Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is very pious movement, the most glorious welfare activities. And we are preaching this movement all over the world, just to place Kṛṣṇa . . . our only ambition is that to place Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is our proposition. We don't want to become Kṛṣṇa, but we want to become the most obedient servant of Kṛṣṇa. That is our proposition.
So we invite everyone, from all parts of the world, and they are coming, they are joining. So in India Kṛṣṇa appeared. India has got a special advantage to understand Kṛṣṇa, and the Indians neglect it. That's a great misfortune. But we request everyone to join this movement, study the philosophy and become happy. That is our proposition.
Thank you very much. Hare Kṛṣṇa. (break)
Indian man (1): . . . gavad-gītā that the ātmā and jīvātmā is the same vision, and Brahman or Para-brahman is the same. And in knowledge of soul, the ātmā is the part and parcel of the Paramātmā, that is the Supreme Lord. And this contradiction in preaching, that how the ātmā and Paramātmā is both one?
Containing both, if the ātmā is part and parcel of the Paramātmā, and when they . . . the ātmā is the great and Paramātmā is different. Because there is really contradiction in the understanding . . . (indistinct) . . . may accept what the Vedas say and what Bhagavad-gītā says. Is there any difference between the Vedas and Bhagavad-gītā? Are we following Vedas or are we following Bhagavad-gītā? Because the Bhagavad-gītā is only song of Lord Kṛṣṇa; the Vedas are the pure knowledge of Para-brahman.
Prabhupāda: So why you are going away? You hear. You hear. Vedas . . . the . . . in the Bhagavad-gītā it is said, vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ (BG 15.15): "All the Vedas and Vedāntas, they are meant for understanding Kṛṣṇa." If by studying Vedas and Vedānta you cannot understand Kṛṣṇa, then it is śrama eva hi kevalam (SB 1.2.8). It is simply labor. That is the adjustment of Bhagavad-gītā and all other Vedic literature. Vedas means . . . Veda means knowledge, and anta means ultimate. That is called Vedānta.
So ultimate knowledge is to know God. You may not accept Kṛṣṇa, although all the ācāryas . . . I have already mentioned. Even Śaṅkarācārya, he also accept Kṛṣṇa: sa bhagavān svayaṁ kṛṣṇa. So the Rāmānujācārya, Madhvācārya, they have all accepted Kṛṣṇa: the ultimate knowledge of Vedic understanding. Many ācāryas, they have written notes on Vedānta, targeting Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
So we have to follow the footprints of the great stalwart ācāryas. Ācāryopāsanam. Mahājano yena gataḥ sa panthāḥ (CC Madhya 17.186). If we follow the footprints of the ācāryas, then we find there is no distinction between Vedānta and Bhagavad-gītā. Vedānta, you might be referring to the Vedānta-sūtra of Śaṅkarācārya, but all the ācāryas, they have written notes on Vedānta.