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You call that Krsna. But God is God. God's name is God, not Krsna. You may call Him Krsna if you want

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Lectures

Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

"God is God," you say. Man is man. But who is that man you do not know.

Lecture on BG 9.1 -- Melbourne, April 19, 1976:

Prabhupāda: Then you agree. Then you accept that the soul is different from the body.

Guest (3): Yeah, I understand. So you call that Kṛṣṇa. But God is God. God's name is God, not Kṛṣṇa. You may call Him Kṛṣṇa if you want.

Prabhupāda: So who is God?

Guest (3): God is God.

Prabhupāda: Who is that? You do not know. You do not know.

Guest (3): God is God.

Prabhupāda: "God is God," you say. Man is man. But who is that man you do not know.

Guest (4) (man): I think what he's getting is that there's a basic division of three, spirit, soul and body, and the spirit is...

Prabhupāda: Different from the body.

Guest (4): ...what is the part that's not you.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: I think he also has a misunderstanding. Prabhupāda is not saying that each individual soul is God.

Guest (4): Yeah, that's why I wanted to say that.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: He had a misunderstanding himself.

Prabhupāda: No.

Guest (5) (Indian woman): If God is a word, it is part of the language. So you call it God; I call it Kṛṣṇa. There is no difference at all.

Prabhupāda: Hm? What she...? (laughter) First of all try to understand. This is the beginning of knowledge, that "I am not this body."

Guest (3): All right, I can understand.

Prabhupāda: Then other things will follow.

Page Title:You call that Krsna. But God is God. God's name is God, not Krsna. You may call Him Krsna if you want
Compiler:Mangalavati
Created:07 of Apr, 2011
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1