Guest guest Posted January 6, 1998 Report Share Posted January 6, 1998 > > If this is so (that all living entities) were in fact liberated then > a few other questions arose in the course of the discussion: > 1. Does it mean that all entities were liberated at that moment or > is it continuing to happen from that time (500 years ago)...through > the time of the previous acaryas and now with Prabhupada who is > fulfilling "prithivite ache yata nagaradi grama". > It is possible that all the living entities were liberated immediately and their gross and subtle bodies remained as a shell which was immediately filled up again with unmanifested living entities. > 2. When does the Golden Age wthin Kali yuga begin? A) with the > advent of Lord Caitanya, B) the appearance of Prabhupada, C) in > 1996? I have heard all of these at different times in classes. > Please clarify. > According to the puranas, there is a 10,000 year time of Krsna consciousness that starts 5000 years after the departure of Lord Krsna from this planet. So that would make it around the time of Bhaktivinode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 1998 Report Share Posted January 9, 1998 >From the old texts: Harikesa Swami unmanifested form --------------------------- >What is a position of a living being who is in unmanifested form? >Is it reaction on some great sin or offense or is it just a step >in evolution? >We read in Essential Truths that we were not connected with Caitanya >Mahaprabhu in His lila as trees or... We also know that He liberated >the whole universe. Does it mean that we were in unmanifested form >at that time? Unmanifested forms means that one is in an unconscious condition as atoms or something like that. One is in that position because he was not given the chance yet to get a material body and start to go through the different species of lives. According to the Caitanya caritamrta, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu liberated the whole universe and those living entities who were in unmanifested state took up the roles of those entities who were liberated. Therefore, it is logical to assume that we were indeed in unmanifested states at that time. (Text COM:544017) --------- Harikesa Swami sarva gata --------------------------- Yes, the living entities can exist within the atoms and within the stones. But such living entities are called 'unmainfested', which means that they are not manifested within living bodies which display the six symptoms of life. They are in an unmanifested stated wherein they are waiting for the opportunity to take up a manifest body. (Text COM:566940) --------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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