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So as we push on this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, it is not whimsical.

As Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre: “The living entity within the body is

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Can anyone change …

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: The smṛtis cannot be changed?

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: … the rules of conduct as described in the smṛtis?

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: So the śrutis are eternally relevant and constant?

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Is smṛti more than just rules of conduct?

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: There is no question, then, of – as the magazine puts it – “new smṛti.”

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Then is there anyone actually outside of sanātana-dharma?

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Would you like to hear another question, Śrīla Prabhupāda?

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Also, the smṛtis are directly based on the original śrutis?

So whether you take śruti or smṛti, the subject matter is the same. Both śruti and smṛti are spiritual evidence. We cannot do without either of them.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: And who will sanction a particular application for a particular time and place?

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Is this Vedic religion, this sanātana-dharma, so broad that everyone is included?

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Nevertheless, Śrīla Prabhupāda, the question asks, “Do the smṛtis need to be revised according

is truly an ocean of faults – still, there is one very great advantage: simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa Take to this chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa; then śruti, smṛti, everything will be fulfilled.

Kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadam. Kṛṣṇaṁ varṇayati: Lord Caitanya was always chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. So introduce this Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. Everyone will be purified.

Śrīla Prabhupāda: The smṛtis are given by the Lord and His representatives. The śāstra, or scripture, also gives this authority.

This was done by Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya.

“Chant the holy name, chant the holy name, chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.