THE ALL ATTRACTIVE

[Guest guest]

Krsna, the All-Attractive

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 is 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. Is it

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's all-attractive. Krsna

means " allattractive. "

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 a 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 name meaning " all-powerful " ?

Srila Prabhupada: Yes.... Unless you are powerful, how

can you be allattractive?

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?

Srila Prabhupada: Oh, yes! He was the greatest rascal

also.

Bob: How is that?

Srila Prabhupada: [laughing] Because He was always

teasing the gopis.

Syamasundara: Teasing?

Srila Prabhupada: Yes. Sometimes when Radharani would

go out, Krsna

would attack Her, and when She would fall

down-- " Krsna, don't torture Me

in that way " --They would fall down, and Krsna would

take the opportunity

and kiss Her. [He laughs.] So, Radharani was very

pleased, but

superficially Krsna was the greatest rascal. So unless

rascaldom is in

Krsna, how could rascaldom be existent in the world?

Our formula of God

is that He is the source of everything. Unless

rascaldom is in Krsna,

how can it be manifest... because He is the source of

everything. But

His rascaldom is so nice that everyone worships His

rascaldom.

Bob: What about the rascals who are not so nice?

Srila Prabhupada: No, rascaldom is not nice, but Krsna

is absolute. He

is God. Therefore His rascaldom is also good. Krsna is

all-good. God is

good.

Bob: Yes.

Srila Prabhupada: Therefore, when He becomes a rascal,

that is also

good. That is Krsna. Rascaldom is not good, but when

it is practiced by

Krsna, because He is absolutely good, that rascaldom

is also good. This

one has to understand.

Bob: Are there some people who do not find Krsna

attractive?

Srila Prabhupada: No. All people will find Him

attractive. Who is not

attracted? just give an example: " This man or this

living entity is not

attracted to Krsna. " Just find such a person.

Bob: Somebody who wishes to do things in life that he

may feel are wrong

but who wishes to gain power or prestige or money...

Srila Prabhupada: Yes.

Bob:... may find God unattractive. He may not find God

attractive,

because God gives him guilt.

Srila Prabhupada: No, not God. His attraction is to

become powerful. A

man wants to become powerful or rich--is it not? But

nobody is richer

than Krsna. Therefore Krsna is attractive to him.

Bob: If a person who wants to become rich prays to

Krsna, will he become

rich?

Srila Prabhupada: Oh, yes!

Bob: He can become rich through this means?

Srila Prabhupada: Oh, yes. Because Krsna is

all-powerful, if you pray to

Krsna to become rich, Krsna will make you rich.

Bob: If somebody lives an evil life but prays to

become rich, he may

still become rich?

Srila Prabhupada: Yes. Praying to Krsna is not evil.

Bob: Oh, yes.

Srila Prabhupada: [chuckling] Somehow or other he

prays to Krsna, so you

cannot say that he is evil.

Bob: Yes.

Srila Prabhupada: Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita, api cet

suduracaro

bhajate mam ananya-bhak. Have you read it?

Bob: Yes. The Sanskrit I don't know, but the English I

do.

Srila Prabhupada: Hm-m.

Bob: " Even if the most evil man prays to Me... "

Srila Prabhupada: Yes.

Bob: " ... He will be elevated. "

 

 

 

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