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<div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 4.7-9 -- New York, July 22, 1966|Lecture on BG 4.7-9 -- New York, July 22, 1966]]:'''


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Guest (2): Swāmījī, may I ask you a question?
 
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Guest: Swamiji, may I ask you a question?


Prabhupāda: Yes.
Prabhupāda: Yes.


Guest: Do you teach self-realization?
Guest (2): Do you teach self-realization?


Prabhupāda: Eh?
Prabhupāda: Eh?


Guest: Do you teach self-realization?
Guest (2): Do you teach self-realization?


Prabhupāda: Yes, this is self-realization.
Prabhupāda: Yes, this is self-realization.


Guest: Do you initiate?
Guest (2): Do you initiate?


Prabhupāda: Eh?
Prabhupāda: Eh?


Guest: Do you initiate?
Guest (2): Do you initiate?


Prabhupāda: Yes. I initiate also. Well, this is the process of self-realization, to know...
Prabhupāda: Yes. I initiate also. Well, this is the process of self-realization, to know . . .


Guest: Then you are an authority on initiation?
Guest (2): Then you are an authority on self-rea . . . on initiation and self-realization, by self-realization?


Prabhupāda: Yes, and, of course, I do not know whether I am authority, but my spiritual master has authorized me to do this.
Prabhupāda: Yes. And, of course, I do not know whether I am authority, but my spiritual master has authorized me to do this.


Guest: That's, that's all right. That's sufficient. That's sufficient.
Guest (2): That's, that's all right. That's sufficient. That's sufficient.


Prabhupāda: I, I, I do not think myself an authority. I am just to serve the order of my spiritual master. That's all.
Prabhupāda: I, I, I do not think myself an authority. I am just to serve the order of my spiritual master. That's all.


Guest: Yes. Very good. But I suppose you know that in the western countries lots have been initiated and have never had the, the chance to be initiated by the master in order to initiate others. Quite a few, they have been.
Guest (2): Yes. Very good. But I suppose you know that in the Western countries lots have been initiated and have never had the, the chance to be initiated by the master in order to initiate others. Quite a few, they have been.


Prabhupāda: Yes. Of course the, we, if we...
Prabhupāda: Yes. Of course the, we . . . if we . . .


Guest: That's a responsibility in itself.
Guest (2): That's a responsibility in itself.


Prabhupāda: Yes, yes. Yes.</span>
Prabhupāda: Yes, yes. Yes.</div>
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I do not think myself an authority. I am just to serve the order of my spiritual master.


Lecture on BG 4.7-9 -- New York, July 22, 1966:

Guest (2): Swāmījī, may I ask you a question?

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Guest (2): Do you teach self-realization?

Prabhupāda: Eh?

Guest (2): Do you teach self-realization?

Prabhupāda: Yes, this is self-realization.

Guest (2): Do you initiate?

Prabhupāda: Eh?

Guest (2): Do you initiate?

Prabhupāda: Yes. I initiate also. Well, this is the process of self-realization, to know . . .

Guest (2): Then you are an authority on self-rea . . . on initiation and self-realization, by self-realization?

Prabhupāda: Yes. And, of course, I do not know whether I am authority, but my spiritual master has authorized me to do this.

Guest (2): That's, that's all right. That's sufficient. That's sufficient.

Prabhupāda: I, I, I do not think myself an authority. I am just to serve the order of my spiritual master. That's all.

Guest (2): Yes. Very good. But I suppose you know that in the Western countries lots have been initiated and have never had the, the chance to be initiated by the master in order to initiate others. Quite a few, they have been.

Prabhupāda: Yes. Of course the, we . . . if we . . .

Guest (2): That's a responsibility in itself.

Prabhupāda: Yes, yes. Yes.