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this or to that, but final surrender is surrender to Krsna; then you will be
happy. The process of surrender is there, but surrender to Krsna keeps
one quite satisfied, transcendentally.

Prof. Kotovsky: Haven’t you come across hostile attitudes to your teach-
ings from orthodox Hindus or bra@hmanas in India?

Srila Prabhupada: We have subdued them.

Prof. Kotovsky: Ah.

Srila Prabhupada: Any orthodox Hindu may come and challenge, but
we have our weapons—the Vedic literatures. So no one has come. Even
Christian priests in America love me. They say, ‘‘These boys are
American, Christian, Jewish, and now they are so much after God. But
we could not deliver them.’’ They are admitting it. Their fathers and
their parents come to me, offer their obeisances, and say, ‘‘Swamiji, it is
our great fortune that you have come here to teach God consciousness.”
So on the contrary, I have been well received. In India also, since you in-
quired of India, all other sects are admitting that before me many kinds of
swamis went to the Western countries, but they could not convert even a
single person to Krsna consciousness. They are admitting that. As far as I
am concerned, I don’t take any credit, but I am confident that because I
am presenting the Vedic knowledge as it is, without adulteration, it is
being effective. That is my confidence. If you have the right medicine and
you administer it to a patient, you must be sure that he will be cured.
Prof. Kotovsky: How many out of your one thousand disciples do you
have in India itself? How many of your community do you have in India?
Srila Prabhupada: In India?

Prof. Kotovsky: Yes.

Srila Prabhupada: In India there are many Krsna conscious persons—
hundreds, thousands, millions. In India there is no question. There is not
a single Hindu who is not Krsna conscious.

Prof. Kotovsky: Yes, I understand.

Srila Prabhupada: Vaisnavas. This is called the Vaisnava cult. You have
been in India, so as it is commonly known, there are many millions of
Vaisnavas. For example, this gentleman [an Indian gentleman present] is
the commander of Air India airlines. He is not my disciple, but he is a
Vaisnava, Krsna conscious. Similarly, in India there are millions of Krsna
conscious persons. There are even Muhammadans who are Krsna con-
scious. At Gorakhpur University there is a Muhammadan professor who
is a great devotee of Lord Krsna. So this is natural. It is said in the
Caitanya-caritamrta that Krsna consciousness is everywhere, in every-
one’s heart. It simply has to be awakened by this process. That is all. It is
