Guest (3): And if I wanted to read the Ṛg Veda, which version should I read? Which would you recommend?
Prabhupāda: No. When you read Vedas, you read everything. Why this portion or that portion? Ṛg Veda, the portion which is teaching tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padaṁ sadā paśyanti sūrayaḥ (Ṛg Veda 1.22.20), that portion means worshiping portion. The Vedas are divided into three portions, karma-kāṇḍa, jñāna-kanda and upāsana. Upāsana means "worship." So they are recommendation for worshiping different types of demigods. But the ultimate worship is recommended, Viṣṇu worship. Tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padaṁ sadā paśyanti sūrayaḥ. So we are teaching that Viṣṇu worship, the topmost worship. Then it is first-class worship. That we are teaching.
Devotee: There's a question.
Guest (4): In the three modes of material nature, do we fit into one category, or is there a sharp line dividing us from ignorance and passion and goodness, or is it just a sort of maybe a blend of two or three or . . .?
Prabhupāda: Yes. According to the laws of material nature, if you are in the body of ignorance, then you have to gradually elevate to the body of passion; then from the passion, passionate body, you have to elevate yourself to the body of goodness. But this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is so nice that you can immediately transcend all these qualitative modes of nature—immediately.