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A devotee may seem to be living in some place which is far from Vrndavana, but he's living in Vrndavana. That's a fact

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

A devotee may seem to be living in some place which is far from Vṛndāvana, but he's living in Vṛndāvana. That's a fact. Yes.


Lecture on BG 6.1 -- Los Angeles, February 13, 1969:

Prabhupāda: Yes, what is your question?

Devotee: Is Kṣīrodakaśāyī present in non-living entities, non-living things like rocks?

Prabhupāda: Hm?

Devotee: Is Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu present in non-living entities, in matter?

Prabhupāda: Yes, even in the atom.

Devotee: In His four-armed form like...?

Prabhupāda: Oh yes.

Devotee: What’s His…?

Prabhupāda: Wherever He lives, He lives in His own paraphernalia. Aṇor aṇīyān mahato mahīyān (Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.20). He's the biggest than the biggest, and He's smallest than the smallest. That is Viṣṇu. Aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu-cayāntara-stham (BS 5.35). Paramāṇu means atom. You cannot see even atom, how small. He is within that atom. He's everywhere.

Tamal Krishna: Prabhupāda, you told us that wherever Kṛṣṇa is, that is Vṛndāvana. What I was wondering is, if Kṛṣṇa's present within our hearts, does that mean that within our heart is...

Prabhupāda: Yes. One who has realized, he is living in Vṛndāvana anywhere. A realized soul is always living in Vṛndāvana. Caitanya Mahāprabhu has said. One who has realized Kṛṣṇa, then he's always living in Vṛndāvana. He’s nowhere… Just like Kṛṣṇa or Viṣṇu is living in everyone's heart, but He is living in the dog's heart also. Does it mean that He's doggish? He's living in Vaikuṇṭha. Although He's living in the dog's heart, but He's living in Vaikuṇṭha. Similarly a devotee may seem to be living in some place which is far from Vṛndāvana, but he's living in Vṛndāvana. That's a fact. Yes. (end)