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Who or what is God?

Keshava: My first direct conversation with Prabhupada was in his quarters on Formosa Street before we had the big temple on Watseka Avenue. This was the day that Neil Armstrong was in the moon shot. Kartikeya was making hot chapatis, and he told me how much Prabhupada liked chapatis. Even though he was a small man, he could eat a dozen chapatis. When I went into Prabhupada's room he looked directly at me and said, "According to your knowledge, what is God or who is God?" Having been brought up as a Catholic, I said, The greatest Person. He said, "God, Krishna, is the Person who, no one is equal to or greater than. If you went everywhere throughout the universes, that would be your experience." I left thinking, Today I found out who God really is. He's the person who no one is equal to or greater than. That was my first conversation with Prabhupada.



Reference: Memories Anecdotes of a Modern Day Saint - Volume 1 by Siddhanta Dasa