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| {{terms|"My feeling, I am very satisfied that Krsna is accepted by presenting as He is. I must be very satisfied, because before me, who did not present Krsna as He is, there was not a single Krsna conscious person in the Western world. Now I have got thousands"}} | | {{terms|"My feeling, I am very satisfied that Kṛṣṇa is accepted by presenting as He is. I must be very satisfied, because before me, who did not present Kṛṣṇa as He is, there was not a single Kṛṣṇa conscious person in the Western world. Now I have got thousands"}} |
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| <div id="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="section" sec_index="5" parent="compilation" text="Conversations and Morning Walks"><h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2> | | <div id="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="section" sec_index="5" parent="compilation" text="Conversations and Morning Walks"><h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2> |
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| <div class="heading">My feeling, I am very satisfied that Kṛṣṇa is accepted by presenting as He is. I must be very satisfied, because before me, who did not present Kṛṣṇa as He is, there was not a single Kṛṣṇa conscious person in the Western world. Now I have got thousands. So why I shall not feel satisfied? Those who misinterpreted Bhagavad-gītā—"This is this, this is that, this is that"—they could not get even one Kṛṣṇa conscious person, and by presenting Bhagavad-gītā, they are selling fifty thousand copies per month, and I am getting every year one thousand, two thousand Kṛṣṇa devotees. So why it is not practical? | | <div class="heading">My feeling, I am very satisfied that Kṛṣṇa is accepted by presenting as He is. I must be very satisfied, because before me, who did not present Kṛṣṇa as He is, there was not a single Kṛṣṇa conscious person in the Western world. Now I have got thousands. So why I shall not feel satisfied? Those who misinterpreted Bhagavad-gītā—"This is this, this is that, this is that"—they could not get even one Kṛṣṇa conscious person, and by presenting Bhagavad-gītā, they are selling fifty thousand copies per month, and I am getting every year one thousand, two thousand Kṛṣṇa devotees. So why it is not practical? |
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| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Interview with Reporters -- November 10, 1971, New Delhi|Interview with Reporters -- November 10, 1971, New Delhi]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Reporter: Sir, nobody is denying. Only we are trying to comprehend, understand.</p> | | |
| <p>Prabhupāda: So there is no question of comprehension. When you see a snake, call it a snake. There is no question of comprehension. This is a fan, everyone knows. When I will say, "This is a fan," everyone understands it. Law of identification. Kṛṣṇa is identifying Himself, that "This is my energy."</p>
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| <p>Reporter: Let us understand you first of all.</p>
| | <mp3player>https://vanipedia.s3.amazonaws.com/clip/711110IV-DELHI_clip2.mp3</mp3player> |
| <p>Prabhupāda: I have no personal presentation. I am speaking only what Kṛṣṇa... Therefore we are presenting Bhagavad-gītā As It Is. Here is the book, you see. This book, Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, which we are presenting, and publisher is Macmillan Company, and every year they are printing at least fifty thousand copies. This is for our fifth edition. They are printing this book since 1968. '68, '69, '70, '71, that, I think, I know they have, they are fifth edition, and people are reading it, Bhagavad-gītā As It Is. Our..., we don't change. Kṛṣṇa says, "I am the Supreme," and we are saying Kṛṣṇa is the same, Supreme. Even I do not understand what is Kṛṣṇa, I am simply presenting what is written in the Bhagavad-gītā. mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat kiñcid asti dhanañjaya: ([[Vanisource:BG 7.7|BG 7.7]]) "There is no superior element above Me." So we say, "Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme. There is no other Supreme." Kṛṣṇa says, man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru ([[Vanisource:BG 18.65|BG 18.65]]). We say that "You follow, think of Kṛṣṇa, you become a devotee of Kṛṣṇa, you offer your respect to Kṛṣṇa." So we are not (indistinct), because we are presenting Kṛṣṇa as He is speaking in the Bhagavad-gītā, that's all.</p>
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Interview with Reporters -- November 10, 1971, New Delhi|Interview with Reporters -- November 10, 1971, New Delhi]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;"> |
| <p>Reporter: How do you feel the modern world...</p>
| | Reporter: Sir, no reason. Only we are trying to comprehend, understand. |
| <p>Prabhupāda: This is the feeling. You see the effect.</p>
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| <p>Reporter: What's your feeling?</p>
| | Prabhupāda: So there is no question of comprehension. When you see a spade, call it a spade. There is no question of comprehension. This is a fan, everyone knows. When I will say: "This is a fan," everyone understands it. Law of identification. Kṛṣṇa is identifying Himself, that "This is my energy." |
