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Prabhupada, Stockholm, September 7, 1973: […] You cannot realize, but God reveals Himself, what He is. So Vedic knowledge means to realize God. That is ultimate aim of Vedic knowledge. And here, Bhagavad-gita, He’s revealing Himself to Arjuna, because he’s a devotee. So if we take the words of Arjuna, then we also realize God. This is the process.
Guest: I would like to put a question about the relation between Krishna, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Paramatma and Brahman…
Prabhupada: Brahman.
Guest: Brahman. Which is the relation between these concepts? They are, according to your commentaries, in Bhagavad-gita, different. But what is…
Prabhupada: No. It is not different. Brahman, Paramatma, and Bhagavan. The Absolute Truth is one, but He is realized by different persons differently. Just like there is a big hill. So from very distant place you see that hill just like something like cloud. But if you go forward, then you see something green.
And if you go actually to the hill, you see there are so many trees, so many houses, so many living entities. The object is the same, but realization from different angle of vision is different. That is the description of Srimad-Bhagavatam. The Absolute Truth is called tattva. Vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvam yaj jnanam advayam [Bhag. 1.2.11]. When I see the hill as a cloud, it is the same hill. When I see the hill as something green, that is the same hill.
And when I see the hill actually, it is functioning, there are so many trees, so many animals, so many men, so many houses, this same hill. Similarly, Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan is the same thing, but it appears different according to persons’ different realization. But ultimately, the Absolute Truth is Bhagavan, Supreme Personality of Godhead. Full Lecture
Pamho agtacbsp. That’s why there are many religions but God is one can’t be two say our guru maharaj ,therefore there are many misconceptions also ,we can realize God when HE is satisfied by our pure service that’s all.agtacbsp ys haribol
Pamho agtacbsp, we are going in the direction of SRI KRSNA and SRI KRSNA is coming in our direction therefore one day we will meet face to face with SRI KRSNA we have not doubts about that doesn’t matter which religion one is following but learning how to know god and how to love him must be the the purpose of any religion say SRILA PRABHUPADA because religion without philosophy is sentimentalism and philosophy without religion is fanaticism used to say our guru maharaj therefore to know god and love him one must follow religion with philosophy,anyway the best way of self realization is to chant hare Krishna because it’s the yuga dharma for all the Kali chelas citizens of this dark age of quarrel and hypocrisy. We are super lucky because we are in the right track with the right person that’s HDG ACBSP KI JAY ys haribol