Guest guest Posted August 23, 1999 Report Share Posted August 23, 1999 Home Base: Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir, Navadwip Dham, Nadia, WB, INDIA Camp: Vaisnava Bhakti Seminars & Rathayatra Festival St. Petersburg, Russia My Dear Madhurendira dd, Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Thankyou for your letter cited below with my comments. I have noted the contents carefully. > Dear Srila Jayapataka Swami, > > Please, accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! > > Could you, please, tell where it is explained why such persons like Narada > Muni, Prithu Maharaja, Parasurama etc are mentioned as both lila-avataras > and also Saktyavesa avataras. It would be nice if you quoted the sastric references that you refer to as examples. A saktyavesa avatara is an empowered incarnation so it means that an individual soul was empowered in some particular area with Lord Sri Krishna's transcendental potency. Like Narada in Bhakti and Prthu Maharaja in Ruling. They are also engaging in the pastimes. > What is the difference between expansion and incarnation? An expansion is a fully potent form of the Lord full in all 6 opulences. There are also expansions of the Lord in the spiritual world that don't descend to the material world. An incarnation means a form of the Lord that descends to this material world from the Spiritual World. There are a variety of incarnations like purusa avataras, saktyavesa avataras, guna avataras and arca avataras to mention some who come to this material material world to uplift the conditioned souls. > ys Madhurendira dd I hope this helps. I hope that this finds you in good health. Your well wisher, Jayapataka Swami Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2000 Report Share Posted October 28, 2000 > Dear Srila Jayapataka Swami, > Please, accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! > > I pray that your health is very good by the mercy of Sri Radh Gopinathji. > > Is Lord Rama an expansion of Krishna because he has all 6 opulences? > > > > >An expansion is a fully potent form of the Lord full in all 6 opulences. > >There are also expansions of the Lord in the spiritual world that don't > >descend to the material world. An incarnation means a form of the Lord > that > >descends to this material world from the Spiritual World. There are a > >variety of incarnations like purusa avataras, saktyavesa avataras, guna > >avataras and arca avataras to mention some who come to this material > >material world to uplift the conditioned souls. > > > > Thank you very much for taking out your valuable time for tending to so > many numerous questions for the enlightenment of all the assembled > devotees. > > your servant > Sravaniya Devi Dasi Lord Rama is an expansion because he is an expansion. The sastra has confirmed that he is an expansion of Lord Sri Krishna. See Brahma Samhita for instance. I hope that this finds you in good health. Yours in service, Jayapataka Swami Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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