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God Is Person Not Impersonal Brahman Only – We Are Tiny Particles of Infinite God

📅 February 21, 1975 📍 Caracas ⏱ 90 min
God is person, not impersonal; His expansion through infinite creation never diminishes His completeness.
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Room Conversation with Metaphysics Society — February 21, 1975, Caracas 750221R1-CARACAS [90:06 Minutes] Conv_750221R1-CARACAS [translated throughout by Hṛdayānanda] Hṛdayānanda: ...Universal Brotherhood, which is a yoga group around Latin America, and they say they are trying to re-educate people and help bring understanding between different cultures. He's originally Mexican.

Prabhupāda: What is the name? Hṛdayānanda: [Spanish]

Guest: [Spanish] Hṛdayānanda: Jose Maciel.

Prabhupāda: No, what is the name of the group? Hṛdayānanda: The Great Yoga Fraternity, or The Great Universal Brotherhood.

Prabhupāda: So what is the purpose of this yoga? Hṛdayānanda: He explained that they... Jose Maciel: [Spanish] Hṛdayānanda: [translating] They want to make a synthesis of all the best practices of different cultures to present it to the people so they can have understanding without prejudice.

Prabhupāda: No, prejudice is different thing, but what is the science? Jose Maciel: [Spanish] Hṛdayānanda [translating] The basis of the movement is to get knowledge through the use of their faculties in order to raise the consciousness.

Prabhupāda: To which platform, the consciousness? Jose Maciel: [Spanish] Hṛdayānanda: [translating] He said that they do not feel that they can go very high. They feel that they are in the hands of the great spiritual masters such as yourself and others also.

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