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That (Krsna takes the body to fulfill His mission) is the way. That is a real understanding of Krsna

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"That is the way. That is a real understanding of Kṛṣṇa"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1975 Conversations and Morning Walks

Prabhupāda: He likes to appear as fish, that's all. Not that . . . ordinary fish, it is forced to take the body of a fish. Dr. Patel: We are controlled by māyā and its actions . . . Prabhupāda: Yes. Dr. Patel: . . . and take this body for the fulfillment of māyā. Prabhupāda: Yes. Dr. Patel: He takes the body to fulfill His mission. Prabhupāda: Yes. That is the way. That is a real understanding of Kṛṣṇa. Hare Kṛṣṇa. As soon as the Māyāvādī thinks that Kṛṣṇa also accepts a material body . . . therefore they are called Māyāvādī.

Prabhupāda: A 125-years-old and looking like a young man of twenty years old, how it is possible in a material body?

Dr. Patel: So all the avatāras of God, they come with a controlling . . .

Prabhupāda: Ātma-māyā.

Dr. Patel: Controlling.

Prabhupāda: Sambhavāmy ātma-māyayā (BG 4.6). They do not come under the control of this mahāmāyā. They have got their own spiritual potency. Āhlādinī-śakti. Ātmanaṁ sṛjāmy aham. Ātmanam: "Myself, I advent." How it can be like ordinary man? We are . . . Karmaṇā daiva-netreṇa (SB 3.31.1). We get body. But He says . . .

Dr. Patel: And it is by His own free will.

Prabhupāda: Yes, as He likes. He likes to appear as fish, that's all. Not that . . . ordinary fish, it is forced to take the body of a fish.

Dr. Patel: We are controlled by māyā and its actions . . .

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Dr. Patel: . . . and take this body for the fulfillment of māyā.

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Dr. Patel: He takes the body to fulfill His mission.

Prabhupāda: Yes. That is the way. That is a real understanding of Kṛṣṇa. Hare Kṛṣṇa. As soon as the Māyāvādī thinks that Kṛṣṇa also accepts a material body . . . therefore they are called Māyāvādī. They are called Māyāvādī because they think Kṛṣṇa's body is also māyā. Therefore they are known as Māyāvādīs.

Dr. Patel: He takes birth in divya-vigraha.

Page Title:That (Krsna takes the body to fulfill His mission) is the way. That is a real understanding of Krsna
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-04-12, 16:30:28
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1