madhvācārya ''dvaita-vāda'', "God is different from ''jīvas'' and ''māyā''," that is ''dvaita-vāda''. And someone ''dvaita-advaita'', different and non-different like ''acintya-bhedābheda''. In this way different ''ācāryas'' have explained the same thing in a very explicit way according to their . . . but all of them are Vaiṣṇava philosophy.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes Rāmānuja. And Madhvācārya ''dvaita-vāda'', "God is different from ''jīvas'' and ''māyā''," that is ''dvaita-vāda''. And someone ''dvaita-advaita'', different and non-different like ''acintya-bhedābheda''. In this way different ''ācāryas'' have explained the same thing in a very explicit way according to their . . . but all of them are Vaiṣṇava philosophy.

	Acyutānanda: Śrīla Prabhupāda, are all these ''sampradāyas'' still bona-fide at the present time?		'''Acyutānanda:''' Śrīla Prabhupāda, are all these ''sampradāyas'' still bona-fide at the present time?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' No some of them . . . (indistinct) . . . Now Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas there are many Māyāvādīs. (laughs) There are many Māyāvādīs, this Bābājīs they are almost Māyāvādīs. Sahajiyās.		'''Prabhupāda:''' No some of them . . . (indistinct) . . . Now Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas there are many Māyāvādīs. (laughs) There are many Māyāvādīs, this Bābājīs they are almost Māyāvādīs. Sahajiyās.
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	'''Devotee:''' ''rāma rāghava''		'''Devotee:''' ''rāma rāghava''

	Acyutānanda: In Hyderabad that was a conjecture that Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Rāma.		'''Acyutānanda:''' In Hyderabad that was a conjecture that Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Rāma.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Ah.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Ah.
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	(aside) Why don't you open that? Eh? Hm?		(aside) Why don't you open that? Eh? Hm?

	Acyutānanda: That Hare Rāma does it mean Rādhā Ramana or does it mean Balarāma?		'''Acyutānanda:''' That Hare Rāma does it mean Rādhā Ramana or does it mean Balarāma?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' No. Rāma. Hare Rāma. ''Rāma'' means—who enjoys, enjoyer, ''ramante. Ramante yogino 'nante satyānande cid-ātmani iti rāma'' (''Cc Madhya'' 9.29). ''Rāma'' means Ramaṇa also—enjoyer. ''Rāma'' means Lord Rāmacandra, ''Rāma'' means Balarāma so different positions we can accept. Different.		'''Prabhupāda:''' No. Rāma. Hare Rāma. ''Rāma'' means—who enjoys, enjoyer, ''ramante. Ramante yogino 'nante satyānande cid-ātmani iti rāma'' (''Cc Madhya'' 9.29). ''Rāma'' means Ramaṇa also—enjoyer. ''Rāma'' means Lord Rāmacandra, ''Rāma'' means Balarāma so different positions we can accept. Different.
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' You can say Rādhā-Rāma—the same meaning. Rādhā-Ramaṇa or Rādhā-Rāma now if even Lord Rāma can come Rādhā.		'''Prabhupāda:''' You can say Rādhā-Rāma—the same meaning. Rādhā-Ramaṇa or Rādhā-Rāma now if even Lord Rāma can come Rādhā.

	Acyutānanda: Many people say that Rādhārānī does not appear in the ''Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,'' there is no mention.		'''Acyutānanda:''' Many people say that Rādhārānī does not appear in the ''Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,'' there is no mention.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' . . . (indistinct)		'''Prabhupāda:''' . . . (indistinct)

	Acyutānanda: Yes. (break) I once heard you explain to somebody where this is mentioned exactly.		'''Acyutānanda:''' Yes. (break) I once heard you explain to somebody where this is mentioned exactly.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Hmm? ''Ārādhyate, anayārādhyate'', when the ''gopīs'' saw that Kṛṣṇa had been separated with Rādhārānī then they understood that She worships Kṛṣṇa more than anyone. So the gopī who worships Kṛṣṇa, satisfies Kṛṣṇa more than others that is Rādhārānī. ''Ārādhate, ārādhyate'' it is Rādhā, Rādhā, ''ārādhyate''.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Hmm? ''Ārādhyate, anayārādhyate'', when the ''gopīs'' saw that Kṛṣṇa had been separated with Rādhārānī then they understood that She worships Kṛṣṇa more than anyone. So the gopī who worships Kṛṣṇa, satisfies Kṛṣṇa more than others that is Rādhārānī. ''Ārādhate, ārādhyate'' it is Rādhā, Rādhā, ''ārādhyate''.
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Then? Then what is the use?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Then? Then what is the use?

