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[[Category:Questions asked to Srila Prabhupada]]
[[Category:Questions asked to SP... 1969]]
[[Category:Questions On... Meaning of Sanskrit Words]]
[[Category:Questions On... Chanting the Holy Name]]
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<div id="LettertoArundhatiHamburg9September1969_0" class="quote" parent="1969_Correspondence" book="Let" index="557" link="Letter to Arundhati -- Hamburg 9 September, 1969" link_text="Letter to Arundhati -- Hamburg 9 September, 1969">
<div class="heading">You can take it both ways, because there is no difference between Ramacandra and Balarama. Generally it means Krishna, because Rama means enjoyer. So either Ramacandra, Balarama or Krishna are all Visnu Tattvas and are always enjoying. The sakti tattva, or jiva tattva is always enjoyed. Our position is always predominated.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Arundhati -- Hamburg 9 September, 1969|Letter to Arundhati -- Hamburg 9 September, 1969]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Regarding your question, "What does Rama mean in Hare Rama? Is this Balarama or Lord Ramacandra?", you can take it both ways, because there is no difference between Ramacandra and Balarama. Generally it means Krishna, because Rama means enjoyer. So either Ramacandra, Balarama or Krishna are all Visnu Tattvas and are always enjoying. The sakti tattva, or jiva tattva is always enjoyed. Our position is always predominated. If we remain in that position and properly use our small independence, then we remain happily eternally. But artificially, if we want to be independent and imitate the Supreme Enjoyer, then it is delusion. Material life means trying to imitate the Enjoyer, and spiritual life means to remain in one's eternal position as enjoyed. This Hare Krishna Mantra is addressed to the energy of the Lord and the Lord Himself to keep the chanter in his eternal position of being enjoyed. The prayer is "My Lord, Oh the Spiritual Energy of the Lord, kindly keep me engaged in Your service." Regarding your other question, Krishna in His four-handed Visnu Form is within our hearts, but He is not different from two-handed Krishna.</p>
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