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His Divine Grace

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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Sripada Ramanujacharya

No. 298 r Ppa-mocan Ekda 6 April 2013 Circulation 6,290

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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta

Swami Prabhupada

In his early life, Bilvamangal Thakur was an imper-

sonalistic monist, and he used to meditate upon the

impersonal Brahman effulgence. Later, he became a

devotee of Lord Krishna. Sometimes a devotee gradu-

ally comes to the stage ofbhagavnrealization, realiza-tion of the supreme person, after having attained the

lower stages of realization impersonal brahman

realization and localizedparamtmrealization. The

condition of such a devotee is described in the Cait-

anya-candrmta(5) by Prabodhananda Saraswati:

kaivalya narakyate tridaa-pr ka-pupyatedurdntendriya-kla-sarpa-paal protkhta-daryate

viva pra-sukhyate vidhi-mahendrdi ca kyateyat-kruya-kaka-vaibhava-vat ta gauram eva stuma

Kaivalya, the state of oneness with the effulgenceofbrahman, appears hellish to the devotee. Also,

the heavenly planets, which are the abodes of the

demigods, appear to a devotee like phantasmagorias.

Theyogsmeditate in order to achieve control of their

senses, but for the devotee the senses appear like ser-

pents with broken teeth. The devotee doesnt have to

endeavor to control his senses because they are already

engaged in the Lords service. Consequently there is

no possibility that the senses will act like serpents.

In the material condition, the senses are as strong as

poisonous snakes. But when the senses are engaged in

the Lords service, they are like poisonous snakes with

their fangs removed they are no longer dangerous.(Purport to Caitanya-caritmta, madhya10.177)

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Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja

Krishna came 5,000 years ago in Dvpar-yuga

and manifested his transcendental pastimes. In his

kuruketra-llhe was the charioteerof Arjuna, and

on that battlefield he spoke the Bhagavad-gt. One

should not think that Krishna spoke the Bhagavad-

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