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<h3>Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures</h3>
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Geometrically, the definition of point is given, "point has no length, no breadth," because a point cannot be measured by any human instrument. But nothing can be without . . . even the atom has got its measure. But because we have no power to measure, we set aside, dismiss: "Oh, there is no . . . nothing." So similarly, "Because we do not know what is spirit, and we think spirit is something just opposite to this matter, and matter we find manifestation, form, therefore spirit should be formless." That is their conclusion.
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[[Vanisource:661211 - Lecture CC Madhya 20.152-154 - New York|661211 - Lecture CC Madhya 20.152-154 - New York]]
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Kiśora-śekhara. This very word, kiśora-śekhara, "the supreme boy." The supreme boy. His feature is like . . . just like a fresh boy, but the supreme. Kiśora-śekhara cid-ānanda-deha ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 20.153|CC Madhya 20.153]]), spiritual body.

Just mark this description of Kṛṣṇa: cid-ānanda-deha. Cid-ānanda-deha means transcendental, spiritual body, not this body. Because the less intelligent person, they cannot think of personal God, because they think that whenever there is question of personality, it is material body. They cannot find out the shape of the spirit soul. It is so small that from material eyes, by material instrument, you cannot find out the shape of the soul. Therefore they conclude that there is no shape.

The same example: just geometrically, the definition of point is given, "point has no length, no breadth," because a point cannot be measured by any human instrument. But nothing can be without . . . even the atom has got its measure. But because we have no power to measure, we set aside, dismiss: "Oh, there is no . . . nothing." So similarly, "Because we do not know what is spirit, and we think spirit is something just opposite to this matter, and matter we find manifestation, form, therefore spirit should be formless." That is their conclusion.

But actually it is not so. We therefore require to learn from the authority. Kṛṣṇa . . . Lord Caitanya says, cid-ānanda-deha. Cid-ānanda-deha, the transcendental, eternal body. Cid-ānanda-deha and sarvāśraya. Sarvāśraya means He is the rest of everything. Now, you see before you that so many big, big planets, even the sun, it is floating in the air. Such a big body, lump body, which is some million times greater than this earth, we can see it is floating in the sky. So how it is floating? Here it is explained, sarvāśraya. It is floating on Kṛṣṇa's energy. Everything is Kṛṣṇa's energy.
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