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The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri
Krishna, and His eternal consort, Srimati
Radharani are enjoying transcendental pastimes
in the topmost planet of the spiritual world,
Sri Goloka Vrindavan. They are beckoning us to
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We Were Originally in Krishna's Pastimes
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Some
say that the soul did not originate in the pastimes of
Krishna in the spiritual world. They say that the soul
has originally come from the tatastha shakti which is
neither in the spiritual world or the material world,
and that the soul then had a choice of entering the
spiritual world or the material world. They say that we
here in this material world chose it instead of the
spiritual world. This philosophy is not in line with
teachings of Srila Prabhupada who has written in his
purport to Srimad Bhagavatam 4.28.54 as follows:
"The original home of the living entity and the Supreme
Personality of Godhead is the spiritual world. In the
spiritual world both the Lord and the living entities
live together very peacefully. Since the living entity
remains engaged in the service of the Lord, they both
share a blissful life in the spiritual world. However,
when the living entity wants to enjoy himself, he falls
down into the material world. Even while he is in that
position, the Lord remains with him as the Supersoul,
his intimate friend. Because of his forgetfulness, the
living entity does not know that the Supreme Lord is
accompanying him as the Supersoul. In this way the
living entity remains conditioned in each and every
millennium. Although the Lord follows him as a friend,
the living entity, because of forgetful material
existence, does not recognize Him."
Lord Caitanya teaches us:
jiīvera 'svarūpa'
haya--kṛṣṇera 'nitya-dāsa'
"The constitutional position of the living entity is
that he is the eternal servant of Krishna."
By stating that the conditioned souls were never engaged
in serving Krishna casts doubt on Lord Caitanya's
teaching that the soul is the eternal servant of Krishna
and thus encourages impersonalism. Therefore it is a
very dangerous philosophy that should be avoided. We
should accept Srila Prabhupada's words, as given above,
as authoritative.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Krishna
and Cowherd Boys in Goloka, Vrindavan
http://www.backtohome.com/images/Krishna/Krishna_w_Cowherds.JPG
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Answers by Citing the Vedic Version: |
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Question: How to Disprove that the Supreme is
Impersonal? |
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What is not good with the
Vaishnava point of view is this: I realized that you
don't have to think about Krishna or think about
something else. You don't have to do something or become
someone else to be happy. Happiness is already here. The
cause of that happiness is just BEING. Being "I", self.
Miseries begin then you see something outside this self.
How can you disprove that the Supreme is ultimately
impersonal?
R.D. |
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Answer: There's No
Happiness Without Love |
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The
impersonalists can find a temporary sense of
satisfaction by negating the miseries of material
existence and embracing in the impersonal conception of
the one universal formless self. But because this is
ultimately artificial after some time they come down
again to the plane of material miseries. This is stated
in the Srimad Bhagavatam, plus it is my own personal
experience as well. Previously I was an impersonalist,
and I experienced a great sense of happiness in the
impersonal Brahman conception. But it did not last. It
went away. And then I was miserable like anything. The
depression was intolerable until I realized that the
only permanent happiness is on the platform of Bhagavan
realization or Krishna consciousness. Then I entered
into on ocean of unlimited, ever-increasing bliss, which
I have been tasting now for over 41 years. It is
practical. Love does not exist in impersonal Brahman,
and no one can be happy for very long without love.
It is impossible for the Supreme or the original source
of all existence to not be a person because every
machine requires an operator. You cannot find anywhere a
machine that does not require an a operator. Therefore
we can logically deduce that the gigantic universal
machine also requires an operator. If you want to
disprove the personal conception of the Absolute,
show me one machine that can function without an
operator.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari |
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