Prabhupāda: One thing is that he says that it is from Buddhism. So where is the authoritative statement in the Buddhism about pañca-tattva? That he has not mentioned.
Indian man (2): No. He has said in Buddhism you have the principle of pañca-śaktis.
Prabhupāda: Śakti and tattva is not the same thing.
Indian man (2): Well, yes.
Prabhupāda: Śakti is part of tattva.
Indian man (2): But these pañca-tattvas . . .
Prabhupāda: Śakti also can be taken as tattva.
Indian man (2): As tattva, yes. And these tattvas, pañca-tattvas, have been described as śaktis. These pañca-tattvas also have been described as śakti.
Prabhupāda: But Caitanya Mahaprabhu as śaktimān, and others . . .
Indian man (2): As śakti.
Prabhupāda: Not all śakti; two pañca-tattva. Īśāvatāra, tat-prakāśa avatāra, they are not śakti. They are all the śaktimān.
Indian man (2): Yes, yes.
Prabhupāda: And only śakti-tattva, Gadādhara and Śrīvāsa. And other three, They are śaktimān-tattva.