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| {{terms|"Our only request is that you read Bhagavad-gita as it is; don't try to interpret"|"our only request is that to understand Krsna is not very difficult if we read Bhagavad-gita perfectly, seriously"|"our only request is that you read Bhagavad-gita As It Is"|"our only request is that you, all of you, you try to understand Bhagavad-gita as it is"}} | | {{terms|"Our only request is that you read Bhagavad-gita as it is; don't try to interpret"|"if we interpret foolishly, and try to understand Krsna by misinterpretation, then the business is finished"|"our only request is that to understand Krsna is not very difficult if we read Bhagavad-gita perfectly, seriously"|"our only request is that you read Bhagavad-gita As It Is"|"our only request is that you, all of you, you try to understand Bhagavad-gita as it is"}} |
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| {{first|03Dec10}} | | {{first|03Dec10}} |
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| {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=3|Con=1|Let=0}} | | {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=3|Con=1|Let=0}} |
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| [[Category:My Only Request (Prabhupada)]] | | [[Category:My Only Request (Prabhupada)|2]] |
| [[Category:Is That]] | | [[Category:Is That|2]] |
| [[Category:You]] | | [[Category:Reading the Bhagavad-gita|2]] |
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| [[Category:As It Is]] | | [[Category:Interpreting the Bhagavad-gita|2]] |
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| <div id="Lectures" class="section" sec_index="4" parent="compilation" text="Lectures"><h2>Lectures</h2> | | <div id="Lectures" class="section" sec_index="4" parent="compilation" text="Lectures"><h2>Lectures</h2> |
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| <div id="General_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="11" parent="Lectures" text="General Lectures"><h3>General Lectures</h3> | | <div id="General_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="11" parent="Lectures" text="General Lectures"><h3>General Lectures</h3> |
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| <div id="CityHallLectureDurbanOctober71975_2" class="quote" parent="General_Lectures" book="Lec" index="162" link="City Hall Lecture -- Durban, October 7, 1975" link_text="City Hall Lecture -- Durban, October 7, 1975"> | | <div id="CityHallLectureDurbanOctober71975_0" class="quote" parent="General_Lectures" book="Lec" index="162" link="City Hall Lecture -- Durban, October 7, 1975" link_text="City Hall Lecture -- Durban, October 7, 1975"> |
| <div class="heading">Our only request is that you, all of you, you try to understand Bhagavad-gītā as it is. Don't interpret in a different way. Then you will understand Kṛṣṇa. | | <div class="heading">Our only request is that you, all of you, you try to understand Bhagavad-gītā as it is. Don't interpret in a different way. Then you will understand Kṛṣṇa. |
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| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:City Hall Lecture -- Durban, October 7, 1975|City Hall Lecture -- Durban, October 7, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti kaunteya ([[Vanisource:BG 4.9|BG 4.9]]). This is the assurance given in the Bhagavad-gītā. If you simply try to understand Kṛṣṇa... Janma karma ca me divyaṁ yo jānāti tattvataḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 4.9|BG 4.9]]). Now, in truth you should understand Kṛṣṇa, what is Kṛṣṇa. And there is no difficulty. Kṛṣṇa is explaining Himself in the Bhagavad-gītā.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:City Hall Lecture -- Durban, October 7, 1975|City Hall Lecture -- Durban, October 7, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti kaunteya ([[Vanisource:BG 4.9 (1972)|BG 4.9]]). This is the assurance given in the Bhagavad-gītā. If you simply try to understand Kṛṣṇa... Janma karma ca me divyaṁ yo jānāti tattvataḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 4.9 (1972)|BG 4.9]]). Now, in truth you should understand Kṛṣṇa, what is Kṛṣṇa. And there is no difficulty. Kṛṣṇa is explaining Himself in the Bhagavad-gītā.</p> |
| <p>So our only request is that you, all of you, you try to understand Bhagavad-gītā as it is. Don't interpret in a different way. Then you will understand Kṛṣṇa. And as soon as you understand Kṛṣṇa, you become free from this material bondage, no more accepting... Tyaktvā deham. We have to give up this body, that is certain. The cats and dogs will also give up their body, we'll have also give... But before giving up this body, if we simply understand Kṛṣṇa, then our life becomes successful.</p> | | <p>So our only request is that you, all of you, you try to understand Bhagavad-gītā as it is. Don't interpret in a different way. Then you will understand Kṛṣṇa. And as soon as you understand Kṛṣṇa, you become free from this material bondage, no more accepting... Tyaktvā deham. We have to give up this body, that is certain. The cats and dogs will also give up their body, we'll have also give... But before giving up this body, if we simply understand Kṛṣṇa, then our life becomes successful.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
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| <div id="LectureEngagementatBirlaHouseBombayDecember171975_0" class="quote" parent="General_Lectures" book="Lec" index="164" link="Lecture Engagement at Birla House -- Bombay, December 17, 1975" link_text="Lecture Engagement at Birla House -- Bombay, December 17, 1975"> | | <div id="LectureEngagementatBirlaHouseBombayDecember171975_1" class="quote" parent="General_Lectures" book="Lec" index="164" link="Lecture Engagement at Birla House -- Bombay, December 17, 1975" link_text="Lecture Engagement at Birla House -- Bombay, December 17, 1975"> |
