Room Conversation

Final Talk with Bob Cohen and His Fiancee in New York

📅 July 4, 1972 📍 New York ⏱ 52 min
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Room Conversation with Yadurāṇī — July 4, 1972, New York 720704R2-NEW YORK [05:08 Minutes] Conv_720704R2-NEW YORK Yadurāṇī: ...they just didn't know how to do it effectively. And, Śrīla Prabhupāda, Muralīdhara just asked you that when Lord Brahmā, when he became angry at the four Kumāras he created Lord Śiva from between his eyebrows. So he is always situated on his lotus, but at that time should we paint him on his planet?

Prabhupāda: His planet is just like lotus flower. Yadurāṇī: Oh.

Prabhupāda: Just like Kṛṣṇa planet is also like lotus. Yadurāṇī: Jaya. So, so it has...

Prabhupāda: Just like here in this material world the Brahmā's planet is the ultimate. That is also like mat..., lotus flower. And in the spiritual world the ultimate planet is Kṛṣṇaloka. That is also [indistinct] land.

Yadurāṇī: So we would have palaces and garden scenes, and Lord Brahmā perhaps on his throne?

Prabhupāda: Yes. Cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa-lakṣāvṛteṣu [Bs. 5.29]. There are palaces, trees, everything. They are not voids.

The voidist cannot understand what is there. Devotee (1): And Śrīla Prabhupāda, can we paint more informal portraits...

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