Guest (1): What would happen to the people that killed Christ on the cross? Very bad, it seems.
Prabhupāda: Christ cannot be killed, but they killed themselves.
Devotee (3): So we read that Christ said: "I and my father are one," so they say therefore Christ is Kṛṣṇa, so therefore Kṛṣṇa can't be God.
Prabhupāda: "One" means in quality. And in the Vedic literature we say ahaṁ brahmāsmi. That means we are one in quality. Brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā. So now we are material bhūtaḥ, jīva-bhūtaḥ. When we realize that, "I am not this body. I am spirit soul, I am part and parcel of God," that is brahma-bhūtaḥ. Then bhakti begins.
- brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā
- na śocati na kāṅkṣati
- samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu
- mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām
- (BG 18.54)
Then he enters into Vaikuṇṭha, after Brahman realization. So Lord Buddha's finished?
Dhṛṣṭadyumna: No.
Prabhupāda: Go on, finish it.
Dhṛṣṭadyumna: "The animal sacrifice as stated in the Vedas is different from the unrestricted animal killing in the slaughterhouse. Because the asuras or the so-called scholars of Vedic literatures put forward the evidence of animal killing in the Vedas, Lord Buddha superficially denied the authority of the Vedas. This rejection of the Vedas by Lord Buddha was adopted in order . . ."
Prabhupāda: Just like you said that in the Vedas there is animal killing, therefore . . . (break) That was not killing. So instead of wasting his time, he said: "I don't care for your Vedas. It is my order that you stop if you love me." Here is the same . . . you cannot open slaughterhouse giving reference to the Vedas, or any sacrifice either. The Jews and everyone, the Muhammadans, they also make sacrifice. One day in the year they sacrifice. It's not that they recommend open a slaughterhouse. This is all nonsense, rākṣasa. That sacrifice also recommended in this sense, that you cannot stop animal killing. There will be a class of men who will eat meat—to give them some concession. So this is recommended, "All right, if you want to eat meat, you sacrifice."