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Those who are trying to understand the Supreme Absolute Truth through knowledge, they can go up to that impersonal Brahman

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"Those who are trying to understand the Supreme Absolute Truth through knowledge, they can go up to that impersonal Brahman"

Lectures

Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures

Kṛṣṇa is everything. He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Godhead, and He is ātmā. He is situated as Paramātmā, the Supersoul, in everyone's heart. And He is Brahman. He is impersonal brahma-jyoti spreading everywhere. So how the same thing is understood in different features? That is said, jñāna, yoga and bhakti. Those who are trying to understand the Supreme Absolute Truth through knowledge, they can go up to that impersonal Brahman.

Now to understand that Kṛṣṇa . . . already said that bhakti, only devotional service, can help you in understanding that Supreme Kṛṣṇa.

jñāna, yoga, bhakti—tina sādhanera vaśe
brahma, ātmā, bhagavān-trividha prakāśe
(CC Madhya 20.157)

That same Kṛṣṇa, He manifests Himself before you in three different features. What is that? Paraṁ brahma. Brahman, impersonal Brahman; impersonal ātmā, Supersoul; and Bhagavān, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The same Kṛṣṇa. Actually Kṛṣṇa is everything. He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Godhead, and He is ātmā. He is situated as Paramātmā, the Supersoul, in everyone's heart. And He is Brahman. He is impersonal brahma-jyoti spreading everywhere.

So how the same thing is understood in different features? That is said, jñāna, yoga and bhakti. Those who are trying to understand the Supreme Absolute Truth through knowledge, they can go up to that impersonal Brahman. Those who are searching after the Supreme Absolute Truth through meditation, yoga, they can approach Kṛṣṇa up to His plenary portion, Paramātmā, or the Supersoul. And those who are pursuing the principles of devotional service, they can directly approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa.

Page Title:Those who are trying to understand the Supreme Absolute Truth through knowledge, they can go up to that impersonal Brahman
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-01-07, 11:57:50
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