	Acyutānanda: Jayapatāka.		'''Acyutānanda:''' Jayapatāka.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Eh?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Eh?
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' That is not his business.		'''Prabhupāda:''' That is not his business.

	Acyutānanda: Somebody said Jayapatāka Ali.		'''Acyutānanda:''' Somebody said Jayapatāka Ali.

	(laughter)		(laughter)
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Eh?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Eh?

	Acyutānanda: Tamal Kṛṣṇa Goswami.		'''Acyutānanda:''' Tamal Kṛṣṇa Goswami.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' What is the meaning of ''Ali''?		'''Prabhupāda:''' What is the meaning of ''Ali''?

	Acyutānanda: Because all the Mohammedan's there, there name is Ali. And there the culture is agriculturalist. So he is ploughing next to them side-by-side. So Tamal Kṛṣṇa Goswami said Jayapatāka Ali.		'''Acyutānanda:''' Because all the Mohammedan's there, there name is Ali. And there the culture is agriculturalist. So he is ploughing next to them side-by-side. So Tamal Kṛṣṇa Goswami said Jayapatāka Ali.

	(laughter)		(laughter)
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' ''Alī'' means the ''gopī''.		'''Prabhupāda:''' ''Alī'' means the ''gopī''.

	Acyutānanda: ''Jaya''.		'''Acyutānanda:''' ''Jaya''.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Then Tamal Kṛṣṇa has blessed him to become one of the ''gopīs''.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Then Tamal Kṛṣṇa has blessed him to become one of the ''gopīs''.
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	(laughter)		(laughter)

	Acyutānanda: Yeah.		'''Acyutānanda:''' Yeah.

	Gurudasa: Alī-Kṛṣṇa like Kāliya-Kṛṣṇa?		Gurudasa: Alī-Kṛṣṇa like Kāliya-Kṛṣṇa?
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' ''Jaya rādhā-mādhava'' . . .		'''Prabhupāda:''' ''Jaya rādhā-mādhava'' . . .

	Acyutānanda: One of the Mohammedan farmers there . . .		'''Acyutānanda:''' One of the Mohammedan farmers there . . .

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Ah.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Ah.

	Acyutānanda: . . . was describing how he met Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī. He used to walk into the Mohammedan village and he said when he was a little boy he patted him on the head.		'''Acyutānanda:''' . . . was describing how he met Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī. He used to walk into the Mohammedan village and he said when he was a little boy he patted him on the head.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Hm?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Hm?

	Acyutānanda: Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī patted him on the head. And he said that, "Wherever Bhaktisiddhānta used to sit down it seemed like the whole scenery was centred around him. He was so magnificent." He was telling. He tied up his cloth like a ''sannyāsī'' and he showed how he used to walk into the village. "He wouldn't look at anything directly but he would be looking at a distance," he was explaining.		'''Acyutānanda:''' Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī patted him on the head. And he said that, "Wherever Bhaktisiddhānta used to sit down it seemed like the whole scenery was centred around him. He was so magnificent." He was telling. He tied up his cloth like a ''sannyāsī'' and he showed how he used to walk into the village. "He wouldn't look at anything directly but he would be looking at a distance," he was explaining.

	Pañcadraviḍa: I understand they liked him very much because he would even take water from the hands of Mohammedan's . . .		Pañcadraviḍa: I understand they liked him very much because he would even take water from the hands of Mohammedan's . . .
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' But what is their attitude towards our men?		'''Prabhupāda:''' But what is their attitude towards our men?

