"When I say that "l see God," I don't necessarily mean to say that when I chant I'm seeing Krishna in His original form when He came five thousand years ago, dancing across the water, playing His flute. Of course, that would also be nice, and it's quite possible too. When you become real pure by chanting, you can actually see God like that, I mean personally. But no doubt you can feel His presence and know that He's there when you're chanting."

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Source: The Mantra 'Keeps Me in Tune with Reality'. Interview with Mukunda Goswami, www.beliefnet.com. September 4, 1982.

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