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<h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
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Kṛṣṇa says, praṇavaḥ sarva-vedeṣu (BG 7.8): "I am the oṁkāra in all Vedic mantras." Oṁ tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padaṁ sadā paśyanti. Oṁkāra is as good. That is also Kṛṣṇa. So either you chant oṁkāra or Kṛṣṇa, there is no difference. But in the śāstras it is recommended that you chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, not oṁkāra. So you have to accept śāstra. And Caitanya Mahāprabhu practically demonstrated. He was chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa-varṇam, kṛṣṇaṁ varṇayati, Hare Kṛṣṇa. So we have to follow the śāstra and the great saintly person. Otherwise there is no difference between oṁkāra and Kṛṣṇa. But because śāstra recommends harer nāma harer nāma (CC Adi 17.21), we have to accept it.
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[[Vanisource:750412 - Lecture SB 05.05.02 - Hyderabad|750412 - Lecture SB 05.05.02 - Hyderabad]]
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Acyutānanda: Another question: "Why is oṁ not figured in your . . . (indistinct) . . .? All should come to the banner of oṁ instead of praying to so many gods. By doing so there would be unity throughout the land."

Prabhupāda: Kṛṣṇa says, praṇavaḥ sarva-vedeṣu ([[Vanisource:BG 7.8 (1972)|BG 7.8]]): "I am the oṁkāra in all Vedic mantras." Oṁ tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padaṁ sadā paśyanti. Oṁkāra is as good. That is also Kṛṣṇa. So either you chant oṁkāra or Kṛṣṇa, there is no difference. But in the śāstras it is recommended that you chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, not oṁkāra. So you have to accept śāstra. And Caitanya Mahāprabhu practically demonstrated. He was chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa-varṇam, kṛṣṇaṁ varṇayati, Hare Kṛṣṇa. So we have to follow the śāstra and the great saintly person. Otherwise there is no difference between oṁkāra and Kṛṣṇa. But because śāstra recommends harer nāma harer nāma ([[Vanisource:CC Adi 17.21|CC Adi 17.21]]), we have to accept it.

Mahāṁsa: There is a question here: "Please give brief resume of Swami A. C. Bhaktivedanta's life." I would just like to make a note that we have printed our recent Hare Kṛṣṇa Explosion fortnightly. It is available at the stall, bookstall near here. This issue has been dedicated to His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda, how he started this International Society for Krishna Consciousness and other achievements, books of Śrīla Prabhupāda. So if you would like to know, you can take one of these issues.
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