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Sri Govardhan, INDIA

 

Dear Muniraja Prabhu,

 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

Thank you for your letter.

 

>Partly related to the subject, I recall Mahanidhi Swami once quoted Srila

>Bhaktivinoda Thakura saying(it might be in Jaiva Dharma) that this subject

>of Jiva`s fall down can be understood only in meditation (=in spiritual

>platform) not by mundane logic.

 

There is a similar statement in Bhaktivinoda Thakura's Sri Bhaktyaloka,

chapter 8, that clearly puts the issue of jiva's fall into the category of

inconceivable and warns us not to try and understand it with mundane logic.

Pardon me for such a long quote. The last 4 sentences are especially

instructive here:

 

 

"While considering the fourth reality, the amnaya says that the living

entities are minute particles of the spiritual sun, Krsna, and they are

innumerable. As the spiritual world is manifested by Krsna's cit, or

spiritual, potency and as the material world is manifested by the inferior

illusory energy, similarly the living entities are manifested by a portion

of the spiritual energy. Krsna's spiritual form has all qualities in full,

and those qualities are naturally present in the living entities in minute

quantity. The independent nature of Krsna is found insignificantly in the

living entities. For this reason the living entities claim to be

independent. As a result, all living entities have developed different

propensities. By one propensity the living entity searches for his own

happiness, and by another propensity he searches for Krsna's happiness. Thus

living entities are divided into two groups-those searching for their own

happiness and those searching for Krsna's happiness. Those who search for

Krsna's happiness are called nitya-mukta, and those who search for their own

happiness are called nitya-baddha. In this regard, all inconceivable natures

are under the subordination of spiritual time. The time factor of the

spiritual nature is a state of eternal present. But in the inferior illusory

energy there are three states of existence-past, present, and future. So

whatever considerations arise in this regard, if related with the spiritual

time factor, then no doubts will remain; but if seen otherwise, then doubts

will remain. Why did a pure spirit soul search for his own happiness? If one

puts forward such a question, then doubts arising from the material time

factor will manifest. If one can give up such doubts then he can perform

devotional service, otherwise there will only be a series of arguments. If

arguments are related to the inconceivable nature, then anarthas arise".

 

 

Begging to remain

 

your servant,

Madana-mohana das