Prabhupāda: "The Baba personifies heaven." (?) (Him?)
Hari-śauri: Yes. He said, "Baba personifies this philosophy, that God in man and man in God is the basis of religion. As he told me, "God is man and man is God. All of us have something of God, the divine spark, within us. All men are divine like myself, with the spirit embodied in human flesh and bone. The only difference is that they are unaware of this Godhood."
Prabhupāda: Unaware. So God, how he's unaware? Just see.
Hari-śauri: They make God so cheap.
Prabhupāda: The rascal.
Hari-śauri: This is... And then the next part's even worse. "For the doubting or confused minority, to which section I then belonged, Swamiji has this message. "Those who want to secure pearls from the sea have to dive deep to fetch them. It does not help them to dabble among the shallow waves near the shore and say that the sea has no pearls and that all stories about them are false. Likewise, if a person wants to secure the love and grace of the avatāra he must also dive deep and get submerged in Sai Baba. Then only will he become one with me and carry me in his innermost heart."
Prabhupāda: Everyone can say like that. What you have done as God? God is an Indian. Making things very complicated.
Hari-śauri: Yes, and this man goes on to describe the aura. He goes on to describe how spiritual his presence is. They chant oṁkāra. They chant oṁkāra.
Prabhupāda: So, anything about us? He criticized "God is an Indian," that is a criticism.
Hari-śauri: No, no. This is a glorification. He's a nationalist; so he's saying God is an Indian. 'Cause it's supposed to be very good.
Prabhupāda: How God can be Indian? Then how he's God? God must be for everyone. An Indian God.
Hari-śauri: He says here that he is the image of Kṛṣṇa incarnate.
Prabhupāda: He says?
Hari-śauri: He says, "They say that he's Śiva and Pārvatī combined together. He certainly embodies both masculinity and femininity. Kṛṣṇa, as we read of Him in the scriptures, must have resembled Swamiji. His walk is that of a dancer floating in a graceful movement."
Prabhupāda: All right. I will take rest.
Hari-śauri: You want to keep this?
Prabhupāda: No, no. (break—moves to garden)