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<h2>Lectures</h2>
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<h3>Festival Lectures</h3>
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Our Nārāyaṇa—that is real Nārāyaṇa, exalted—we cannot even compare with that supreme Nārāyaṇa with such demigods like Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva, what to speak of these rascals. Yas tu nārāyaṇaṁ devaṁ brahma-rudrādi-daivataiḥ, samatvena vīkṣeta. Any person, rascal, if he thinks that Nārāyaṇa is equal to Lord Brahmā or Lord Śiva . . . there are Māyāvādīs, they say, "Any demigod is as good as Viṣṇu. You can worship any demigod. It doesn't matter. You . . ." Because their ultimate understanding is that the Absolute Truth is impersonal, and you can imagine any form, it doesn't matter; you ultimately reach that impersonal, merge into the impersonal. This is their philosophy.
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[[Vanisource:730905 - Lecture Festival Appearance Day, Srimati Radharani, Radhastami - London|730905 - Lecture Festival Appearance Day, Srimati Radharani, Radhastami - London]]
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śāstra says that ye 'nye 'ravindākṣa vimukta-māninas tvayy asta-bhāvād aviśuddha-buddhayaḥ ([[Vanisource:SB 10.2.32|SB 10.2.32]]). So these people, although they are thinking of themself as liberated, they have become liberated . . . the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs address amongst themselves: namo nārāyaṇa. Namo nārāyaṇa means every one of them has become a Nārāyaṇa. This is their philosophy. And from this namo nārāyaṇa principle, Vivekananda Swami has manufactured the word daridra-nārāyaṇa. So Nārāyaṇa has become very cheap thing for them. Everyone has become Nārāyaṇa. Everyone has become God. Just they say the rascal God is now in the hospital. God is under operation. (laughter) A "guruji" God. So they have no shame even, that "If I am God, I cannot cure my bodily pains, what kind of God I am?" But this rascal will proclaim that they are God, and there is set of rascal, they will accept, "Oh, here is God." Vivekananda also said that "Why you are finding out God? Don't you see, so many Gods are loitering in the street?" So God has become a funny thing for them. No. We do not accept such God. Our God is different. Our God is:

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:yas tu nārāyaṇaṁ devaṁ
:brahma-rudrādi-daivataiḥ
:samatvenaiva vīkṣeta
:sa pāṣaṇḍī bhaved dhruvam 
:([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 18.116|CC Madhya 18.116]])
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Our Nārāyaṇa—that is real Nārāyaṇa, exalted—we cannot even compare with that supreme Nārāyaṇa with such demigods like Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva, what to speak of these rascals. Yas tu nārāyaṇaṁ devaṁ brahma-rudrādi-daivataiḥ, samatvena vīkṣeta. Any person, rascal, if he thinks that Nārāyaṇa is equal to Lord Brahmā or Lord Śiva . . . there are Māyāvādīs, they say, "Any demigod is as good as Viṣṇu. You can worship any demigod. It doesn't matter. You . . ." Because their ultimate understanding is that the Absolute Truth is impersonal, and you can imagine any form, it doesn't matter; you ultimately reach that impersonal, merge into the impersonal. This is their philosophy.

But that is not the fact. The ultimate issue of the Absolute Truth is Kṛṣṇa, Bhagavān. Brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate ([[Vanisource:SB 1.2.11|SB 1.2.11]]). Absolute Truth is realized in three phases: first of all impersonal Brahman, then localized Paramātmā, and then the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam ([[Vanisource:SB 1.3.28|SB 1.3.28]]). The Absolute Truth is described as Bhagavān, and there are many expansions of Bhagavān. Advaitam acyutam anādim ananta-rūpam (Bs. 5.33). Ananta-rūpa. Kṛṣṇa has expansion, millions and trillions. Just like as Paramātmā. Īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe 'rjuna tiṣṭhati ([[Vanisource:BG 18.61 (1972)|BG 18.61]]). Not only He resides in everyone's heart, but in every atom also. Aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu-cayāntara-sthaṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi (Bs. 5.35).
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