	Acyutānanda: Very nice.		'''Acyutānanda:''' Very nice.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' That's nice.		'''Prabhupāda:''' That's nice.

	Acyutānanda: In fact this Mohammedan's father owned the land which is on Śrīvāsa-āṅgan and he gave it to Bhaktisiddhānta free because they had lots of land at that time. So he gave it to Bhaktisiddhānta		'''Acyutānanda:''' In fact this Mohammedan's father owned the land which is on Śrīvāsa-āṅgan and he gave it to Bhaktisiddhānta free because they had lots of land at that time. So he gave it to Bhaktisiddhānta

	'''Prabhupāda:''' So they are coming and taking ''prasādam''?		'''Prabhupāda:''' So they are coming and taking ''prasādam''?

	Acyutānanda: Yes.		'''Acyutānanda:''' Yes.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' That's nice. Both men and women?		'''Prabhupāda:''' That's nice. Both men and women?

	Acyutānanda: Yes. They say Hare Kṛṣṇa to us.		'''Acyutānanda:''' Yes. They say Hare Kṛṣṇa to us.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Oh. That's nice. That is our mission chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and take ''prasādam'' and go home.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Oh. That's nice. That is our mission chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and take ''prasādam'' and go home.
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' . . . and if you like you can stay with us, as you like.		'''Prabhupāda:''' . . . and if you like you can stay with us, as you like.

	Acyutānanda: Ah.		'''Acyutānanda:''' Ah.

	'''Devotee:''' It is very sublime.		'''Devotee:''' It is very sublime.

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	<span style="color:#ff9933">Asun. Kothay chilen etodin?</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Please come. Where had you been all these days?)</span> (break)		<span style="color:#ff9933">Asun. Kothay chilen etodin?</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Please come. Where had you been all these days?)</span> (break)

	Indian man: . . . <span style="color:#ff9933">asustha.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(sick.)</span>		'''Indian man:''' . . . <span style="color:#ff9933">asustha.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(sick.)</span>

	'''Prabhupāda:''' <span style="color:#ff9933">Buro hoye asche. Sharir sob . . . bolchena.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Getting old. The body is . . . not telling that.)</span>		'''Prabhupāda:''' <span style="color:#ff9933">Buro hoye asche. Sharir sob . . . bolchena.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Getting old. The body is . . . not telling that.)</span>

	Indian man: Oh.		'''Indian man:''' Oh.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' <span style="color:#ff9933">Khali Rupa gosvamir mato ekta choto kapar porlei rupanuga hoy na.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(You don't become Rupanuga just by wearing a short cloth like Rupa Goswami.)</span>		'''Prabhupāda:''' <span style="color:#ff9933">Khali Rupa gosvamir mato ekta choto kapar porlei rupanuga hoy na.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(You don't become Rupanuga just by wearing a short cloth like Rupa Goswami.)</span>

	Indian man: Oh. (laughs)		'''Indian man:''' Oh. (laughs)

	'''Prabhupāda:''' <span style="color:#ff9933">Tader ye samasta katha seguli sob mante hoy.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(You need to follow their instructions.)</span>		'''Prabhupāda:''' <span style="color:#ff9933">Tader ye samasta katha seguli sob mante hoy.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(You need to follow their instructions.)</span>

	Indian man: <span style="color:#ff9933">Mante hoy.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Yes, I need to follow.)</span>		'''Indian man:''' <span style="color:#ff9933">Mante hoy.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Yes, I need to follow.)</span>

	'''Prabhupāda:''' <span style="color:#ff9933">Tobe rupanuga hoy.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Then you become Rupanuga.)</span>		'''Prabhupāda:''' <span style="color:#ff9933">Tobe rupanuga hoy.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Then you become Rupanuga.)</span>

	Indian man: . . . (indistinct Bengali) (break)		'''Indian man:''' . . . (indistinct Bengali) (break)

	'''Prabhupāda:''' <span style="color:#ff9933">Er chobi ache.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(I have his photo.)</span> (break)		'''Prabhupāda:''' <span style="color:#ff9933">Er chobi ache.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(I have his photo.)</span> (break)

