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SRILA PRABHUPADA: Yes.

BOB: So, what is the significance of this energy’s being
separated from Krsna?

SRILA PRABHUPADA: “Separated” means that this is made
out of the body of the cow but it is not the cow. That is
separation.

BOB: So, this earth and all is made out of Krsna but it is not
Krsna?

SRILA PRABHUPADA: It is not Krsna. Or, you can say,
Krsna and not Krsna simultaneously. That is our philoso-
phy. One and different. You cannot say that these things are
different from Krsna, because without Krsna they have no
existence. At the same time, you cannot say, “Then let me
worship water. Why Krsna? The pantheists say that because
everything is God, whatever we do is God worship. This is
Mayavada philosophy —that because everything is made of
God, therefore everything is God. But our philosophy is
that everything is God but also not God.

BOB: So what on earth is God? Is there anything on earth
that is God?

SRILA PRABHUPADA: Yes. Because everything is made out
of the energy of God. But that does not mean that by
worshiping anything you are worshiping God.

BOB: So what is on earth that is not maya [illusion]?
Itis...

SRILA PRABHUPADA: Maéyd means “energy.”

BOB: It means energy?

SRILA PRABHUPADA: Yes. Maya—and another meaning is
“illusion.” So foolish persons accept the energy as the en-
ergetic. That is maya. Just like sunshine. Sunshine enters
your room. Sunshine is the energy of the sun. But because
the sunshine enters your room, you cannot say that the sun
