Perfect Questions And answers - 1.0
Monday, December 17, 2007 by Hare Krsna
conversations between His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedantha Swami Prabuphada and Bob Cohen a Peace Corps worker in India
Krsna, the All-Attractive
February 27, 1972
BOB: What is a scientist?
SRILA PRABHUPADA: One who knows things as they are.
BOB: He thinks he knows things as they are.
SRILA PRABHUPADA: What?
BOB: He hopes he knows things as they are.
SRILA PRABHUPADA: No, he supposed to know. We approach the scientist because he is supposed to know things correctly. A scientist means one who knows things as they are. Krsna means "all-attractive"
BOB: All-attractive.
SRILA PRABHUPADA: Yes. so unless God is all-attractive, how can he be God? A man is important when he is attractive. It is not?
BOB: It is so?
SRILA PRABHUPADA:So, God must be attractive and attractive for all. Therefore, if God has any name, or if you want to give any name to God, only "Krsna" can be given.
BOB: But why only the name krsna?
SRILA PRABHUPADA: Because he is all-attractive. Krsna means "all-attractive"
BOB: oh, I see.
SRILA PRABHUPADA: Yes, God has no name, but by his qualities we give Him names. If a man is very beautiful, we call him 'beautiful". If man is very intelligent, we call him "wise". So the name is given according to the quality. Because God is all-attractive, the name Krsna can be applied only to him. Krsna means "all-attractive". It includes everything.
BOB: But what about a meaning "all-powerful"?
SRILA PRABHUPADA: Yes... unless your powerful, how can you be all-attractive?
SYAMASUNDARA (an American devotee, Srila Prabhupada's secretary) : it includes everything.
SRILA PRABHUPADA: Everything. He must be very beautiful, He must be very wise, He must be very powerful, He must be very famous...
BOB: Is Krsna attractive to rascals?
to be continued...
Krsna, the All-Attractive
February 27, 1972
BOB: What is a scientist?
SRILA PRABHUPADA: One who knows things as they are.
BOB: He thinks he knows things as they are.
SRILA PRABHUPADA: What?
BOB: He hopes he knows things as they are.
SRILA PRABHUPADA: No, he supposed to know. We approach the scientist because he is supposed to know things correctly. A scientist means one who knows things as they are. Krsna means "all-attractive"
BOB: All-attractive.
SRILA PRABHUPADA: Yes. so unless God is all-attractive, how can he be God? A man is important when he is attractive. It is not?
BOB: It is so?
SRILA PRABHUPADA:So, God must be attractive and attractive for all. Therefore, if God has any name, or if you want to give any name to God, only "Krsna" can be given.
BOB: But why only the name krsna?
SRILA PRABHUPADA: Because he is all-attractive. Krsna means "all-attractive"
BOB: oh, I see.
SRILA PRABHUPADA: Yes, God has no name, but by his qualities we give Him names. If a man is very beautiful, we call him 'beautiful". If man is very intelligent, we call him "wise". So the name is given according to the quality. Because God is all-attractive, the name Krsna can be applied only to him. Krsna means "all-attractive". It includes everything.
BOB: But what about a meaning "all-powerful"?
SRILA PRABHUPADA: Yes... unless your powerful, how can you be all-attractive?
SYAMASUNDARA (an American devotee, Srila Prabhupada's secretary) : it includes everything.
SRILA PRABHUPADA: Everything. He must be very beautiful, He must be very wise, He must be very powerful, He must be very famous...
BOB: Is Krsna attractive to rascals?
to be continued...
