Woman Interviewer: What are other major beliefs besides love, understanding of Kṛṣṇa, understanding of oneself, which you would like to impart to me?
Prabhupāda: Love is the basic principle of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and love is the basic principle of all our activities. So love is there, dormant, but that love is not being properly utilized. So Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the movement to revive that original love and the original person with whom that loving transaction can be executed.
Woman Interviewer: What are other major beliefs, besides love, to which you ascribe?
Prabhupāda: Other belief, they are also based on the principle of love. That is actually not belief, that is misbelief. Because any religious principle . . . just like Buddhism. Buddhism, actually, they do not believe in God, but they have love for Lord Buddha. So love is there. They may declare that "We don't believe in God," but they love Lord Buddha.
And according to our Vedic scripture, Lord Buddha is also incarnation of God. So we interpret in this way, that Lord Buddha preached among the atheists by cheating them. Oh, how he did? That they did not believe in God, and Lord Buddha said: "Oh, yes, there is no God. But you love me." So they are loving Lord Buddha.
Similarly, there are many persons, they do not believe in family life, do not believe in so many things, but love is there. He is sleeping with a cat, with a dog. So in no circumstances you can avoid love, but they are suffering, because the love is misplaced and misused.
Woman Interviewer: As far as rites which you practice and demands upon you which Kṛṣṇa makes, what are any of these rites or demands? That is, must you eat special foods, wear special clothing, special . . . anything special which you put upon your face—sign, symbols—and also, is there any connection of Kṛṣṇa consciousness to the meditation of yoga or of Zen, and what of physical fitness? How does Kṛṣṇa consciousness look at this?
Prabhupāda: Our process is to accept everything which conduces to develop Kṛṣṇa's love. So those methods are given by experienced ācāryas that, "You just follow." Just like when a child tries to walk, the mother gives some direction or some help in a wooden plank, that, "You try to move in this way. You will learn how to walk." Similarly, there are certain principles given by experienced ācāryas. If we follow those principles, then we can work or we can go to the perfection of Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.