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Kṛṣṇa, the All-Attractive February 27, 1972
BOB:  What is a scientist?
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  One who knows things as they are.
BOB:  He thinks he knows things as they are.
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  What?
BOB:  He hopes he knows things as they are.
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  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. Kṛṣṇa means “all-attractive.”
BOB:  All-attractive.
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  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.
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  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 “Kṛṣṇa” can be given.
BOB:  But why only the name Kṛṣṇa?
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  Because He’s all-attractive. Kṛṣṇa means “all-attractive.”
BOB:  Oh, I see.
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  Yes. God has no name, but by His
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