Guest (1): I believe that most of the Westerners read the Bhagavad-gītā, Upaniṣads . . .
Prabhupāda: Yes. Yes.
Guest (1): . . . the Vedas.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Guest (1): I believe that would have been a greater understanding of . . . (indistinct)
Prabhupāda: Yes. Therefore I say Kṛṣṇa in con . . . because most of them are acquainted with the Bhagavad-gītā, and the speaker of Bhagavad-gītā is Kṛṣṇa. So Kṛṣṇa is also well known to them. But actually what is Kṛṣṇa, the science of Kṛṣṇa, they do not know. So this humble attempt is to just to present the science of Kṛṣṇa to them. And I wish that they may take advantage of this opportunity. So any other question?
Guest (2): Swāmījī, may I ask you a question?
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Guest (2): Do you teach self-realization?
Prabhupāda: Eh?
Guest (2): Do you teach self-realization?
Prabhupāda: Yes, this is self-realization.
Guest (2): Do you initiate?
Prabhupāda: Eh?
Guest (2): Do you initiate?
Prabhupāda: Yes. I initiate also. Well, this is the process of self-realization, to know . . .
Guest (2): Then you are an authority on self-rea . . . on initiation and self-realization, by self-realization?
Prabhupāda: Yes. And, of course, I do not know whether I am authority, but my spiritual master has authorized me to do this.
Guest (2): That's, that's all right. That's sufficient. That's sufficient.
Prabhupāda: I, I, I do not think myself an authority. I am just to serve the order of my spiritual master. That's all.
Guest (2): Yes. Very good. But I suppose you know that in the Western countries lots have been initiated and have never had the, the chance to be initiated by the master in order to initiate others. Quite a few, they have been.