Prabhupāda: Nowadays people are taking to the imagination of industry. But we don't find in Bhagavad-gītā, there is any suggestion for industry. Kṛṣṇa said . . . (aside) It started?
Hari-śauri: Yes. It's recording.
Prabhupāda: No, no, you stop this.
Hari-śauri: You want to play this tape back?
Prabhupāda: Yes. (break) That's nice.
Paṇḍita: So until the father makes one . . . (indistinct) . . . of Śrī Vaiṣṇava . . . and the śaraṇāgati makes them assured of mukti. So kṛta-kṛtya. Now, the later part of life, (Sanskrit) . . . Have you heard of Vedānta Desika of Rāmānuja school. That is, our . . . this Rāmānuja school has been fortified by his works, so many works on Vedānta, like (Sanskrit names of books). These are all the major Vedānta works he has composed. All these works I have sat before a guru and studied for eight years at Śrī Raṅgam. My ācārya has been a great scholar in Vedānta and tarka, who was lecturer in . . .
Prabhupāda: I know, Rāmānuja sampradāya, they are very learned scholars. I know that.
Paṇḍita: And they are very particular about ācaraṇas also, more than . . .
Prabhupāda: Sadācāra.
Paṇḍita: Hah. Sadācāra.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Paṇḍita: And I have been given guidance by these ācāryas to stick to this paramparā sampradāya ācāra. So I belong to this Ahobila Math. I have taken initiation from this guru, as well as Vedāntic knowledge from another guru. I am practicing my ācāra, sampradāya ācāra, very strictly in that order. As far as I see, there is . . . without disturbing this set-up, I can do service, I think. Is it not?
Prabhupāda: No, our mission is to spread Kṛṣṇa's mission. That's all.
Paṇḍita: Mission. That's all. We need not change the other set-up, need not. Necessity is not there.
Prabhupāda: No. We have got already set up, what Kṛṣṇa says: sarva-dharmān parityajya (BG 18.66). So our business is how to teach people to surrender to Kṛṣṇa. That's all.
Paṇḍita: Ācchā. Now, this Bhagavad-gītā, this Śrī Bhāṣya of Rāmānuja, and commentary on which is Śruta-prakāśikā, composed by one Sudarśana Suri . . . he was later, about hundred years later than Rāmānuja. He has commented on Śrī Bhāṣya. These works are the standard works, for . . . (indistinct) . . . actually, it is the foundation over which the superstructure is constructed by Vedānta-deśika.
Prabhupāda: You see, we have got different philosophical . . . ultimately, the conclusion is how to surrender to Kṛṣṇa.
Paṇḍita: That is it.
Prabhupāda: So the Western countries, their brain is not so sharp to clearly understand the difference between viśiṣṭādvaita, śuddhādvaita advaita-dvaita, or advaita. (laughs) Their brain does not allow to think very deeply about it . . . so we are simply teaching them, man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru (BG 18.65). That includes all philosophy. In this way we are preaching all over the world, and there is little response. We are selling our books very nicely. So our main purpose is to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is our mission. So what is your idea now? How you want to utilize your learning about Vaiṣṇava philosophy? Yes.
Paṇḍita: That is what I want to do.