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Can I say about my concept of God and philosophy?

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"Can I say about my concept of God and philosophy"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1973 Conversations and Morning Walks

No, no, no, not that. That's speculation. Let's hear what you think...
Room Conversation with Krishna Tiwari -- May 22, 1973, New York:

Prabhupāda: Demon's position is always to challenge God that "I know better than you."

Krishna Tiwari: I never said that. (laughing)

Prabhupāda: That is demonism. That is demonism.

Krishna Tiwari: No, Swamiji, you did not hear me.

Prabhupāda: Yes, I hear, I know.

Krishna Tiwari: I said that God knows I'm not a demon. I did not say I am better than God.

Śyāmasundara: Can we hear what he knows, what is his knowledge? What he thinks is his knowledge? What do you know...?

Krishna Tiwari: Can I say about my concept of God and philosophy?

Śyāmasundara: No, no, no, not that. That's speculation. Let's hear what you think...

Krishna Tiwari: Oh, it's better speculation than yours. (laughs)

Śyāmasundara: Let's hear what you know through your scientific... You say you only accept knowledge which is scientifically verifiable.

Krishna Tiwari: Oh, I never said that. I was giving you...

Prabhupāda: One thing is, that he has accepted that there is a controller of the nature. Now, what is that controller you do not know.

Krishna Tiwari: I don't know.

Prabhupāda: That's the point. So we know. That is the difference. You believe me or not, that is another thing.

Krishna Tiwari: Okay. All right.

Prabhupāda: I say that controller is Kṛṣṇa. Now you may disagree with me. But I have got evidence from the śāstra that Kṛṣṇa is accepted by all brāhmaṇas in India.

Krishna Tiwari: Oh, I accept Him too.

Prabhupāda: Yes, that he is the supreme controller. I have got that authority-Rāmānujācārya, he is a brāhmaṇa. Madhvācārya, he is a brāhmaṇa. Caitanya Mahāprabhu, He is a brāhmaṇa. They're born in brāhmaṇa family. Śaṅkarācārya, he was a brāhmaṇa.

Krishna Tiwari: I know all of them.

Prabhupāda: So all of them have agreed. So in my background, we have got so many authorities, but when you say, you have no background. That is difference between you and me.

Krishna Tiwari: Swamiji, our śāstra also say that "You seek and you'll find." And, and, and "The person who seeketh himself..."

Prabhupāda: No.

Krishna Tiwari: "...will find, will have a better chance of finding Me."

Prabhupāda: No.

Page Title:Can I say about my concept of God and philosophy?
Compiler:Mangalavati, Rishab
Created:05 of Jun, 2011
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1