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lusion. You cannot be master in any state of your life; you
must remain a servant. That is your position. When one
thinks artificially-that he is master, that is his conditioned
life. And when one voluntarily surrenders to the supreme
master, that is his liberation. A devotee does not try for
liberation separately. As soon as he surrenders to Krsna or
Krsna’s representative, he is liberated.

BOB: Prabhupada, people that engage in religions, like
these “Jesus freaks” and other people, claim that Jesus is
guiding them. Can this be so?

SRILA PRABHUPADA: Yes, but they are not taking the guid-
ance. Just like the Christians. Jesus is guiding them, “Thou
shalt not kill,” but they are killing. Where is the Jesus guid-
ance? Simply saying, “I am guided by Jesus Christ” —will
that do? “But I don’t care for his words.” Is that guidance?
Nobody is being guided by Jesus Christ. Their claim is
false. It is very hard to find a man who is actually being
guided by Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ’s guidance is available,
but nobody is caring for him. They have taken Jesus Christ
as contractor to take up their sins. That is their philosophy.
They commit all kinds of sins, and poor Jesus,Christ will be
responsible. That is their religion. Therefore they say, “We
have a very good religion. For all our sinful activities, Jesus
Christ will die?’ So is that good religion? They have no
sympathy for Jesus Christ. He died for our sins. Why
should we commit sins again? Such a great life has been
sacrificed for our sins, so we should be guided by Jesus
Christ. But if you take it otherwise—‘‘Ah, we shall go on
committing all sins, and Jesus Christ will make a contract
to nullify all my sins; I'll simply go to the church and con-
fess and come back and again do all nonsense” —do you
think that shows very good intelligence?
