Transcendentalism
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
CC Madhya-lila
Conversations and Morning Walks
1972 Conversations and Morning Walks
Prabhupāda: ...because he knows things as they are.
Bob Cohen: (indistinct) ...knows things as they are.
Prabhupāda: Huh?
Bob: He hopes he knows things as they are.
Prabhupāda: No, he's supposed to know. We approach to a scientist because he's supposed to know the things right. (A loudspeaker is playing very loudly in the background.) Let them make a little soft. [break] (laughter) Great relief. (laughter)
Bob: I have felt that the loudspeakers were too loud all day.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Bob: And I mentioned it to somebody.
Prabhupāda: It is pinching.
Bob: Yeah. It loses some maybe transcendentalism through the amplifier.
Prabhupāda: Yes, yes. Ask them to make it softer. So scientist means one who knows things as they are. That is scientist. So Kṛṣṇa means all-attractive. (Speaks to someone in Bengali) [break] So just like your daughter, she was also... I was little older, so I was beating her like anything. (laughter) (pause) So Kṛṣṇa means all-attractive.
Bob: All-attractive.
Prabhupāda: All-attractive.
Bob: All-attractive.
Prabhupāda: Yes. So unless God becomes all-attractive, how He can become God? (pause) A man is important when he's attractive. Is it not?
Bob: It is so.
Prabhupāda: So, God must be attractive and attractive for all. Therefore, if God has got any name, or if you want to give any name to God, only "Kṛṣṇa" can be given.Page Title: | Transcendentalism |
Compiler: | Madhavananda |
Created: | 17 of Dec, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=1, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 2 |