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You are becoming old and you do not want to become old; therefore to save yourself, not to become old, you have to surrender

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"you are becoming old and you do not want to become old, therefore to save yourself not to become old, you have to surrender"

Lectures

General Lectures

Because you are . . . because you are becoming old and you do not want to become old, therefore to save yourself not to become old, you have to surrender.

Indian man (4): But then, sir, so we, do we . . .?

Prabhupāda: First of all, you take this, that you do not know what is God. Now, you want to see God. Therefore you have to learn how to see God.

Indian man (4): Sir, I, I presumed right from the beginning that some human being surrenders to God . . .

Prabhupāda: That is the first principle.

Indian man (4): That is surrender.

Prabhupāda: That is the first principle.

Indian man (4): How is the initiative left to the human being? I, I . . .

Prabhupāda: That we are teaching. We are teaching, this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, is that you surrender to Kṛṣṇa. Just like Kṛṣṇa says: "You surrender unto Me." That is Kṛṣṇa's version. Our version is, "You surrender to Kṛṣṇa." Therefore there is no difference between the versions.

Indian man (3): But he says that why should that surrender should be, when we know that we are . . . God right within ourselves . . .?

Prabhupāda: Because you are . . . because you are becoming old and you do not want to become old, therefore to save yourself not to become old, you have to surrender.

Indian man (5): When we have the right knowledge, we have peace, and we have to maintain. That's all.

Indian woman: Excuse me, what do you or the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement have to say to me that is different from the essence of any of the major religions of the world, say, Christianity?

Prabhupāda: Every religion will say that you surrender unto God, either Kṛṣṇa consciousness or Christianity or Muhammadan . . . the word is the same, but we are teaching the same thing, but in a very easiest process. That is our credit.

Page Title:You are becoming old and you do not want to become old; therefore to save yourself, not to become old, you have to surrender
Compiler:Anurag
Created:2022-12-30, 07:48:30
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