So it is there in the dictionary, it is in the Vedas, and practically proved. In the Vedas confirmed, nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām (Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.13): "The Supreme Being is the chief living being." There are so many living beings, but He is the original living being. He is the original, eternal substance, and the living beings, they are also eternal, same quality, but He is the Supreme. How He is Supreme? Because He maintains these eternal living beings, and the other living beings, they are maintained by Him. Just like in a family the father is the chief man and he maintains the family, similarly God is the Supreme Being. He maintains all other living beings. Anantyāya. There is no limit. Jīva-bhāgaḥ sa vijñeyaḥ sa anantyāya kalpate (CC Madhya 19.140). The living beings are . . . They cannot be counted. At night we see, a small insect, millions of, come. Millions. Similarly everywhere you'll go, you'll find full of living . . . jana-kīrṇa, different grades. They're all maintained by God. Therefore He's called chief living being. Quality, the same. He's living being; we are living being. Whatever propensities He has got, we have got. But we are not independent. We are dependent on Him. This position has to be clearly understood. Then we have to surrender to Him to fulfill our desires, and that is bhakti-mārga. Is that clear? Same thing write. There is no other way.
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So it is there in the dictionary, it is in the ''Vedas'', and practically proved. In the ''Vedas'' confirmed, ''nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām'' (''Kaṭha Upaniṣad'' 2.2.13): "The Supreme Being is the chief living being." There are so many living beings, but He is the original living being. He is the original, eternal substance, and the living beings, they are also eternal, same quality, but He is the Supreme. How He is Supreme? Because He maintains these eternal living beings, and the other living beings, they are maintained by Him. Just like in a family the father is the chief man and he maintains the family, similarly God is the Supreme Being. He maintains all other living beings. ''Anantyāya''. There is no limit. ''Jīva-bhāgaḥ sa vijñeyaḥ sa anantyāya kalpate'' ([[vanisource:CC Madhya 19.140|CC Madhya 19.140]]). The living beings are . . . They cannot be counted. At night we see, a small insect, millions of, come. Millions. Similarly everywhere you'll go, you'll find full of living . . . ''jana-kīrṇa'', different grades. They're all maintained by God. Therefore He's called chief living being. Quality, the same. He's living being; we are living being. Whatever propensities He has got, we have got. But we are not independent. We are dependent on Him. This position has to be clearly understood. Then we have to surrender to Him to fulfill our desires, and that is ''bhakti-mārga''. Is that clear? Same thing write. There is no other way. | |||
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They're all maintained by God. Therefore He's called chief living being. Quality, the same. He's living being; we are living being. Whatever propensities He has got, we have got. But we are not independent. We are dependent on Him. This position has to be clearly understood. Then we have to surrender to Him to fulfill our desires, and that is bhakti-mārga.