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Gems of wisdom.
Hrdayananda: [break] ...until you have arrived here, there was no possibility of liberation for humanity?
Prabhupada: That you can judge. (laughter) If I say, it will be self-advertisement. But you are intelligent. You can judge. But I have not brought something invented by me. I have brought the Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita. That's all. That's all.
Man: (Hrdayananda translates into English) In other words, until now, people did not have the chance to liberate themselves.
Prabhupada: No, why not liberation? But the thing is they are not trained up. Just like take for example the Christians. They call themself Christians; they violate all the principles of Christianity. Just like in the Christian principle is "Thou shall not kill," and they are very expert in killing. So where is Christian religion? And who is Christian?
Man: (Hrd.) How can the people in general recognize when a devotee is pure?
Prabhupada: That is, I have already described. He has no material desire, except to serve Krsna, or God. That is devotee. That is pure devotee. So that's all right, chant Hare Krsna. (end)
Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.1.3 -- Caracas, February 24, 1975
