Dangerous talk

[nitaigouranga]

Today I bought a version of Bhagavad Gita that's not by Prabhupada.  I've been having wonderful conversations with a devotee from the advaita vedanta school on facebook, and it made me doubt some of the translations in As It Is.  When you look at the word for word translation of the sanskrit and then the actual text in English, there are often

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[vasudeva_dasa]

Well, I get your point and it makes me a bit curious. On the other hand, to me it is very logical that the personal form of Krishna is much much more attractive than any impersonal form. I think the love for a personal form can also go much deeper than an impersonal form. Because we can serve Him much more. How do you love someone you don't know? And that is all what God wants, our love.

[nitaigouranga]

I agree too, to a point, although its hard to speculate about "deeper" love, because we don't know our own hearts never mind anyone elses. For sure Krishna is ready to have a loving relationship with everyone, no matter what path we take to realize Him.