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Volume 7 - Prabhupada

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70 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 17covered by maya. In other words, Mayavadi impersonalists think that the Lord'sform is also a product of this material world. Due to a poor fund of knowledge,they cannot understand that Krr:Ja has no body separate from Himself. His bodyand Himself are both the same Absolute Truth. Not having perfect knowledge ofKrr:Ja, such impersonalists certainly commit offenses at His lotus feet. Thereforethey do not utter the original name of the Absolute Truth, Krr:Ja. In their impersonalway, they utter the name of impersonal Brahman, spirit soul. In other words,they indulge in indirect indications of the Absolute Truth. Even if they happen toutter the name of Govinda, Krr:Ja or Madhava, they still cannot understand thatthese names are as good as Govinda, Krr:Ja or Madhava the person. Because theyare ultimately impersonalists, their uttering of the personal name has no potency.Actually they do not believe in Krr:Ja but consider all these names to be materialvibrations. Not being able to appreciate the holy name of the Lord, they simply utterindirect names like Brahman, atma and caitanya.It is a fact, however, that the name of Krr:Ja and Krr:Ja the person are bothspiritual. Everything about Krr:Ja is transcendental, blissful and objective. For aconditioned soul, the body is different from the soul, and the name given by thefather is also different from the soul. The conditioned living entity's identificationwith material objects keeps him from attaining his actual position. Although he isan eternal servant of Krr:Ja, he acts differently. The svarupa, or actual identificationof the living entity, is described by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as jivera'svarupa' haya-kr?Qera 'nitya-dasa'. The conditioned soul has forgotten the realactivities of his original position. However, this is not the case with Krr:Ja. Krr:Ja'sname and His person are identical. There is no such thing as maya Krr:Ja becauseKrr:Ja is not a product of the material creation. There is no difference betweenKrr:Ja's body and His soul. Krr:Ja is simultaneously both soul and body. The distinctionbetween body and soul applies to conditioned souls. The body of theconditioned soul is different from the soul, and the conditioned soul's name is differentfrom his body. One may be named Mr. john, but if we call for Mr. john, Mr.john may never actually appear. However, if we utter the holy name of Krr:Ja,Krr:Ja is immediately present on our tongue. In the Padma PuraQa, Krr:Ja says,mad-bhakta yatra gayanti tatra ti?thami narada: "0 Narada, I am present whereverMy devotees are chanting." When the devotees chant the holy name of Krr:Ja­Hare Krr:Ja, Hare Krr:Ja, Krr:Ja Krr:Ja, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, RamaRama, Hare Hare-Lord Krr:Ja is immediately present.TEXT 1330\"t futf't: 'll3t"5'JJ1P!: I9[

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