Krsna and Krsna's institution are nondifferent

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(In Madras) Srila Prabhupada also met with V. Raj Gopala Acarya (Rajaji),

who had been India's first chief executive after independence. A friend of

Mahatma Gandhi, Rajaji was high in the public sentiment as a religious

politician. Although in his nineties, he was alert and very sympathetic to

Prabhupada's movement. Rajaji expressed only one doubt: Prabhupada had

created such a huge institution that now his disciples might identify with

the institution rather than with Krsna. If that were to happen, then by

identifying with the institution they would again fall into the same type of

materialism or false identification as before. Prabhupada replied that

because Krsna is absolute, Krsna and Krsna's institution are nondifferent.

To identify with Krsna's institution was to identify with Krsna directly.

Rajaji was satisfied by Prabhupada's answer, and after a pleasant

conversation the two friends parted.

 

>From Srila Prabhupada lilamrta ch. 38.