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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation with Allen Ginsberg -- May 14, 1969, Columbus, Ohio|Room Conversation with Allen Ginsberg -- May 14, 1969, Columbus, Ohio]]: </span><div class="text">Allen Ginsberg: Nārāyaṇa is another name for Śiva?
 
 
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Allen Ginsberg: Nārāyaṇa is another name for Śiva?
 
Prabhupāda: No. Nārāyaṇa is Viṣṇu. That is Kṛṣṇa's expansion.
Prabhupāda: No. Nārāyaṇa is Viṣṇu. That is Kṛṣṇa's expansion.
Allen Ginsberg: According to Caitanya, Viṣṇu is an expansion of...
 
Allen Ginsberg: According to Caitanya, Viṣṇu is an expansion of . . .
 
Prabhupāda: Of Kṛṣṇa.
Prabhupāda: Of Kṛṣṇa.
Allen Ginsberg: Of Kṛṣṇa.
Allen Ginsberg: Of Kṛṣṇa.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Rāmādi-mūrtiśu... In the Brahma-saṁhitā it is stated. Rāmādi-murttisu kalā niyamena tiṣṭhan nānāvatārān akarod bhuvaneṣu kintu, kṛṣṇaḥ svayaṁ. Kṛṣṇaḥ svayaṁ. Svayaṁ means the Supreme Person. Samabhavat paramaḥ pumān yo. Parama means the Supreme; pumān means the puruṣa, the male. God is male. God is not female. The conception of female God, that is not authorized. Paramaḥ pumān yo. So female is prakṛti, nature. Parasya śaktīr vividhaiva... Śaktī. So He has got many energies. The whole thing is manifested by energy, multi-energies. Viṣṇu-śaktīḥ parā prokta ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 6.154|CC Madhya 6.154]]). Viṣṇu, the energy of Viṣṇu, is transcendental, spiritual. Kṣetrajñākhya tathā para. As also this kṣetrajñā-śaktī, marginal potency, that is also transcendental, that is living entities. They are also transcendental. They are not material. Avidyā-karma-saṅga anya tṛtīya-śaktīr iśyate. Another śaktī, another energy, is there. That is avidyā, darkness. This is material energy. So living entity is originally spiritual, transcendental, as good as Kṛṣṇa's personal energy. But now they are covered by this material energy.
 
Prabhupāda: Yes. ''Rāmādi-mūrtiśu'' . . . in the ''Brahma-saṁhitā'' it is stated, ''rāmādi-mūrtiṣu kalā-niyamena tiṣṭhan nānāvatāram akarod bhuvaneṣu kintu'', ''kṛṣṇaḥ svayaṁ'' ([[Vanisource:Bs. 5.39|Bs. 5.39]]) ''Kṛṣṇaḥ svayaṁ''. ''Svayaṁ'' means the person, Supreme Person. ''Samabhavat paramaḥ pumān yo''. ''Parama'' means the Supreme; ''pumān'' means the ''puruṣa'', the male. God is male. God is not female. The conception of female God, that is not authorized. ''Paramaḥ pumān'' yo. So female is ''prakṛti'', nature. ''Parasya śaktīr vividhaiva'' . . . ''Śaktī''. So He has got many energies. The whole thing is manifested by energy, multi-energies.  
 
''Viṣṇu-śaktīḥ parā prokta'' ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 6.154|CC Madhya 6.154]]). Viṣṇu, the energy of Viṣṇu, is transcendental, spiritual. ''Kṣetrajñākhya tathā para''. As also this ''kṣetrajñā-śaktī'', marginal potency, that is also transcendental, that is the living entities. They are also transcendental. They are not material. ''Avidyā-karma-saṅga anya tṛtīya-śaktīr iśyate''. Another ''śaktī'', another energy, is there. That is ''avidyā'', darkness. This is material energy. So living entity is originally spiritual, transcendental, as good as Kṛṣṇa's personal energy. But now they are covered by this material energy.</p>
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Conversations and Morning Walks

1969 Conversations and Morning Walks

Of Kṛṣṇa. Yes.


Room Conversation with Allen Ginsberg -- May 14, 1969, Columbus, Ohio:

Allen Ginsberg: Nārāyaṇa is another name for Śiva?

Prabhupāda: No. Nārāyaṇa is Viṣṇu. That is Kṛṣṇa's expansion.

Allen Ginsberg: According to Caitanya, Viṣṇu is an expansion of . . .

Prabhupāda: Of Kṛṣṇa.

Allen Ginsberg: Of Kṛṣṇa.

Prabhupāda: Yes. Rāmādi-mūrtiśu . . . in the Brahma-saṁhitā it is stated, rāmādi-mūrtiṣu kalā-niyamena tiṣṭhan nānāvatāram akarod bhuvaneṣu kintu, kṛṣṇaḥ svayaṁ (Bs. 5.39) Kṛṣṇaḥ svayaṁ. Svayaṁ means the person, Supreme Person. Samabhavat paramaḥ pumān yo. Parama means the Supreme; pumān means the puruṣa, the male. God is male. God is not female. The conception of female God, that is not authorized. Paramaḥ pumān yo. So female is prakṛti, nature. Parasya śaktīr vividhaiva . . . Śaktī. So He has got many energies. The whole thing is manifested by energy, multi-energies.

Viṣṇu-śaktīḥ parā prokta (CC Madhya 6.154). Viṣṇu, the energy of Viṣṇu, is transcendental, spiritual. Kṣetrajñākhya tathā para. As also this kṣetrajñā-śaktī, marginal potency, that is also transcendental, that is the living entities. They are also transcendental. They are not material. Avidyā-karma-saṅga anya tṛtīya-śaktīr iśyate. Another śaktī, another energy, is there. That is avidyā, darkness. This is material energy. So living entity is originally spiritual, transcendental, as good as Kṛṣṇa's personal energy. But now they are covered by this material energy.