| <p>Prabhupāda: My feeling, I am very satisfied that Kṛṣṇa is accepted by presenting as He is. I must be very satisfied, because before me, who did not present Kṛṣṇa as He is, there was not a single Kṛṣṇa conscious person in the Western world. Now I have got thousands. So why I shall not feel satisfied? Those who misinterpreted Bhagavad-gītā—"This is this, this is that, this is that"—they could not get even one Kṛṣṇa conscious person, and by presenting Bhagavad-gītā, they are selling fifty thousand copies per month, and I am getting every year one thousand, two thousand Kṛṣṇa devotees. So why it is not practical?</p>
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| <p>Reporter: In India?</p>
| | Reporter: Let us understand you first of all. |
| <p>Prabhupāda: In India everyone is Kṛṣṇa conscious. They are trying to forget Kṛṣṇa consciousness.</p>
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| <p>Reporter: Oh, we are. I see.</p>
| | Prabhupāda: Well I have no . . . I have no personal . . . no, no I have no personal presentation. I am speaking only what Kṛṣṇa . . . therefore we are presenting ''Bhagavad-gītā As It Is''. Here is the book, you see. This book, ''Bhagavad-gītā As It Is'', which we are presenting, and the publisher is Macmillan Company, and every year they are printing at least fifty thousand copies. This is for our fifth edition. They are printing this book since 1968: '68, '69, '70, '71, that, I think, I know they have . . . they are fifth edition. And people are reading it, ''Bhagavad-gītā As It Is''. |
| <p>Prabhupāda: Everyone Kṛṣṇa conscious. Who does not know Kṛṣṇa?</p>
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| <p>Reporter: That's right, sir, that is we are very poor specimens. I mean every...</p>
| | Our . . . we don't change. Kṛṣṇa says, "I am the Supreme," and we are saying Kṛṣṇa is the same, Supreme. Even I do not understand what is Kṛṣṇa, I am simply presenting what is written in the ''Bhagavad-gītā''. ''Mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat kiñcid asti dhanañjaya'' ([[Vanisource:BG 7.7 (1972)|BG 7.7]]): "There is no superior element above Me." So we say, "Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme. There is no other Supreme." |
| <p>Prabhupāda: No. By force you are trying to forget Kṛṣṇa, that's all.</p>
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| <p>Reporter: Sir, I beg your pardon, sir. We are very poor specimens.</p>
| | Kṛṣṇa says, ''man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru'' ([[Vanisource:BG 18.65 (1972)|BG 18.65]]). We say that, "You . . . always think of Kṛṣṇa, you become a devotee of Kṛṣṇa, you offer your respect to Kṛṣṇa." So we are not . . . (indistinct) . . . because we are presenting Kṛṣṇa as He is speaking in the ''Bhagavad-gītā'', that's all. |
| <p>Prabhupāda: Huh?</p>
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| <p>Reporter: If, as you said, sir, we are all, everybody is Kṛṣṇa conscious in India, still I can say we are to (indistinct) problems here. We are very poor specimens. I won't talk in all other...</p>
| | Reporter: How to please the modern world . . . |
| <p>Prabhupāda: But you do... Don't you... You have not heard Kṛṣṇa's name?</p>
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| <p>Reporter: We have heard...</p>
| | Prabhupāda: This is the feeling. You see the effect. |
| <p>Prabhupāda: No, no. You have not heard Kṛṣṇa's name? Then why you are not Kṛṣṇa conscious?</p>
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| | Reporter: What's your feeling? |
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| | Prabhupāda: My feeling, I am very satisfied that Kṛṣṇa is accepted by presenting as He is. I must be very satisfied, because before me, who did not present Kṛṣṇa as He is, there was not a single Kṛṣṇa conscious person in the Western world. Now I have got thousands. So why shall I not feel satisfied? Those who misinterpreted ''Bhagavad-gītā''—"This is this, this is that, this is that"—they could not get even one Kṛṣṇa conscious person, and by presenting ''Bhagavad-gītā'', they are selling fifty thousand copies per month, and I am getting every year one thousand, two thousand Kṛṣṇa devotees. So why it is not practical? |
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| | Reporter: In India? |
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| | Prabhupāda: In India everyone is Kṛṣṇa conscious. They are trying to forget Kṛṣṇa consciousness. |
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| | Reporter: Oh, we are, I think. |
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| | Prabhupāda: Everyone Kṛṣṇa conscious. Who does not know Kṛṣṇa? |
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| | Reporter: Sir, that is, we are very poor specimens. I mean every . . . |
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| | Prabhupāda: No. By force you are trying to forget Kṛṣṇa, that's all. |
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| | Reporter: Sir, I beg your pardon, sir. We are very poor specimens. |
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| | Prabhupāda: Huh? |
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| | Reporter: If, as you said, sir, we are all . . . everybody is Kṛṣṇa conscious in India, still I can say we are to . . . (indistinct) . . . problems here. We are very poor specimens. I won't talk in all other . . . |
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| | Prabhupāda: But you do . . . don't you . . . you have not heard Kṛṣṇa's name? |
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| | Reporter: We have heard . . . |
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| | Prabhupāda: No, no. You have not heard Kṛṣṇa's name? Then why you are not Kṛṣṇa conscious? |
