Morning Walk, partially recorded – March 28, 1974, Bombay
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740328MW.BOM
Morning Walk
[Partially Recorded] - March 28, 1974, Bombay 740328MW-BOMBAY [02:26 Minutes]
Maya means illusion; maya means energy; maya means affection
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]
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