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SB 5-05-26 VRN 1976-11-13 Krishna Is Within the Atom
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ANNOUNCER: The following is a
class on the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,
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5th canto, 5th chapter,
text number 26,
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given by His Divine Grace
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda,
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recorded on the 13th of November
1976, in Vṛndāvana, India.
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PRADYUMNA: “My dear sons, you
should not envy any living entity,
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be he moving or nonmoving.
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Knowing that I am
situated in them,
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you should offer resects to
all of them at every moment.
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In this way you offer
respect to Me.”
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PRABHUPĀDA: You read
the purport. [splice]
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PRADYUMNA: “ As confirmed
in Brahma-saṁhitā:
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aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu-
cayāntara-stham.
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The Lord is situated
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in this universe as Garbhodakśayī
Viṣṇu and Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu.
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He is also situated
within every atom.
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According to the Vedic statement,
īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam.
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The Supreme Lord is situated everywhere,
and wherever He is situated is His temple.
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We even offer respects to a
temple from a distant place,
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and all living entites should
similarly be offered respect.
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This is different from
the theory of pantheism,
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which holds that
everything is God.
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Everything has a relationship with God
because God is situated everywhere.
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We should not make any particular
distinction between the poor and the rich
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like the foolish worshipers
of daridra-nārāyaṇa.
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Nārāyaṇa is present in the
rich as well as the poor.
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One should not simply think
Nārāyaṇa is situated among the poor.
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He is everywhere.
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An advanced devotee will offer respects
to everyone—even to cats and dogs.
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vidyā-vinaya-sampanne
brāhmaṇe gavi hastini
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śuni caiva śvapāke ca paṇḍitāḥ
sama-darśinaḥ [Bg. 5.18]
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“The humble sage, by
virtue of true knowledge,
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sees with equal vision a learned
and gentle brāhmaṇa, a cow,
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an elephant, a dog and a dog-
eater or outcaste.” [Bg 5.18]
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This sama-darśinaḥ, equal vision,
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should not be mistaken to mean
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that the individual is the
same as the Supreme Lord.
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They are always distinct.
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Every individual person is
different from the Supreme Lord.
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It is a mistake to equate
the individual living entity
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with the Supreme Lord
on the plea of vivikta-dṛk,
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sama-dṛk.
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The Lord is always in an exalted position,
even though He agrees to live everywhere.
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Śrīla Madhvācārya,
quoting Padma Purāṇa,
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states, vivikta-dṛṣṭi-jīvānāṁ dhiṣṇyatayā
parameśvarasya bheda-dṛṣṭiḥ:
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“One who has clear vision
and who is devoid of envy
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can see that the Supreme Lord is
separate from all living entities,
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although He is sitauted
in every living entity.”
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Madhvācārya further
quotes from Padma Purāṇa,
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upapādayet parātmānaṁ
jīvebhyo yaḥ pade pade
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bhedenaiva na caitasmāt
priyo viṣṇos tu kaścana
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“One who sees the living
entity and the Supreme Lord
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as always distinct is
very dear to the Lord.”
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Padma Purāṇa also states, yo hareś
caiva jīvānāṁ bheda-vaktā hareḥ priyaḥ:
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“One who preaches
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that the living entities are
separate from the Supreme Lord
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is very dear to Lord Viṣṇu.”
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sarvāṇi mad-dhiṣṇyatayā bhavadbhiś
carāṇi bhūtāni sutā dhruvāṇi
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sambhāvitavyāni pade pade vo
vivikta-dṛgbhis tad u hārhaṇaṁ me
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So premāñjana-cchurita-
bhakti-vilocanena
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santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu
vilokayanti [Bs. 5.38]
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The atheist class men, they
say that “I do not see God.
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How can I believe there is God?”
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But the advanced devotee, he sees
every moment God’s presence.
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Premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-
vilocanena santaḥ sadaiva [Bs. 5.38].
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He doesn’t say that
“I do not see God.”
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Santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu
vilokayanti yaṁ śyāmasundaram.
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And what is that God? It
is not manufactured God.
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Śyāmasundaram, Kṛṣṇa.
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Yaṁ śyāmasundaram.
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It is particularly mentioned.
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God means śyāmasundaram.
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This is also…, appears
to be contradictory.
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Śyāmasundaram.
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We have got idea: what
is black is not beautiful.
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But here Kṛṣṇa, Śyāmasundaram.
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Although He is black,
He is sundaram.
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Barhāvataṁsam
asitāmbuda-sundarāṅgam.
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Asitāmbuda, black cloud.
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Black cloud, like that, color,
but He is very sundaram.
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Kandarpa-koṭi-kamanīya-
viśeṣa-śobham [Bs. 5.30].
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He’s so beautiful that if you
compare with millions of Kandarpa,
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Cupid Cupid is supposed
to be very beautiful.
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So if you bring together
millions of Cupids, still,
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their combined beauty cannot be
compared with Kṛṣṇa’s beauty.
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But He’s still Barhāvataṁsam
asitāmbuda-sundarāṅgaṁ,
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kandarpa-koṭi-
kamanīya-viśeṣa-śobhaṁ
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govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam
ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs. 5.30].
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So it is required that we develop
our attachment for Kṛṣṇa.
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Then every moment
you’ll see Kṛṣṇa.
