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I say that every, at least, religious sect. I don't say others, nonreligious or agnostic. There are Christian, Muhammadan, Hindu, Sikhs, or any religious system, they have accepted that there is God, Supreme Truth

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Conversations and Morning Walks

1975 Conversations and Morning Walks

I say that every, at least, religious sect. I don't say others, nonreligious or agnostic. There are Christian, Muhammadan, Hindu, Sikhs, or any religious system, they have accepted that there is God, Supreme Truth.

Yogi Bhajan: No, there is one fundamental thing which this movement may not know. In Dasam Grantha, Guru Gobind Singh wrote down Kṛṣṇa avatāra.

Prabhupāda: God . . . you have got own God. God says: "Always think of Me."

Yogi Bhajan: Um-hmm. That's true.

Prabhupāda: So that's all right. The followers may think of Him. Man-manā. "You become My devotee. Become My devotee and worship Me and offer respect to Me," that's all. So we are teaching our student, "Here is God, Kṛṣṇa. You chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, always think of Him. Just offer your respect and worship Him. In this way become His devotee." We do not. . . spiritually, thing is . . . (indistinct) . . . That's all. And they are doing that, and they are getting the result. We do not say that "Sit down, press your nose, and meditate and this, that, or . . ." no. Simple thing. There is God; we have got our temple . . . (aside) Don't make now this sort of thing . . . simple thing. We have got our temple. We say that, "Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Here is God. And think of Him." As soon as you chant "Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa . . ." Everyone has got the beads. That means you are thinking of Kṛṣṇa, man-manā. And then we are offering respect, go to the temple and offer our obeisance. Very simple thing. So we accept Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So if you don't accept, then you must have your own God. Do that. But the followers of Vedic principle, they will accept Kṛṣṇa the Supreme Lord. Kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam (SB 1.3.28). I think somebody was telling me that Guru Nanak also accepted Kṛṣṇa as the supreme father. Is it a fact? I do not know.

Yogi Bhajan: No, we have in Siri Guru Grantha lot of things about Lord Rāma, about Lord Kṛṣṇa, about . . .

Prabhupāda: Now, what is Kṛṣṇa? How Kṛṣṇa is accepted? Is He accepted as the Supreme Lord?

Yogi Bhajan: Kṛṣṇa is accepted as incarnation of God.

Prabhupāda: Well, incarnation of God and God, there is no difference.

Yogi Bhajan: That's it. Also, there is a fundamental message in that, that as God created everyone, God created all of us, and in Sikh dharma God, whatever we want to call it, ultimate reality, beyond sunya-samādha, the truth, and Lord Kṛṣṇa in His incarnation taught, Lord Rāma taught. And what our problem at this time at the humanity is: the humanity is divided in many forms. And it is the inner hatred which people want to expel out.

Prabhupāda: Therefore I say that every, at least, religious sect. I don't say others, nonreligious or agnostic. There are Christian, Muhammadan, Hindu, Sikhs, or any religious system, they have accepted that there is God, Supreme Truth.

Yogi Bhajan: No, there is one fundamental thing which this movement may not know. In Dasam Grantha, Guru Gobind Singh wrote down Kṛṣṇa avatāra.

Prabhupāda: Avatāra . . .

Yogi Bhajan: Kṛṣṇa avatāra is in his own poetry. It is about Lord Kṛṣṇa. If somebody of these people who know Sanskrit and who know guru-mukhi can translate that part . . .

Prabhupāda: No, translate or not translate, we have already accept Kṛṣṇa, God. So if Guru Nanak has described Him as God, that's all right. Then if Kṛṣṇa is God, accepted by Guru Nanak, and Kṛṣṇa is God, accepted by us, why not put this God, one God?

Yogi Bhajan: Yeah. One God is all right. That everybody will agree. But everybody . . .

Prabhupāda: That one God, Kṛṣṇa, says: "I am the same. I am the one God, that Supreme Lord." Mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat. (aside:) Where is . . .? Find out this verse. Mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat kincid asti dhanañjaya.

Page Title:I say that every, at least, religious sect. I don't say others, nonreligious or agnostic. There are Christian, Muhammadan, Hindu, Sikhs, or any religious system, they have accepted that there is God, Supreme Truth
Compiler:SharmisthaK
Created:2023-04-21, 15:11:36
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1