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Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers
provided it is delivered as it is. Just as we are teaching  Bhagavad-gitā . In  Bhagavad-gitā  Kṛṣṇa says:
sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja
“Just give up all other forms of religion and simply surrender unto Me.” Now we are saying that you should give up everything and surrender to Kṛṣṇa. Therefore, there is no difference between Kṛṣṇa’s instruction and our instruction. There is no deviation. So if you receive knowledge in that perfect way, that is as good as receiving instruction directly from Kṛṣṇa. But we don’t change anything.
BOB:  When I pray reverently, faithfully, does Kṛṣṇa hear me?
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  Yes.
BOB:  From me to Him?
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  Yes, because He is within your heart. He is always hearing you—whether you are praying or not praying. When you are doing some nonsense, He is also hearing you. And when you pray, that is very good—welcome.
BOB:  To Kṛṣṇa’s ear, is praying louder than nonsense?
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  No. He is all-perfect. He can hear everything. Even if you don’t speak, even if you simply think, “I shall do it,” then He hears you.  Sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi sanniviṣṭaḥ : Kṛṣṇa is seated in everyone’s heart.
BOB:  But one should pray—is that so?
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  That is his business—praying.
BOB:  Whose business?
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  Every living entity’s. That is the only business.  Eko bahūnāṁ yo vidadhāti kāmān . That is the statement of the  Vedas .