I was raised as a Catholic here in Hamilton. I was an altar boy for 5 years. I went to church at St. Peter and Paul, almost every day for years under the direction of my adopted parents.
I was raised in a convent in St. John New Brunswick for the first two years of my early childhood life by the catholic nuns. I can remember being there.
Here Prabhupada explains about the differences between Christianity and Krsna consciousness.
I recently heard the new pope preaching to his membership.
He had no idea about God or the purpose of life.
I’m so blessed to be a disciple of Srila Prabhupada.
Srila Prabhupada in a letter to his disciples explains
“I am so glad to learn that you are eager to preach but we should know it that we cannot preach without being solid in our standing as devotee. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu said that “apani acari prabhu jivare sikhaya.” This means that Lord Caitanya wanted that one should preach by behaving himself exactly what he preaches.
So our Krsna consciousness movement, preaching, depends on personal behavior.
If you want to preach the gospel of Lord Jesus Christ on the principles of Bhagavad-gita you will find so many differences.
Those who are following Jesus Christ, let them follow strictly to the principles of the Bible. “Thou shalt not kill” is now being misinterpreted by Christian priests. Now they say “Thou shall not murder.” This means trying to save themselves from the crime of animal killing.
So you cannot teach such unscrupled followers the message of Bhagavad-gita. If you want to preach Bible you can tell them why there will be misinterpretation. In N.Y. there is a big press that prints “Watchtower.” They are forcefully criticizing Christian behavior. I read that one Christian priest allowed a marriage between two men—homosex.
So these things are going on. So your proposal for preaching the gospel on the basis of Bhagavad-gita will not be successful.
If you want to do that I cannot check you but I cannot allow you to do such things from within our society.
You have to understand our philosophy perfectly, follow the regulative principles, and then in fact you can edit our books and papers. Letters : 1971 Correspondence : October : Letter to: Rayarama — Bombay 22 October, 1971 : 71-10-22
The four regulations are as follows:
1. No intoxication
2. No illicit sex
3. No meat eating including fish and eggs
4. No gambling
Krishna is not a cheap God where you can do anything you want and expect salvation at the time of death no!
Especially if you eat meat and interpret that shalt not kill to mean just humans. No! It also means no slaughter houses and cow killing which is a grievous sin against mother cow and Mother Earth.
The current epidemic is caused by the sinful life of the Modern society.
People live in illusion and therefore they live in denial. Denial is not a river in Africa.