First of all you must know what is the truth. If your standard of truth is different and my standard of truth is different, then where is the use of talking nonsense? If you have any other truth than Krsna, you be satisfied

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"First of all you must know what is the truth. If your standard of truth is different and my standard of truth is different, then where is the use of talking nonsense? If you have any other truth than Kṛṣṇa, you be satisfied"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1971 Conversations and Morning Walks

Prabhupāda: So that's all right. If you like this Kṛṣṇa philosophy, you are welcome. Otherwise, you leave. Guest (1): We have come here . . . Prabhupāda: Because first of all say that you are . . . Guest (1): If you reject . . . Prabhupāda: No, no. Don't talk all together. First of all you must know what is the truth. If your standard of truth is different and my standard of truth is different, then where is the use of talking nonsense? If you have any other truth than Kṛṣṇa, you be satisfied. Guest (1): Seeking knowledge . . . Prabhupāda: Seeking God is sufficient. If you take . . . first of all you know my position. Suppose . . . Guest (2): I understand your position, and I have since the beginning said most respectfully, I beg to submit, and what my submission is, that as a seeker of knowledge, I come to you. Now same . . .

710118 - Conversation - Allahabad

Prabhupāda: No, no, first of all you answer me. If I say: "Give me a glass of water," and you say: "It is not to Swāmījī."Guest (1): (indistinct) . . . what the Christ says, Muhammad says, everyone says, that . . .Prabhupāda: Let them surrender to Christ. But why don't you surrender to Kṛṣṇa?Guest (1): No, that is true, but . . .Prabhupāda: That is true, but you do not know how.Guest (1): No, you see, our . . . even your . . . even your way of thinking and your purpose is that Lord Kṛṣṇa should be the Lord of the whole universe. So we also satisfy . . .Prabhupāda: Yes, Lord Kṛṣṇa is Lord, universe.Guest (1): Universe?Prabhupāda: Yes.Guest (1): So that is what you want to talk with me.Prabhupāda: Yes.Guest (1): In that case, you will have to satisfy everybody.Prabhupāda: I am satisfying everybody. I am preaching that. But it is not possible . . . I am preaching in Europe. Christian, Muhammadans, Jews, they are surrendering to Kṛṣṇa. So I am doing my duty.Guest (1): If I would be permitted, I would very humbly submit that . . .Prabhupāda: You may not. You have not to surrender; you may bring some argument. But where I am preaching, they are surrendering.Guest (1): You are doing a very wonderful work, there is no doubt about it, but the thing is that . . .Prabhupāda: But you do not like that wonderful work.Guest (1): . . . judging jury of what we are doing, this is somebody else and not we ourself.Prabhupāda: Now . . . what you . . . my point is that our Society is clearly giving you the indication that we are preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness.Guest (1): Every Society has taken . . .Prabhupāda: So that's all right. If you like this Kṛṣṇa philosophy, you are welcome. Otherwise, you leave.Guest (1): We have come here . . .Prabhupāda: Because first of all say that you are . . .Guest (1): If you reject . . .Prabhupāda: No, no. Don't talk all together. First of all you must know what is the truth. If your standard of truth is different and my standard of truth is different, then where is the use of talking nonsense? If you have any other truth than Kṛṣṇa, you be satisfied.Guest (1): Seeking knowledge . . .Prabhupāda: Seeking God is sufficient. If you take . . . first of all you know my position. Suppose . . .Guest (2): I understand your position, and I have since the beginning said most respectfully, I beg to submit, and what my submission is, that as a seeker of knowledge, I come to you. Now same . . .Prabhupāda: No, no, that . . . do you know what is the process of seeking knowledge? Do you know that?Guest (1): No.Prabhupāda: Now, first of all answer me. You are seeking knowledge . . .Guest (2): The thing is . . .Prabhupāda: No, you also hear me. First of all let me know what is the process of seeking knowledge. You cannot make your own process.Guest (2): The concepts have changed. The thinking has changed from the time . . .Prabhupāda: No. No. First of all you know that I am speaking from Bhagavad-gītā. Bhagavad-gītā says, tad viddhi praṇipātena (BG 4.34). Is it not? Tad viddhi praṇipātena. You have to surrender first of all.Guest (2): Surrender to whom?Prabhupāda: Anyone wherefrom you are seeking knowledge.Guest (2): Ah! Surrender and . . .Guest (1): You lose your identity. You lose your identity.Prabhupāda: Yes. First of all you have to find out a person where you can surrender. Then you can ask and you can seek knowledge. Otherwise, there is no . . . simply waste of time. Why should you waste your time? Why shall I waste my time? Are you surrendered to me? If you have not surrendered to me . . .Guest (2): I, I . . .Prabhupāda: No, no. Stop this. Just try to understand. If you have not surrendered to me, you have no right to ask me anything.Guest (2): Before one surrenders to somebody, he should be satisfied first with the questions . . .Prabhupāda: Therefore . . . yes. So that, that . . . now that satisfaction, I cannot satisfy for your whims.Guest (2): It is not a whim. It is common sense . . .Prabhupāda: Now, one thing is that I am preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness.Guest (2): That is true.Prabhupāda: If you talk on Kṛṣṇa consciousness, then you can ask me.Guest (1): (indistinct) . . . Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Yesterday you said in our night gathering, I remember, that we have to rise above body consciousness.Prabhupāda: Yes. That is in the Gītā.Guest (2): And we have to be soul conscious.Prabhupāda: Yes.Guest (2): Now, the idea of rising above body consciousness is to sell off the wild things—kāma, krodha, lobha, moha, ahaṅkāra.Guest (2): Ahaṅkāra . . .Guest (1): Now, that is one thing that it is there in all scriptures. The Gītā also says that kāma, krodha, lobha, moha, ahaṅkāra must be checked. Now, if we are being moved with that pride and arrogance that, "We are the only correct calling. This is the only correct path," and that, "You have to surrender from the beginning," now that only aggravates the pride in a person, and that . . .Prabhupāda: Then what can I do? Kṛṣṇa says . . . if you talk, two, I cannot answer. You talk with me one.Guest (2): No, we have talked with reasoning.Prabhupāda: No, no. Don't talk two. I cannot answer with all these reasons. Either you talk or then let him talk.Guest (2): I am talking. I am talking now.Prabhupāda: Then you talk. Let him talk.Guest (2): So we have to tear all these vices that are connected with our body. That is our purpose of getting into either bhakti or nāma or whatever it may be.Prabhupāda: Yes.