SPD06-01 Ratha-yātrā with Viṣṇujana Swami, July 1974, San Francisco

[05:45 minutes]

[02:10] [Prabhupada:] ...movement. Lord Krsna, five thousand years ago

[02:18] on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra, He spoke the great Bhagavad-gita.

[02:24] Most of you, you have heard the name. [indistinct]

[02:34] We have also published Bhagavad-gita As It Is.

[02:39] The basis of this Krsna consciousness movement is Bhagavad-gita as it is.

[02:49] Bhagavad-gita... The purpose of Bhagavad-gita is to remind you that you are all...

[02:58] "You" means all living entities; not only human being, but also other than human beings-

[03:09] the animals, the trees, the birds, the aquatics.

[03:14] Anywhere you find the living force, that is part and parcel of God.

[03:24] God is also a living being, but as it is described in the Vedas, the chief living being.

[03:36] It is said in the Katha Upanisad [2.2.13], nityo nityanam cetanas cetananam.

[03:46] God is one of the living beings, like us,

[03:52] but the difference between God and ourself is this: eko bahūnam yo vidadhati kaman.

[04:02] That one living being is providing, maintaining, all other living beings.

[04:10] So our position is being maintained by God, and God is maintainer.

[04:21] Our position is being predominated, and God is predominator.

[04:30] So in this material world, the living entity,

[04:36] those living entity who wanted to become like God... [break]

[04:46] So the human form of life is the opportunity to get free from the cycle of birth and death,

[04:54] disease and old age.

[04:56] And this Krsna consciousness movement is meant for educating people in this great science.

[05:05] So we have published already about twenty books, four hundred pages each,

[05:15] to elaborate the science of Krsna consciousness.

[05:20] So the scientists, the philosophers, they can also understand by reading our books.

[05:28] There will be more books.

[05:30] There will be...