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Krsna, the All-Attractive

February 27, 1972
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 ap-
proach 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 attrac-
tive. Is it not?
BOB: It is so.
SRILA PRABHUPADA: So, God must be attractive and at-
tractive 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 “‘all-attractive:”
BOB: Oh, I see.
SRILA PRABHUPADA: Yes. God has no name, but by His

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