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of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is nondifferent from Krsna, and His
version according to Vedic scripture is that in this age this chanting is the
only solution for all problems of life. And that is actually being shown by
practical experience.

Recently there was a big procession of our students in Berkeley on the
Advent Day of Lord Caitanya, and the public has remarked as follows:
“This crowd of men is not like others, who assemble to break windows
and create havoc.”’ This is also confirmed by the police in the following
words: ‘‘Members of the Krsna consciousness movement cooperated
fully with the police, and their efforts to maintain peaceful order
throughout the parade were so successful that only minimal police in-
volvement was required.’

Similarly, in Detroit there was a big peace march, and our men were
appreciated as ‘‘angels”’ in the crowd. So this Krsna consciousness move-
ment is actually needed at the present moment as the panacea for all
kinds of problems in human society.

Other quotations will not act very appreciably at this time. In a
drugstore there may be many medicines, and all may be genuine, but
what is required is that an experienced physician prescribe medicine for a
particular patient. We cannot say in this case, ‘‘This is also medicine, and
this is also medicine.’’ No. The medicine which is effective for a particu-
lar person is the medicine for him—phalena pariciyate.

Yours very sincerely,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

Final Note by Srila Prabhupada

In a court of justice two lawyers put forward their respective relevant
arguments taken from the authorized law books to decide a point, but it
is up to the judge to decide the case in favor of one of the litigants. When
the opposing lawyers put forward their arguments, both of them are legal
and bona fide, but the judgment is given as to which argument is applica-
ble to the particular case.

Lord Caitanya gives His judgment on the authority of sdstras that the
chanting of the holy names of the Lord is the only means to elevate one
to the transcendental platform, and actually we can see it is effective.
Each and every one of our students who has seriously taken to this pro-
cess may be examined individually, and any impartial judge will find it
