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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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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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