Srila Prabhupada has seen magical nonsense of yogis

[Guest guest]

Some yogis have a mystic power that enables them to snatch pomegranates from

trees in another country, thousands of miles away. Others can fly without an

airplane. And some yogis can hypnotize anyone. Then they point to someone

and say, "This is God," and their victims believe them. I have actually seen

such magical nonsense.

 

from Life Comes From Life ch. 13

 

 

In Calcutta I was passing in a street, Cornwallis Street, and there was some

crowd, and I entered that crowd, long ago, when I was young man. So I saw

that he was a Muhammadan (indistinct). He was giving everyone some pieces of

grass, straw. So he gave me one. So I saw it is raisin, kismis. You see? So

I immediate threw it away and went away.

 

from Srila Prabhupada's lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.3.16-17 -- Gorakhpur,

February 10, 1971