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Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: A question?

Devotee (1): You said that if we made a marble image of you and offered food to it, you would …

Prabhupāda: Hmm?

Brahmānanda: In your lecture you said that someone who offers food to a statue of yourself...

Prabhupāda: He is not statue, but people think statue. He is Kṛṣṇa Himself. But because we cannot see Kṛṣṇa at …

Brahmānanda: His question... You stated that a statue of yourself is not the same as you, and yet in some …

Prabhupāda: Yes. Sākṣād-dharitvena samasta-śāstraiḥ. Guru is nondifferent from Kṛṣṇa. That is accepted by all the śāstra. Sākṣād-dharitvena samasta śāstraiḥ. Sākṣād-dharitvena …

Devotees: Jaya Prabhupāda. [end]

Harikeśa: Page number 1192. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Third …

[SB 3.28.18]

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Prabhupāda:

[SB 3.28.18]

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Foolish people may say that "These men, they are offering food to a marble statue. Everyone knows." No. It is …

So Kṛṣṇa has got form, aṅgam, but His aṅga is different. Sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha [Bs. 5.1]. His aṅga is sac-cid-ānanda, not like... …