750129 Lecture - Srila Prabhupada Speaks a Nectar Drop in Honolulu
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "We show all respect to everyone, even to the ant, but that does not mean that any demigod, any damn, any rascal, should be worshiped as God? No. That is not possible. We can show respect even to the insignificant ant. Tṛṇād api sunīcena taror api sahiṣṇunā (CC Ādi 17.31, Śikṣāṣṭaka 3). That may be another thing. But we cannot accept anyone as God. That is not possible. That is knowledge. That is knowledge. Be convinced firmly, kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam (SB 1.3.28): "Bhagavān means Kṛṣṇa, nobody else." Kāmais tais tair hṛta-jñānāḥ yajante anya-devatāḥ (BG 7.20). Anya-devatāḥ, accept as God, they are accepted by the rascals, hṛta-jñānāḥ, those who have lost their knowledge. They have lost their. . . Hṛta-jñānāḥ and naṣṭa-buddhayaḥ, those who have lost their knowledge.
So don't be lost of your knowledge. Stick to Kṛṣṇa and accept His words as it is. Then you will be one day fearless, abhayaṁ sattva-saṁśuddhiḥ (BG 16.1). Your existence will be purified, spiritual existence" |
| 750129 - Lecture BG 16.01-3 - Honolulu |