The other day while I was walking, I saw one advertisement of tourist agent: India's pictures can—wonderful land. The wonderful land. Anyway, so I asked Kārttikeya, "So India is considered very wonderful?" He said: "Yes." Anyway, India is still considered the land of spiritual cultivation.
Even one Chinese author, he has written that if you want to study religion, then you have to go India. He is impartial. He is not Indian nor an American or any country. He is Chinese. Chinese are considered to be Communist country. But he has very impartially said that if you have to learn what is religion, then you have to go to India.
Anyway India, actually it is the land of religion, dharma-kṣetra, although it has gone down at the present moment. But anyway, there are two sections in the . . . amongst the Indian, bona fide religionist. That means bona fide religionist means those who are following the Vedic principles. They are called bona fide. Anyway, that is . . . that was the system in the bygone ages, even one thousand years ago. And now that, just like Buddha, Buddha religion.
Buddha religion is also Indian religion. Lord Buddha, He was Indian. He, just like Lord Caitanya began His propaganda from Bengal, Lord Buddha made His propaganda from Bihar. He was Indian. But the defect was that He did not acknowledge the authority of the Vedas. Therefore His philosophy was considered atheism. And this Śaṅkarācārya drove away all the Buddhists from the land of India. Therefore they took shelter in China, Japan, Burma. Outside India.
So anyway, strict religionists, they are followers of Vedas, and they are divided into two groups: one group led by Śaṅkarācārya and the other group is led by the Vaiṣṇavas, or generally Rāmānujācārya, Madhvācārya or Lord Caitanya. They are all the same, Vaiṣṇava. Now all these two groups, following the Vedic principle, they accept Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So far India's authoritative persons are concerned, there is no two opinions, that Kṛṣṇa is not God.
Both of them accept Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality. So far we are concerned, Vaiṣṇavas, we accept. There is no doubt about it. There are four different parties of Vaiṣṇavas. All of them accept Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There are eight commentaries on the . . . very authoritative, very large commentaries on the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam of these Vaiṣṇavas, and all of them accept Kṛṣṇa.
So far the other party is concerned, the impersonalists led by Śaṅkarācārya, a great stalwart scholar, he also accepts Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He says, sa bhagavān svayaṁ kṛṣṇa (SB 1.3.28): "The concept of Personality of Godhead, here is Kṛṣṇa." And people may misunderstand; therefore he has specifically mentioned Kṛṣṇa who has appeared as the son of Devakī and Vasudeva.
Particularly, just like when you have to put your identification, you have to give the your father's name or your husband's name. Similarly, the same principle as Śaṅkarācārya has followed. He has said, "Kṛṣṇa, the Kṛṣṇa who is . . . who has appeared as the son of Devakī and Vasudeva." So there is no two opinions. No "Or this Kṛṣṇa, maybe another Kṛṣṇa." No. So that is stated here. Yes. Kṛṣṇa is accepted the Supreme Personality of Godhead by all the followers of Vedas. That is a fact.