	Indian man: . . . (indistinct)		'''Indian man:''' . . . (indistinct)

	'''Prabhupāda:''' <span style="color:#ff9933">Besh bhalo.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Very good.)</span>		'''Prabhupāda:''' <span style="color:#ff9933">Besh bhalo.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Very good.)</span>

	Indian man: (indistinct) . . . (break)		'''Indian man:''' (indistinct) . . . (break)

	'''Prabhupāda:''' <span style="color:#ff9933">Eije . . . ei Philippine er dol.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(The group from the Philippines.)</span>		'''Prabhupāda:''' <span style="color:#ff9933">Eije . . . ei Philippine er dol.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(The group from the Philippines.)</span>

	Indian man: Huh.		'''Indian man:''' Huh.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' <span style="color:#ff9933">Era juto sob . . . tin mile . . . chere esche . . . ora.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(All the shoes . . . three miles . . . left here . . . it's they.)</span>		'''Prabhupāda:''' <span style="color:#ff9933">Era juto sob . . . tin mile . . . chere esche . . . ora.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(All the shoes . . . three miles . . . left here . . . it's they.)</span>

	Indian man: <span style="color:#ff9933">Tomar meye . . . (indistinct) . . . Yamuna athaba Mahaprabhu.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Your daughter . . . (indistinct) . . . Yamuna or Mahaprabhu.)</span>		'''Indian man:''' <span style="color:#ff9933">Tomar meye . . . (indistinct) . . . Yamuna athaba Mahaprabhu.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Your daughter . . . (indistinct) . . . Yamuna or Mahaprabhu.)</span>

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Huh.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Huh.

	Indian man:<span style="color:#ff9933"> Yamunar oi par tay sabai khub sundar sundar.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(On the other side of Yamuna all their faces are beautiful)</span> . . . (indistinct Hindi)		'''Indian man:'''<span style="color:#ff9933"> Yamunar oi par tay sabai khub sundar sundar.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(On the other side of Yamuna all their faces are beautiful)</span> . . . (indistinct Hindi)

	'''Prabhupāda:''' <span style="color:#ff9933">Sakole sundar.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Everyone is beautiful.)</span> (break)		'''Prabhupāda:''' <span style="color:#ff9933">Sakole sundar.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Everyone is beautiful.)</span> (break)
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	Gurudasa: Alternating on and off.		Gurudasa: Alternating on and off.

	Indian man: <span style="color:#ff9933">Prabhupader photo</span> <span style="color:#128807">(The photo of Prabhupāda)</span> . . . (indistinct Bengali)		'''Indian man:''' <span style="color:#ff9933">Prabhupader photo</span> <span style="color:#128807">(The photo of Prabhupāda)</span> . . . (indistinct Bengali)

	'''Prabhupāda:''' What?		'''Prabhupāda:''' What?

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	'''Acyutānanda:''' Śrīla Prabhupāda, are all these ''sampradāyas'' still bona-fide at the present time?		'''Acyutānanda:''' Śrīla Prabhupāda, are all these ''sampradāyas'' still bona-fide at the present time?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' No some of them . . . (indistinct) . . . ~~Now~~ Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas there are many Māyāvādīs. (laughs) There are many Māyāvādīs, this Bābājīs they are almost Māyāvādīs. Sahajiyās.		'''Prabhupāda:''' No some of them . . . (indistinct) . . . now Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas there are many Māyāvādīs. (laughs) There are many Māyāvādīs, this Bābājīs they are almost Māyāvādīs. Sahajiyās.

	'''Pañcadraviḍa:''' In the ''Bhāgavata'' it is said that, "Just as the birds fly in the air according to their capacity so the great sages may explain the absolute truth according to their realisation." So is this why the different ''ācāryas'' they explain different concepts?		'''Pañcadraviḍa:''' In the ''Bhāgavata'' it is said that, "Just as the birds fly in the air according to their capacity so the great sages may explain the absolute truth according to their realisation." So is this why the different ''ācāryas'' they explain different concepts?
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Not different concepts, in different ways.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Not different concepts, in different ways.

