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| {{terms|"Do you accept the supremacy of the Vedas, veda-pramanam"}} | | {{terms|"Do you accept the supremacy of the Vedas, veda-pramanam"}} |
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| {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=1|Let=0}} | | {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=1|Let=0}} |
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| [[Category:Questions asked to Srila Prabhupada]] | | [[Category:Questions asked to Srila Prabhupada]] |
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| <div id="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="section" sec_index="5" parent="compilation" text="Conversations and Morning Walks"><h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2> | | <div id="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="section" sec_index="5" parent="compilation" text="Conversations and Morning Walks"><h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2> |
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| <p>Prabhupāda: Śāstra? Śāstra means it is authorized. Just like Bhagavad-gītā is śāstra because it is spoken by Kṛṣṇa, the supreme authority. Therefore all the ācāryas, they accept it. Still the ācārya-sampradāyas are there. Rāmānujācārya, Madhvācārya, Viṣṇu Svāmī, Śaṅkara, they accept all this. And at the time of...</p> | | <p>Prabhupāda: Śāstra? Śāstra means it is authorized. Just like Bhagavad-gītā is śāstra because it is spoken by Kṛṣṇa, the supreme authority. Therefore all the ācāryas, they accept it. Still the ācārya-sampradāyas are there. Rāmānujācārya, Madhvācārya, Viṣṇu Svāmī, Śaṅkara, they accept all this. And at the time of...</p> |
| <p>Guest (2): Do you accept the supremacy of the Vedas, veda-pramāṇam.</p> | | <p>Guest (2): Do you accept the supremacy of the Vedas, veda-pramāṇam.</p> |
| <p>Prabhupāda: Yes. Vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 15.15|BG 15.15]]). And if you do not understand Kṛṣṇa, then you do not know what is Veda. Your knowledge of Vedas will be accepted when you understand Kṛṣṇa. So if you do not know what Kṛṣṇa, then what is the use of taking so much trouble to study Vedas? You do not know anything. Bahūnāṁ janmanām ante jñānavān māṁ prapadyate ([[Vanisource:BG 7.19|BG 7.19]]).</p> | | <p>Prabhupāda: Yes. Vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 15.15 (1972)|BG 15.15]]). And if you do not understand Kṛṣṇa, then you do not know what is Veda. Your knowledge of Vedas will be accepted when you understand Kṛṣṇa. So if you do not know what Kṛṣṇa, then what is the use of taking so much trouble to study Vedas? You do not know anything. Bahūnāṁ janmanām ante jñānavān māṁ prapadyate ([[Vanisource:BG 7.19 (1972)|BG 7.19]]).</p> |
| <p>Dr. Ramachandra: Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti.</p> | | <p>Dr. Ramachandra: Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti.</p> |
| <p>Prabhupāda: Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti. That is knowledge.</p> | | <p>Prabhupāda: Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti. That is knowledge.</p> |
| <p>Dr. Ramachandra: Sa mahātmā.</p> | | <p>Dr. Ramachandra: Sa mahātmā.</p> |
| <p>Prabhupāda: Sa mahātmā. If you do not know vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti ([[Vanisource:BG 7.19|BG 7.19]]), śrama eva hi kevalam: ([[Vanisource:SB 1.2.8|SB 1.2.8]]) simply you have labored hard. That's all. You have gained nothing. And if you understood Vāsudeva, then you understood everything. Kasmin tu bhagavo vijñāte sarvam idaṁ vijñātaṁ bhavati.</p> | | <p>Prabhupāda: Sa mahātmā. If you do not know vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti ([[Vanisource:BG 7.19 (1972)|BG 7.19]]), śrama eva hi kevalam: ([[Vanisource:SB 1.2.8|SB 1.2.8]]) simply you have labored hard. That's all. You have gained nothing. And if you understood Vāsudeva, then you understood everything. Kasmin tu bhagavo vijñāte sarvam idaṁ vijñātaṁ bhavati.</p> |
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