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about the spirit. But Shankara, Shankara said, "No, ma er is our false
posi on. Spirit is real posi on." But he did not say anything, what are

the ac vi es of the spiritual life. Then Sri Ramanujacarya came. He de-
scribed the actual posi on of spiritual life. These are gradual develop-
ment. Your, I mean to say, Lord Jesus, also, Lord Jesus Christ, he also
gave hints of spiritual life, kingdom of God. So when we speak of king-

dom of God, a kingdom, vacant, cannot be. Kingdom means there must
be ac vi es. Otherwise, what is the meaning of kingdom? So, of course,
he did not give any detailed account of the kingdom of God, but he gave
hint.
Lecture #3 - BG 4.11 -- Bombay, March 31, 1974:
Prabhupada: “So they were temporary necessi es, for certain reason.
Because people were addicted so much in violence, in killing the ani-
mals, therefore Buddha philosophy was needed. Again, this Buddha phi-
losophy was driven out. The Shankara, impersonal philosophy was es-
tablished. But again, the acaryas, Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya and oth-
er Vaishnava acaryas... At last, Caitanya Mahaprabhu. They established

that brahma satyam means brahme paramatme bhagavan i
sabdyate (SB 1.2.11). Both, three, Absolute Truth.”
“So these are the philosophical development. So Krishna is summarizing
this philosophical development here in this one line, that mama vart-
manuvartante manushyah partha sarvasah. Either you follow Buddha
philosophy or Shankara philosophy or Vaishnava philosophy, the ul -
mate goal is Krishna.”
Progressive nature of Krishna Consciousness –

guidelines for surrender
The dynamic and progressive nature of Krishna conscious philosophy is
essen al to understand the gradual revela on of spiritual truth and the
different levels of worship in the material and spiritual world. This princi-
ple is described in the Bhagavad-gita, “As all surrender unto Me, I re-
ward them accordingly. Everyone follows My path in all respects, O son
of Prtha.” (Bg 4.11)
Srila Prabhupada has remarked, “This is our principle that the spiritual

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