
Tamala Krishna: Someone came this morning. He was asking that... He was hoping that because he had heard that you had some mystical powers, so he was hoping that you could help his situation by demonstrating some of these mystical powers.
Prabhupada: Some magic. Our magic is already there. Throughout the whole world we are chanting Hare Krishna. Is not that magic? Foreign countries, foreign religion, and they are accepting Krishna and chanting Hare Krishna. Is not that magic?
Indian man (1): It is.
Prabhupada: And still more magic? The world is chanting Hare Krishna. Boliye?
yoginam api sarveñaà
mad-gatenantar-atmana
çraddhavan bhajate yo maà
sa me yuktatamo matah
[Bg. 6.47]
He is yogi. There are many varieties of yogis. And Krishna concludes, “Of all the yogis, big, big yogis, the person who is always remembering Krishna and chanting Hare Krishna maha-mantra is first class.” This is said by Krishna, not by me. Therefore it is authorized statement. Without Krishna consciousness, all these mystic powers... They may be temporarily some magic, but Krishna says that “One who is always remembering Me,” satataà kirtayanto maà yatantaç ca dåòha-vratah [Bg. 9.14], “he is first-class yogi.” So all these persons who are chanting Hare Krishna according to the prescribed rules and regulations, without any offense... There are ten kinds of offenses. So in the beginning there may be offenses. It doesn’t matter. It will be rectified. Offenseless chanting means mukti, and then pure chanting means love of Godhead. There are three stages. In the beginning, when one begins chanting, it is not pure. There are so many offenses. But chanting, chanting, the offenses become purified. Offenseless chanting is not purified completely, but it is offenseless. So offenseless chanting makes one liberated, and then pure chanting makes one lover of God. This is the process. So chanting is definite mystic power.
(Evening Darçana -- May 13, 1977, Hrishikesh)