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This is the philosophy: acintya, inconceivable, one and different. One because we are one in quality, and different in quantity. And that is our position

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"This is the philosophy: acintya, inconceivable, one and different. One because we are one in quality, and different in quantity. And that is our position"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1975 Conversations and Morning Walks

That I can understand, that sometimes you realize that you are one, and sometimes you realize that you are different. That means simultaneously you are one and different from God. This is the conclusion. Acintya-bhedābheda. This is the philosophy: acintya, inconceivable, one and different. One because we are one in quality, and different in quantity. And that is our position. Nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānaṁ (Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.13). The Vedic information is like that, that He is the Supreme Being amongst all beings. He is also being, we are also being, but He is the Supreme Being. So as being, we are one, but as Supreme and subordinate, we are different. This is the conclusion.

Girl: You see, what I have experienced, I believe it's my home. I believe it's where I have come from, because it is beyond whatever I have experienced in this worldly life. And so I see that I have a different shape. I have a body and I have a mind which distract me from my true nature, which is God, which is godly and which is beautiful, which is light. But when I surrender myself I become one with it again. I go back home. It is like taking a trip, you know. And you always want to go back home, but you take a trip because there is this wanting to go back home, and it's very beautiful. And this body is like a trip, you know. Taking a body of human being is like a trip. You're going to go back home, and you realize it, and you try to go back home.

Prabhupāda: That I can understand, that sometimes you realize that you are one, and sometimes you realize that you are different. That means simultaneously you are one and different from God. This is the conclusion. Acintya-bhedābheda. This is the philosophy: acintya, inconceivable, one and different. One because we are one in quality, and different in quantity. And that is our position. Nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānaṁ (Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.13). The Vedic information is like that, that He is the Supreme Being amongst all beings. He is also being, we are also being, but He is the Supreme Being. So as being, we are one, but as Supreme and subordinate, we are different. This is the conclusion. As being, living being, we are one. That is not very difficult.

Page Title:This is the philosophy: acintya, inconceivable, one and different. One because we are one in quality, and different in quantity. And that is our position
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-05-21, 09:42:15
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