Reporter: So this holy name can be in different forms, for say a Christian or a Hindu.
Prabhupāda: Different form means that the... Just like water. Water, somebody says, "water," and India, somebody says, jal, or pani, but the substance is the same. If your name means the same thing, then it is right. And if your name suggests something else, then it is wrong.
Reporter: And is there something that...
Prabhupāda: So if you have got some name which actually refers to God, then it is all right. But if you have got something, name, which refers to dog, then it is wrong.
Reporter: Is this something that your followers can be aware of constantly?
Prabhupāda: So we are recommending to chant the name of Kṛṣṇa. The Kṛṣṇa means all-attractive.
Reporter: It means...?
Prabhupāda: All-attractive. So God is all-attractive. Otherwise how He can be God? God cannot be attractive for you and not for me. This is very accurate word. God has no name. That's a fact. But we coin His name according to His dealings. Just like we call God Yaśodā-nandana. So God came as the son of Yaśodā; therefore we call Him Yaśodā-nandana, "son of Yaśodā." So you can take it as name. Similarly, God's name the total summarization—"all-attractive." That is perfect name.
Reporter: Is this the same name that is spoken of in the Bible where it says "the word of God"?
Prabhupāda: Hmm? What is that?
Reporter: In the Bible it says "the word of God." Is that the same name that...
Prabhupāda: Yes, word is God. Kṛṣṇa is God. If you use this word Kṛṣṇa—because God is all-attractive—then immediately you associate with God. And if you associate with God, then you become purified.
Reporter: Can you explain what I read in one of your books, that the sound spoken either in chanting a mantra or when talking about God or Kṛṣṇa is somehow transcendental sound, though it's spoken with the same voice?
Prabhupāda: God is Absolute. His name and His person, not different, because He is Absolute. Here in the material world the name is not the substance. If I want water... I am thirsty, and if I chant "water, water, water, water," that will not help me. But in the spiritual world, God being Absolute, you chant God's name, you see God's form, you discuss about God's activities, they are all the same.
Reporter: So how, if when we chant "water, water, water," we don't...
Prabhupāda: That is material word. If you chant "water, water," the real water will not come. But if you chant "Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa," then because it is Absolute, then you are associating with Kṛṣṇa.
Reporter: Then we've become into the spiritual world.
Prabhupāda: Yes, immediately. Because Kṛṣṇa is on your tongue.
Reporter: But how do we feel that?
Prabhupāda: You will feel. Go on chanting. Just like if you drink water, then you will feel that "My thirsty..., thirstiness is gone."
Reporter: Oh. But it's the same body doing it.
Prabhupāda: Yes. So if you chant "Kṛṣṇa," then you will be spiritually realized. (pause)
Reporter: That's all the questions I have.
Prabhupāda: Thank you.
Reporter: Thank you very much.