	'''Pañcadraviḍa:''' Is it because of . . . (indistinct) ~~. . .?~~		'''Pañcadraviḍa:''' Is it because of . . . (indistinct)

	'''Prabhupāda:''' It can be understandable that I have already explained. That the ''viśiṣṭādvaita, māyā jīva'' and Kṛṣṇa are taken together, they are one. Diversity in unity, they are all one but there is diversity. The University department, the criminal department, the judicial department there are so many departments of the government but altogether they are one. This is ''viśiṣṭādvaita''.		'''Prabhupāda:''' It can be understandable that I have already explained. That the ''viśiṣṭādvaita, māyā jīva'' and Kṛṣṇa are taken together, they are one. Diversity in unity, they are all one but there is diversity. The University department, the criminal department, the judicial department there are so many departments of the government but altogether they are one. This is ''viśiṣṭādvaita''.

	(break) the Vedic literature say, ''eko brahma dvitīya nāsti'', "There is only one Brahma." ''sarvaṁ hy etad brahma'' (''Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad'' 2), "Everything is Brahma." It is not difficult to understand that this is also government but government is not there. Not that because that if you say this criminal department is also government, that does not mean that the whole governments are criminal. Government is not at all criminal they have nothing to do with the criminality but the department is government.		(break) the Vedic literature say, ''eko brahma dvitīya nāsti'', "There is only one Brahma." ''sarvaṁ hy etad brahma'' (Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad 2), "Everything is Brahma." It is not difficult to understand that this is also government but government is not there. Not that because that if you say this criminal department is also government, that does not mean that the whole governments are criminal. Government is not at all criminal they have nothing to do with the criminality but the department is government.

	What do you think? How do you adjust?		What do you think? How do you adjust?
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	:''pūtaṁ hari-kathāmṛtam''		:''pūtaṁ hari-kathāmṛtam''
	:''śravaṇaṁ naiva kartavyaṁ''		:''śravaṇaṁ naiva kartavyaṁ''
	:(''Padma Purāṇa'')		:(Padma Purāṇa)

	"''Avaiṣṇava'' cannot describe Kṛṣṇa. Not . . . or neither by his description one can understand Kṛṣṇa."		"''Avaiṣṇava'' cannot describe Kṛṣṇa. Not . . . or neither by his description one can understand Kṛṣṇa."
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	'''Yaśodānandana:''' I am not misled.		'''Yaśodānandana:''' I am not misled.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' No I mean to say the person who is misled. And his question is, "What is the value of this." You are misled, he is misleader, what to talk about this? And if we talk and if we tell the truth then people will be angry. ''Mūrkhāyopadeśo hi prakopāya na śāntaye'' (''Hitopadeśa'' 3.4), "You cannot pacify a rascal by giving good instruction. He will be more angry. Better avoid."		'''Prabhupāda:''' No I mean to say the person who is misled. And his question is, "What is the value of this." You are misled, he is misleader, what to talk about this? And if we talk and if we tell the truth then people will be angry. ''Mūrkhāyopadeśo hi prakopāya na śāntaye'' (Hitopadeśa 3.4), "You cannot pacify a rascal by giving good instruction. He will be more angry. Better avoid."

	'''Gurudasa:''' Śrīla Prabhupāda?		'''Gurudasa:''' Śrīla Prabhupāda?
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	'''Devotee:''' In the fourth chapter in the fifth Canto it explains about Vyāsadeva's appearance and it says that when Vyāsa appeared there was an interchange of the millennium where the third millennium appeared before the second, ah and I never understood that.		'''Devotee:''' In the fourth chapter in the fifth Canto it explains about Vyāsadeva's appearance and it says that when Vyāsa appeared there was an interchange of the millennium where the third millennium appeared before the second, ah and I never understood that.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' ''Dvāpara''. ''dvāparānte'', ''dvāparānte'' means in the beginning of the Dvāpara-yuga. ''Dvāparānte'' . . . (indistinct) ~~. . .?~~		'''Prabhupāda:''' ''Dvāpara''. ''dvāparānte'', ''dvāparānte'' means in the beginning of the Dvāpara-yuga. ''Dvāparānte'' . . . (indistinct)

