6
Taking to
Krsna Consciousness

In India all scriptures and great spiritual teachers,
including Sankaracarya, an impersonalist, accept
Krsna as the Supreme Lord. In the beginning of his
commentary on the Bhagavad-gita, Sanikaracarya
says that Narayana is transcendental to this mani-
fested and unmanifested creation, and in the same
commentary he says that the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, Narayana, is Krsna appearing as the son
of Devaki and Vasudeva. Thus in this respect there
is little difference of opinion about Krsna. Those
who are authorities, be they personalists or im-
personalists, are in agreement that Krsna is the
Supreme Lord.

When Krsna was present on this planet, He proved
by His activities and opulence that He is the Supreme
Lord. If we are actually anxious to understand who
and what the Supreme Lord is, all of the information
is given in Vedic literatures. If we utilize whatever
we have in our possession to understand God, Krsna
will prove that He is the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. If we but accept this one fact, then all of
our education is complete. It is fashionable to

_research to try to find out who is God, but this is
not necessary. God is present, and He Himself says:

mattah parataram nanyat
kincid asti dhananjaya

mayi sarvam idam protam
sutre mani-gana iva

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