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We are preaching this. We don't say that you become one of us. You chant the holy name of the Lord, that's all

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"We are preaching this. We don't say that you become one of us. You chant the holy name of the Lord, that's all"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1976 Conversations and Morning Walks

Ali: Oh, no, no. Sorry. Chanting, yes, I do chant myself.

Prabhupāda: Yes, that's all. We are preaching this. We don't say that you become one of us. You chant the holy name of the Lord, that's all.

Prabhupāda: Yes, name means authorized. Name means authorized. Not fictitious. If you chant fictitious name, that will not be effective. But if you chant real name of God, then you'll be purified. So if you have got name of God, chant it; there is no question of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. You chant. If you have got the name, real name of God, chant it. That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu says, nāmnām akāri bahudhā nija-sarva-śaktis tatrārpitā niyamitaḥ smaraṇe na kālaḥ (CC Antya 20.16). If God is unlimited, therefore He must have unlimited names also. But the name must be God's name. Then you chant, you'll be purified. So there is no question of sectarianism in this movement. We are recommending that you chant the holy name of the Lord. Do it. Is there any objection? Suppose you say that you are Muhammadan. If I say: "You chant the holy name of God," have you got any objection?

Ali: Yes.

Prabhupāda: You have got objection?

Atreya Ṛṣi: (explains to Ali what was being asked)

Ali: Oh, no, no. Sorry. Chanting, yes, I do chant myself.

Prabhupāda: Yes, that's all. We are preaching this. We don't say that you become one of us. You chant the holy name of the Lord, that's all.

Ali: There's no such thing as "one of us," "one of you," anyway, because the thing is the same. If one is true, then the whole thing is . . . there is no difference.

Prabhupāda: Then when you are purified, you'll understand what is God, what God wants you to do, what is your relationship with God, so on, so on, so on.

Atreya Ṛṣi: And other devotees of God, you will understand.

Prabhupāda: Yes. To understand God means to understand everything.

Ali: Because everything is God.

Prabhupāda: Yes. Yasmin vijñāte sarvam eva vijñātaṁ bhavanti (Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.3). This is Vedic instruction. If you simply understand God, then you understand everything. Therefore God says, janma karma ca me divyam evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ (BG 4.9): "If anyone understands Me factually, then," tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti (BG 4.9), "then after giving up this body, he's not going to accept any more material body. He comes to Me." So simply try to understand God. And that is possible simply by chanting the holy name of God. Very easy. It doesn't matter, either you are Iranian or Indian or . . . chant the name of, holy name of God. I think there should (not) be any objection for this movement. Eh? What do you think? That's all. We are simply pleading, "My dear sir, please chant the holy name of God." Who will have any objection? Nobody will have any. Do it. There is no confusion. If you are confused, chant the holy name of God, you'll be out of confusion. Tell them like that. Everyone should join with us and preach this cult. This is not a cult; this is a science, that you chant the holy name of God, that's all. (indistinct background talking) You have seen that house? Dayānanda was not with you? Dayānanda?

Atreya Ṛṣi: It happened very quickly this time. We have been looking for a year, over a year. Many hundreds of houses we have seen. But this time, by your mercy, Śrīla Prabhupāda . . .

Prabhupāda: Yes, Kṛṣṇa's mercy.

Atreya Ṛṣi: You will see it.

Prabhupāda: So make arrangement on Thursday. At any time, we shall go. That's all right.

Atreya Ṛṣi: It is both nice location and a nice small house. We can also get a bigger one nearby, and a bigger one. We can take the whole city.

Prabhupāda: (laughs) Later on. Later on. No, we can member anyone, because we are proposing very pure thing, "You chant the holy name of God." Who will object?

Atreya Ṛṣi: You should let Dayānanda Prabhu and I live a thousand years. We will buy the whole city.

Hari-śauri: (entering) Puffed rice.

Prabhupāda: I shall go there. I am going.

Devotees: Jaya. (devotees offer obeisances)

Prabhupāda: So thank you very much. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Page Title:We are preaching this. We don't say that you become one of us. You chant the holy name of the Lord, that's all
Compiler:SharmisthaK
Created:2023-11-09, 10:41:24.000
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1