Understanding Krsna and Christ 117

Krsna], we do not commit any sin. This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita
[3.13]:

yajna-sistasinah santo
mucyante sarva-kilbisaih

bhufijate te tv agham papa
ye pacanty atma-karanat

“The devotees of the Lord are released from all kinds of sins because
they eat food that is first offered for sacrifice. Others, who prepare food
for personal sense enjoyment, verily eat only sin.””

Father Emmanuel: Krsna cannot give permission to eat animals?
Srila Prabhupada: Yes—in the animal kingdom. But the civilized human
being, the religious human being, is not meant to kill and eat animals. If
you stop killing animals and chant the holy name Christ, everything will
be perfect. I have not come to teach you, but only to request you to
please chant the name of God. The Bible also demands this of you. So
let’s kindly cooperate and chant, and if you have a prejudice against
chanting the name Krsna, then chant ‘‘Christos’’ or ‘‘Krsta’’—there is
no difference. Sri Caitanya said: naémnam akari bahudha nija-sarva-Saktih.
““God has millions and millions of names, and because there is no dif-
ference between God’s name and Himself, each one of these names has
the same potency as God.”’ Therefore, even if you accept designations
like ‘‘Hindu,”’ ‘“‘Christian,’’ or ‘“Muhammadan,”’ if you simply chant the
name of God found in your own scriptures, you will attain the spiritual
platform. Human life is meant for self-realization—to learn how to love
God. That is the actual beauty of man. Whether you discharge this duty
as a Hindu, a Christian, or a Muhammadan, it doesn’t matter—but dis-
charge it!

Father Emmanuel: | agree.

Srila Prabhupada [pointing to a string of 108 meditation beads]: We al-
ways have these beads, just as you have your rosary. You are chanting,
but why don’t the other Christians also chant? Why should they miss this
opportunity as human beings? Cats and dogs cannot chant, but we can
because we have a human tongue. If we chant the holy names of God, we
cannot lose anything; on the contrary, we gain greatly. My disciples prac-
tice chanting Hare Krsna constantly. They could also go to the cinema, or
do so many other things, but they have given everything up. They eat
neither fish nor meat nor eggs, they don’t take intoxicants, they don’t
drink, they don’t smoke, they don’t partake in gambling, they don’t
