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Śrīla Prabhupāda: Yes, a genuine guru is not a businessman. He is a representative of God. He does not speak otherwise.

Eva means “certainly,” and nāsti means “not.” “Certainly not, certainly not, certainly not.” What is that “certainly not”? One cannot realize oneself by karma. That is the first “certainly not.” One cannot realize oneself by jñāna. That is the second “certainly not.” One cannot realize oneself by yoga. Certainly not. Kalau. We are not chanting a secret. No. It is open. And by chanting you will cleanse your heart.

Śrīla Prabhupāda: If the government is not perfect, it should not be allowed to tell people what to do

I am not only not irritated at it (like some people), but I rather like it. But it is an indisputable fact that the Bhagavad-gītā (not to mention the Vedas) does not require such

There is not a single Hindu who is not Kṛṣṇa conscious.

Kotovsky: But in any case, just to stay in an old-style hotel is not interesting – not many people to

Kotovsky: I am not really so happy that the ultimate goal is not to disturb society, because in modern

Śrīla Prabhupāda: Yes, we do not object to that.

Father Emmanuel: But in the Old Testament the commandment “Thou shalt not kill” does refer to murder. And when Jesus said, “Thou shalt not kill,” he extended this commandment to mean that a human being should not only refrain from killing another human being, but should also treat him with love. When he said, “Thou shalt not kill,” he also meant in the mental and emotional sense – that you should not insult anyone or hurt him, treat him badly, and so on.

Śrīla Prabhupāda: We are not concerned with this or that testament but only with the words used in the “Thou shalt not kill” means “The Christians should not kill.” Interpretation is necessary if things are not clear. But here the meaning is clear. “Thou shalt not kill” is a clear instruction. Why should we interpret it?

“My dear Lord,” Prahlāda says, “I am not very anxious for my own deliverance.” [Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.9.43] Māyāvādī philosophers are very careful that their personal salvation is not Therefore they do not come. Only the Vaiṣṇavas come, at the risk of falldown – but they do not fall down. He says, naivodvije: “I am not very anxious about living in this material world.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda: The religious system might have been misused, but that does not mean that religion It does not mean that because religion has not been properly executed by the so-called priests, religion If my eye is giving me some trouble on account of a cataract, it does not mean that the eye should be

This human form of life is meant for understanding, not for wasting this valuable life like animals by That is not advancement of civilization. The Bhāgavatam says that this body is not meant for working hard simply for sense gratification.

Interviewer: Would a Kṛṣṇa conscious person not try for progress?

The subject matter was the most weighty I had ever encountered: “I am not this body. I am not an Indian.… You are not Americans.… We are all spirit souls.…”

Śrīla Prabhupāda: No, I am not very much interested in sightseeing.

All over the world, people love not God but their dogs. Not only the Christians, but also the Hindus, the Muhammadans, and all others are guilty. They have rubber-stamped themselves “Christian,” “Hindu,” or “Muhammadan,” but they do not obey God.

Do not believe this is in any way as it should be.

Śrīla Prabhupāda: Christ consciousness is also Kṛṣṇa consciousness, but because at present people do not follow the rules and regulations of Christianity – the commandments of Jesus Christ – they do not come

The accusation is not correct – people in Vedic civilization are not at all lazy. Kaumāra ācaret prājñaḥ: one should not lose a second’s time. That is Vedic civilization. The asses see, “These men are not working like I am” – like dogs and asses – and they consider that we