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| <div id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" class="section" sec_index="0" parent="compilation" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is"><h2>Bhagavad-gita As It Is</h2> | | <div id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" class="section" sec_index="0" parent="compilation" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is"><h2>Bhagavad-gita As It Is</h2> |
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| <div id="BG1045_0" class="quote" parent="BG_Chapters_7_-_12" book="BG" index="96" link="BG 10.4-5" link_text="BG 10.4-5"> | | <div id="BG1045_0" class="quote" parent="BG_Chapters_7_-_12" book="BG" index="96" link="BG 10.4-5" link_text="BG 10.4-5"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 10.4-5|BG 10.4-5, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">Satyam, truthfulness, means that facts should be presented as they are, for the benefit of others. Facts should not be misrepresented. According to social conventions, it is said that one can speak the truth only when it is palatable to others. But that is not truthfulness. The truth should be spoken in a straightforward way, so that others will understand actually what the facts are. If a man is a thief and if people are warned that he is a thief, that is truth. Although sometimes the truth is unpalatable, one should not refrain from speaking it. Truthfulness demands that the facts be presented as they are for the benefit of others. That is the definition of truth.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 10.4-5 (1972)|BG 10.4-5, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">Satyam, truthfulness, means that facts should be presented as they are, for the benefit of others. Facts should not be misrepresented. According to social conventions, it is said that one can speak the truth only when it is palatable to others. But that is not truthfulness. The truth should be spoken in a straightforward way, so that others will understand actually what the facts are. If a man is a thief and if people are warned that he is a thief, that is truth. Although sometimes the truth is unpalatable, one should not refrain from speaking it. Truthfulness demands that the facts be presented as they are for the benefit of others. That is the definition of truth.</p> |
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| <div id="RoomConversationwithCIDChiefJanuary31977Bombay_0" class="quote" parent="1977_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="6" link="Room Conversation with C.I.D. Chief -- January 3, 1977, Bombay" link_text="Room Conversation with C.I.D. Chief -- January 3, 1977, Bombay"> | | <div id="RoomConversationwithCIDChiefJanuary31977Bombay_0" class="quote" parent="1977_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="6" link="Room Conversation with C.I.D. Chief -- January 3, 1977, Bombay" link_text="Room Conversation with C.I.D. Chief -- January 3, 1977, Bombay"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation with C.I.D. Chief -- January 3, 1977, Bombay|Room Conversation with C.I.D. Chief -- January 3, 1977, Bombay]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">CID Chief: That is the truth, eternal truth. What you have said...</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation with C.I.D. Chief -- January 3, 1977, Bombay|Room Conversation with C.I.D. Chief -- January 3, 1977, Bombay]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">CID Chief: That is the truth, eternal truth. What you have said...</p> |
| <p>Prabhupāda: No, we are speaking about Kṛṣṇa. So if I say that Kṛṣṇa says like this and it is a fact, then what is our fault? But they are taking very serious, just like especially nowadays in Western country they are opposing that "This philosophy is a brainwash." So this is our position. Satyaṁ brūyāt priyaṁ brūyāt mā brūyāt satyam apriyam.(?) The world situation is that you can speak truth if it is palatable. And if it is unpalatable, don't speak. But this thing cannot be maintained when you are preaching spiritual life. There we cannot cheat. Spiritual life must be declared very frankly. Not that we have to declare; it is already declared. Kṛṣṇa says, dehino 'smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanam, tathā dehāntara-prāptiḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 2.13|BG 2.13]]). The spirit soul is within this body. The body is different from the spirit soul, and as it is changing—the body is changing—similarly, after death, so-called death... Because spirit has no death, no birth. Na jāyate na mriyate vā. So this knowledge is the beginning of spiritual life. And if you are preaching, they are opposing us. India also opposing. This is our position. They take Bhagavad-gītā and they mislead them. And we are presenting Bhagavad-gītā as it is. That is our fault. So what we can do. Can you suggest?</p> | | <p>Prabhupāda: No, we are speaking about Kṛṣṇa. So if I say that Kṛṣṇa says like this and it is a fact, then what is our fault? But they are taking very serious, just like especially nowadays in Western country they are opposing that "This philosophy is a brainwash." So this is our position. Satyaṁ brūyāt priyaṁ brūyāt mā brūyāt satyam apriyam.(?) The world situation is that you can speak truth if it is palatable. And if it is unpalatable, don't speak. But this thing cannot be maintained when you are preaching spiritual life. There we cannot cheat. Spiritual life must be declared very frankly. Not that we have to declare; it is already declared. Kṛṣṇa says, dehino 'smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanam, tathā dehāntara-prāptiḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 2.13 (1972)|BG 2.13]]). The spirit soul is within this body. The body is different from the spirit soul, and as it is changing—the body is changing—similarly, after death, so-called death... Because spirit has no death, no birth. Na jāyate na mriyate vā. So this knowledge is the beginning of spiritual life. And if you are preaching, they are opposing us. India also opposing. This is our position. They take Bhagavad-gītā and they mislead them. And we are presenting Bhagavad-gītā as it is. That is our fault. So what we can do. Can you suggest?</p> |
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| <div id="LettertoSriRameshjiMahalingamVrindaban31August1975_0" class="quote" parent="1975_Correspondence" book="Let" index="485" link="Letter to Sri Rameshji Mahalingam -- Vrindaban 31 August, 1975" link_text="Letter to Sri Rameshji Mahalingam -- Vrindaban 31 August, 1975"> | | <div id="LettertoSriRameshjiMahalingamVrindaban31August1975_0" class="quote" parent="1975_Correspondence" book="Let" index="485" link="Letter to Sri Rameshji Mahalingam -- Vrindaban 31 August, 1975" link_text="Letter to Sri Rameshji Mahalingam -- Vrindaban 31 August, 1975"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Sri Rameshji Mahalingam -- Vrindaban 31 August, 1975|Letter to Sri Rameshji Mahalingam -- Vrindaban 31 August, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I am very sorry for the incidence which has taken place between you and my devotees. So you may please note it that I am dealing with these foreign students and teaching them to become Krishna devotees, and some of them being neophytes may sometimes commit some offense. There is nothing surprising in this, but their ardent desire to convey the idea of Krishna consciousness is always laudable.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Sri Rameshji Mahalingam -- Vrindaban 31 August, 1975|Letter to Sri Rameshji Mahalingam -- Vrindaban 31 August, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I am very sorry for the incidence which has taken place between you and my devotees. So you may please note it that I am dealing with these foreign students and teaching them to become Krishna devotees, and some of them being neophytes may sometimes commit some offense. There is nothing surprising in this, but their ardent desire to convey the idea of Krishna consciousness is always laudable. Of course we have to speak the truth but very palatably. These neophyte devotees have not yet learned how to speak the truth palatably, but gradually they are learning.</p> |
| <p>Of course we have to speak the truth but very palatably. These neophyte devotees have not yet learned how to speak the truth palatably, but gradually they are learning.</p>
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