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Prabhupāda:

[Bg 9.24]

Because we do not know God in fact, simply understanding, "Oh, there is God," and little more advanced, "God is …

Kṛṣṇa has explained in the Bhagavad-gītā about Himself. That is more than sufficient. And still more, Lord Caitanya has explained …

So in the Bhagavad-gītā you'll find that the Lord advises people in general that sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vra... …

"Just try to surrender unto Me, and I shall give you all protection." Then Caitanya Mahāprabhu... He's also Kṛṣṇa Himself. …

So for the general, people in general, the first requisition is that they must learn how to surrender unto God. …

[Bg 9.25]

Now, the argument that "In whatever form you worship the Supreme..." This is the Māyāvādī theory, that "God is impersonal. …

He says clearly herewith that yānti deva-vratā devān: "Those who are worshiping the demigods..." The demigods have their different places …

So here Kṛṣṇa says, "Those who are trying to worship the demigods, they'll go to the planets of the demigods." …

Pitṛ-vratāḥ. There is a form of worship of the forefathers. So there is a particular planet. The worshiper of the …

Now, suppose if you have purchased ticket for an intermediate station between California, San Francisco, and New York. So you …

Now, what is the difference between going to other planets and to the planet where Kṛṣṇa is? That will be …

"The supreme platform, supreme planet, is that where going, nobody returns to this material world." Yad gatvā na nivartante. Nivartante …

That we... Already we have discussed, that gata-gatim. Within this material world, even if you go to the higher planets, …

So we are sometimes going up, sometimes coming back again in this material world, sometimes going down. Just like we …

So ābrahma-bhuvanāl lokāḥ... This system of going up and down should be stopped. That is the business of an intelligent …

We should try to go to that planet where going, no more coming back. That is Kṛṣṇaloka. That is Vaikuṇṭha, …

Beyond this material sky there is spiritual sky. There are spiritual planets, and Kṛṣṇaloka is there. So Kṛṣṇa gives here …