| <div class="heading">Our only request is that you read Bhagavad-gītā as it is; don't try to interpret. That is useless. Otherwise why people have lost in India their own culture? Because they have interpreted wrongly. | | <div class="heading">Our only request is that you read Bhagavad-gītā as it is; don't try to interpret. That is useless. Otherwise why people have lost in India their own culture? Because they have interpreted wrongly. |
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| <div id="LectureEngagementatBirlaHouseBombayDecember171975_1" class="quote" parent="General_Lectures" book="Lec" index="164" link="Lecture Engagement at Birla House -- Bombay, December 17, 1975" link_text="Lecture Engagement at Birla House -- Bombay, December 17, 1975"> | | <div id="LectureEngagementatBirlaHouseBombayDecember171975_2" class="quote" parent="General_Lectures" book="Lec" index="164" link="Lecture Engagement at Birla House -- Bombay, December 17, 1975" link_text="Lecture Engagement at Birla House -- Bombay, December 17, 1975"> |
| <div class="heading">Our only request is that to understand Kṛṣṇa is not very difficult if we read Bhagavad-gītā perfectly, seriously. Then Kṛṣṇa is understood. | | <div class="heading">Our only request is that to understand Kṛṣṇa is not very difficult if we read Bhagavad-gītā perfectly, seriously. Then Kṛṣṇa is understood. But if we interpret foolishly, and try to understand Kṛṣṇa by misinterpretation, then the business is finished. |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture Engagement at Birla House -- Bombay, December 17, 1975|Lecture Engagement at Birla House -- Bombay, December 17, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So Kṛṣṇa can be understood only by devotion. Bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 18.55|BG 18.55]]). So we have to take this process, śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇu. So our only request is that to understand Kṛṣṇa is not very difficult if we read Bhagavad-gītā perfectly, seriously. Then Kṛṣṇa is understood. And as soon as you understand Kṛṣṇa... Because Kṛṣṇa is explaining Himself, what is the difficulty to understand Kṛṣṇa? Hm? If you, Mr. Birla, you explain that "I am like this. I have got so much money, I have got so many business, I have got so many factories," if you explain, then where is my difficulty? But if I speculate, "Mr. Birla may be..., so much (indistinct) may be had." That is always imperfect. But if you understand directly from Mr. Birla, then it is clear. So Kṛṣṇa, God, is explaining Himself, "I am like..." Asaṁśayaṁ samagraṁ māṁ yathā jñāsyasi tac chṛṇu ([[Vanisource:BG 7.1|BG 7.1]]). So there is not very difficult to understand Kṛṣṇa if we simply... But if we interpret foolishly, and try to understand Kṛṣṇa by misinterpretation, then the business is finished. Don't do that. Simply try to understand Kṛṣṇa as He is explaining Himself, then your life is successful.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture Engagement at Birla House -- Bombay, December 17, 1975|Lecture Engagement at Birla House -- Bombay, December 17, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So Kṛṣṇa can be understood only by devotion. Bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 18.55 (1972)|BG 18.55]]). So we have to take this process, śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇu. So our only request is that to understand Kṛṣṇa is not very difficult if we read Bhagavad-gītā perfectly, seriously. Then Kṛṣṇa is understood. And as soon as you understand Kṛṣṇa... Because Kṛṣṇa is explaining Himself, what is the difficulty to understand Kṛṣṇa? Hm? If you, Mr. Birla, you explain that "I am like this. I have got so much money, I have got so many business, I have got so many factories," if you explain, then where is my difficulty? But if I speculate, "Mr. Birla may be..., so much (indistinct) may be had." That is always imperfect. But if you understand directly from Mr. Birla, then it is clear. So Kṛṣṇa, God, is explaining Himself, "I am like..." Asaṁśayaṁ samagraṁ māṁ yathā jñāsyasi tac chṛṇu ([[Vanisource:BG 7.1 (1972)|BG 7.1]]). So there is not very difficult to understand Kṛṣṇa if we simply... But if we interpret foolishly, and try to understand Kṛṣṇa by misinterpretation, then the business is finished. Don't do that. Simply try to understand Kṛṣṇa as He is explaining Himself, then your life is successful.</p> |
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| <div id="RoomConversationDecember261976Bombay_0" class="quote" parent="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="354" link="Room Conversation -- December 26, 1976, Bombay" link_text="Room Conversation -- December 26, 1976, Bombay"> | | <div id="RoomConversationDecember261976Bombay_0" class="quote" parent="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="354" link="Room Conversation -- December 26, 1976, Bombay" link_text="Room Conversation -- December 26, 1976, Bombay"> |
| | <div class="heading">Our only request is that you read Bhagavad-gītā As It Is. You'll be benefited. And if you interpret whimsically, then you'll rot, spoil. |
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| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation -- December 26, 1976, Bombay|Room Conversation -- December 26, 1976, Bombay]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So our only request is that you read Bhagavad-gītā As It Is. You'll be benefited. And if you interpret whimsically, then you'll rot, spoil. There is no benefit by eating spoiled foodstuff.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation -- December 26, 1976, Bombay|Room Conversation -- December 26, 1976, Bombay]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So our only request is that you read Bhagavad-gītā As It Is. You'll be benefited. And if you interpret whimsically, then you'll rot, spoil. There is no benefit by eating spoiled foodstuff.</p> |
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