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There is no need of asking
anybody, “Can you show me Kṛṣṇa?
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Can you show me God?”
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You will see automatically.
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Sevonmukhe hi jihvādau
svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ.
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You cannot ask Kṛṣṇa, “Please
come here. I’ll see You,”
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just like you ask your
dog or your servant.
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Kṛṣṇa is nobody’s servant.
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Kṛṣṇa is the master.
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He may like you; He may not like.
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Nāhaṁ prakāśaḥ sarvasya yoga-
māyā-samāvṛtaḥ [Bg. 7.25].
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He is everywhere.
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Aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu cayān… But
He is not visible to the nondevotees.
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That is the… Unless you are
devotee, you cannot see.
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Bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān
yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ [Bg. 18.55].
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So that bhakti must be there.
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So Kṛṣṇa is present
here in this temple.
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This temple is meant for this
purpose, that you come here,
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see Kṛṣṇa, and become
attached to Him.
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Then you will see Him
twenty-four hours.
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This is the process.
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Not that, I have several times explained,
that this Kṛṣṇa is marble statue.
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No. This is nārakī-buddhiḥ.
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Arcye viṣṇau śilā-dhīr guruṣu nara-matir
vaiṣṇave jāti buddhir, nārakī buddhiḥ.
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Nārakī buddhiḥ. This is
warned. Kṛṣṇa is here.
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Kṛṣṇa is here in the temple, but He has
come mercifully to be seen by you.
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Otherwise you are blind;
you cannot see Kṛṣṇa.
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But He has appeared
as arcā-vigraha
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so that You are accustomed
to see wood and stone,
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so He appears in your
visible form, but He is Kṛṣṇa.
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You will understand He is Kṛṣṇa present
when you have got enough love for Him.
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So as it is stated in the
Bhagavad-gītā, that,
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mayy āsakta-manāḥ pārtha
yogaṁ yuñjan mad-āśrayaḥ
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asaṁśayaṁ samagraṁ māṁ yathā
jñāsyasi tac chṛṇu [Bg. 7.1] This is the way.
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You increase your attachment,
see Kṛṣṇa in the temple,
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man-manā bhava mad-
bhakto, think of Kṛṣṇa,
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and chant Kṛṣṇa’s name
and offer obeisances Kṛṣṇa.
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These things you can teach
even to the small children.
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They can be practiced to see Kṛṣṇa
and increase attachment for Kṛṣṇa.
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That is wanted.
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Mayy āsakta-manāḥ pārtha
yogaṁ yuñjan mad-āśrayaḥ.
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But this bhakti-yoga should be
practiced not from the nondevotees.
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Then it will be not possible.
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Mayy āsakta-manāḥ pārtha
yogam…, mad-āśrayaḥ.
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Not jñānīs’ āśraya
or yogis’ āśraya, no.
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Then you’ll never be
able to see. Mad-āśraya.
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Either you take shelter of Kṛṣṇa… You
cannot take shelter of Kṛṣṇa directly,
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that is not possible, but one
who has taken shelter of Kṛṣṇa,
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you can take shelter of him.
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That is mad-āśrayaḥ, one, mat-āśrayaḥ:
“a person who has taken shelter of Me.”
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That means His devotee, a
pure Vaiṣṇava, a Vaiṣṇava guru.
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You have to take shelter of.
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Then you can practice bhakti-yoga.
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Then never mind what you are.
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Kirāta-hūṇāndhra-pulinda-pulkaśā
ābhīra-śumbhā yavanāḥ khasādayaḥ,
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ye ’nye ca pāpā
yad-apāśrayāśrayāḥ.
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If you take shelter of a devotee of Kṛṣṇa or
Viṣṇu, then śuddhyanti—you’ll be purified.
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Śuddhyanti.
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How it is possible
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that He’s born in low-grade family,
kirāta-hūṇāndhra-pulinda-pulkaśā.?
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How he became so
purified that he can see?
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Now prabhaviṣṇave namaḥ.
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This is Kṛṣṇa’s influence.
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He can do that.
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If you take shelter, upāśrayāśrayāḥ,
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a devotee of Kṛṣṇa, then Kṛṣṇa
is pleased to reveal Himself.
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That is Kṛṣṇa’s special power,
Viṣṇu’s special power.
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He can be seen even by the
kirāta-hūṇāndhra andhra,
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and He cannot be seen even
by the most purified brāhmaṇa.
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That is His option.
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He is not exposed to
be seen by everyone.
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That is not possible.
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So we have to learn through bhakti-yoga
how to see Kṛṣṇa, how to understand Him.
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Tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa
gurum evābhigacchet
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samit-pāniḥ śrotriyaṁ
brahma-niṣṭham [MU 1.2.12]
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These are required. You cannot
jump over Kṛṣṇa and see Kṛṣṇa.
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That is not possible.
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So everything is
sitting place of Kṛṣṇa.
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Aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu
cayāntara-stham.
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He is even within the atom,
so why not within yourself?
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He is everywhere.
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This vision should be developed.
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And vivikta-dṛgbhis
tad ahārhaṇam.
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If you see in that way,
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that Kṛṣṇa is everywhere present
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But that presence can be
experienced by love and devotion.
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There is no other way.
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Thank you very much.
Hare Kṛṣṇa. [end]
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