	'''Devotee:''' It says that, that ah, there was an interchange of the millennium's.		'''Devotee:''' It says that, that ah, there was an interchange of the millennium's.
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	'''Acyutānanda:''' That Hare Rāma does it mean Rādhā Ramana or does it mean Balarāma?		'''Acyutānanda:''' That Hare Rāma does it mean Rādhā Ramana or does it mean Balarāma?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' No. Rāma. Hare Rāma. ''Rāma'' means—who enjoys, enjoyer, ''ramante. Ramante yogino 'nante satyānande cid-ātmani iti rāma'' (''Cc Madhya'' 9.29). ''Rāma'' means Ramaṇa also—enjoyer. ''Rāma'' means Lord Rāmacandra, ''Rāma'' means Balarāma so different positions we can accept. Different.		'''Prabhupāda:''' No. Rāma. Hare Rāma. ''Rāma'' means—who enjoys, enjoyer, ''ramante. Ramante yogino 'nante satyānande cid-ātmani iti rāma'' (Cc Madhya 9.29). ''Rāma'' means Ramaṇa also—enjoyer. ''Rāma'' means Lord Rāmacandra, ''Rāma'' means Balarāma so different positions we can accept. Different.

	'''Devotee:''' Also someone . . .		'''Devotee:''' Also someone . . .
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. Before starting this movement I was always thinking that their Communist Party, there are so many political parties and we cannot form any party? Our method is so nice: chant Hare Kṛṣṇa dance and take ''prasādam''. What is the difficulty in forming a party?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. Before starting this movement I was always thinking that their Communist Party, there are so many political parties and we cannot form any party? Our method is so nice: chant Hare Kṛṣṇa dance and take ''prasādam''. What is the difficulty in forming a party?

	Hare Kṛṣṇa party, so now it has come in formation to expand this formation. Please come, chant Hare Kṛṣṇa dance and take ''prasādam''. What is the difficulty? And gradually when he is settled up he will understand the philosophy whatever . . . (indistinct) . . . In the beginning he will not understand. What is that, a mouse?		Hare Kṛṣṇa party, so now it has come in formation to expand this formation. Please come, chant Hare Kṛṣṇa dance and take ''prasādam''. What is the difficulty? And gradually when he is settled up he will understand the philosophy whatever . . . (indistinct) . . . in the beginning he will not understand. What is that, a mouse?

	'''Devotees:''' A mouse.		'''Devotees:''' A mouse.
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Oh yes and actually it is so. He has got a different dress only. Suppose there are many gentlemen we don't see the dress you see so many gentlemen that is all. Don't discriminate them because one has got different dress from another. Is it not?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Oh yes and actually it is so. He has got a different dress only. Suppose there are many gentlemen we don't see the dress you see so many gentlemen that is all. Don't discriminate them because one has got different dress from another. Is it not?

	Similarly, ''paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ'' ([[BG 5.18 (1972)\|BG 5.18]]) ''paṇḍitāḥ'' who is learned he sees everyone is Kṛṣṇa's part and parcel but he is playing differently, just like an actor on the stage by different dress playing . . . (indistinct) . . . ~~Otherwise~~ they are one.		Similarly, ''paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ'' ([[BG 5.18 (1972)\|BG 5.18]]) ''paṇḍitāḥ'' who is learned he sees everyone is Kṛṣṇa's part and parcel but he is playing differently, just like an actor on the stage by different dress playing . . . (indistinct) . . . otherwise they are one.

	'''Mahāṁsa:''' When the part and parcel is acting very much in ignorance and suppose like for example it is trying to take away your ''prasādam'' or it is trying to bite you or something like that then . . .		'''Mahāṁsa:''' When the part and parcel is acting very much in ignorance and suppose like for example it is trying to take away your ''prasādam'' or it is trying to bite you or something like that then . . .