Morning Walk, partially recorded – March 28, 1974, Bombay

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Morning Walk
[Partially Recorded]
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March 28, 1974, Bombay

740328MW-BOMBAY [02:26 Minutes]

Maya means illusion; maya means energy; maya means affection

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Prabhupada: ...incidences are so described that anyone can remember. And by remembering these incidences, he becomes liberated. That is Krsna consciousness.

Indian man: One thing I want to know, you see, when He was Supreme God, why He created all these lilas? When..., suppose He was sent...

Prabhupada: What do you mean by Supreme God?

Indian man: Er, He was the Lord of universe. All the...

Prabhupada: So He cannot do that?

Indian man: No, He can do it.

Prabhupada: Then?

Indian man: That is..., so He has done. But as He sent Uddhava to Vrndavana to know about condition of Vrndavana people, even He was God, He knew it, no?

Prabhupada: No, that is affection.

Indian man: Hmm?

Prabhupada: That is affection. Just like you go to your friend, you know what he is; still you ask, "How are, you are?"

Indian man: Yes.

Prabhupada: This is natural.

Indian man: Then he'll answer. Very affection

Prabhupada: Yes.

Indian man: But He had also... When He was God, why He had some affection also like that?

Prabhupada: Oh, that you must know.

Indian man: Maya... I, I, I say to maya.

Prabhupada: No, it is not. Maya mean affection also. Maya mean affection also. Maya has got the meaning of affection. Maya means illusion; maya means energy; maya means affection. Just like we say maya..., chele rupar[?] maya. That is affection.

Indian man: [Hindi] affection.

Prabhupada: So maya means affection.

Indian man: But when He was born, why should He have maya? When He is the Supreme God, [Hindi]?

Prabhupada: [Hindi] Can you control God? By your wording, He'll not be affected by maya.

Indian man: No, that means I have...

Prabhupada: That is God. That is God. He can do anything. He is not under your rules and regulation. Maya..., maya..., maya means... Maya means..., maya mukta [Cc Madhya 24.136] means the illusion. When the maya is illusion, you have to get you out it. But when the...

Indian man: But what is the difference between the illusion and maya?

Prabhupada: Illusion is forced. But affection is not forced. When father loves child, that is not forced; that is reality. [break] [end]