God's Affection and the Nature of Māyā

Liberation through remembering Krishna's pastimes

0:01Prabhupāda: ...incidences are so described that anyone can remember. And by remembering these incidences, he becomes liberated. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Purpose of the Lord's pastimes

0:13Indian man: One thing I want to know, you see, when He was Supreme God, why He created all these līlās? When..., suppose He was sent...

0:21Prabhupāda: What do you mean by Supreme God?

0:23Indian man: Er, He was the Lord of universe. All the...

0:26Prabhupāda: So He cannot do that?

0:27Indian man: No, He can do it.

0:28Prabhupāda: Then?

0:28Indian man: That is..., so He has done.

Affectionate exchange between God and devotees

0:30But as He sent Uddhava to Vṛndāvana to know about condition of Vṛndāvana people, even He was God, He knew it, no?

0:39Prabhupāda: No, that is affection.

0:40Indian man: Hmm?

0:41Prabhupāda: That is affection. Just like you go to your friend, you know what he is; still you ask, "How are, you are?"

0:48Indian man: Yes.

0:49Prabhupāda: This is natural.

0:50Indian man: Then he'll answer. Very affection

0:50Prabhupāda: Yes.

0:53Indian man: But He had also... When He was God, why He had some affection also like that?

0:58Prabhupāda: Oh, that you must know.

0:58Indian man: Māyā... I, I, I say to māyā.

Multiple meanings of the word maya

1:01Prabhupāda: No, it is not. Māyā mean affection also. Māyā mean affection also. Māyā has got the meaning of affection. Māyā means illusion; māyā means energy; māyā means affection.

1:16Just like we say māyā..., chele rupar[?] māyā. That is affection. [Hindi]

1:25Indian man: affection.

1:27Prabhupāda: So māyā means affection.

1:31Indian man: But when He was born, why should He have māyā? When He is the Supreme God, [Hindi]? [Hindi]

God's independence from material rules

1:44Prabhupāda: Can you control God? By your wording, He'll not be affected by māyā.

1:52Indian man: No, that means I have...

1:54Prabhupāda: That is God. That is God. He can do anything. He is not under your rules and regulation. Māyā..., māyā..., māyā means...

Difference between illusion and affection

2:06Māyā means..., māyā mukta CC Madhya 24.136means the illusion. When the māyā is illusion, you have to get you out it. But when the...

2:16Indian man: But what is the differnce between the illusion and māyā?

2:16Prabhupāda: Illusion is forced. But affection is not forced. When father loves child, that is not forced; that is reality. [break] [end]