Rise Beyond Impersonalism - V

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Dear friend, Haribol! We hope the last four issues of this multipart series has homed in on the message: The best form of worship is devotional service in its purest form. Carrying forward this topic of discussion in this issue of the Hémãkśaram, we shall supplement the importance of Personal Worship of Krishna with verses from other scriptures, such as the Iśavasya Upaniśad.

 

Hémãkśaram Dedicated toHis Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedänta Swämi Srila PrabhupädaFounder-Achärya: International Society for Krishna Consciousness Rise Beyond Impersonalism - V

 

Shri Ishopanishad states: hiranmayena pätrena satyasyäpihitam mukham tat tvam püshann apävrnu satya-dharmäya drshtaye"O my Lord, sustainer of all that lives, Your real face is covered by Your dazzling effulgence. Kindly remove that covering and exhibit Yourself to Your pure devotee." (Mantra Fifteen) In the Bhagavad-gitä (14.27), the Lord explains His personal rays (brahmajyoti), the dazzling effulgence of His personal form, in this way: brahmano hi pratishthäham amrtasyävyayasya ca shäshvatasya ca dharmasya sukhasyaikäntikasya ca“I am the basis of the impersonal Brahman,

which is immortal, imperishable and eternal and is the constitutional position of ultimate happiness.” Brahman, Paramätmä and Bhagavän are three aspects of the same Absolute Truth. Brahman is the aspect most easily perceived by the beginner; Paramätmä, the Supersoul, is realized by those who have further progressed; and Bhagavän realization is the ultimate realization of the Absolute Truth. This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gitä (7.7), where Lord Krishna says that He is the ultimate concept of the Absolute Truth: mattah parataram nänyat. Therefore, Krishna is the source of the brahmajyoti as well as the all-pervading Paramätmä. Later in the Bhagavad-gitä (10.42) Krishna further explains: atha vä bahunaitena kim jïätena tavärjuna vishtabhyäham idam krtsnam ekämshena sthito jagat“But what need is there, Arjuna, for all

this detailed knowledge? With a single fragment of Myself I pervade and support this entire universe.” Thus by His one plenary expansion, the all-pervading Paramätmä, the Lord maintains the complete material cosmic creation. He also maintains all manifestations in the spiritual world. Therefore in this shruti-mantra of Shri Ishopanishad, the Lord is addressed as püshan, the ultimate maintainer. The system of God realization is a great science. The materialistic sänkhya-yogis can only analyze and meditate on the twenty-four factors of the material creation, for they have very little information of the purusha, the Lord. And the impersonal transcendentalists are simply bewildered by the glaring effulgence of the brahmajyoti. If one wants to see the Absolute Truth in full, one has to penetrate beyond the twenty-four material elements and the glaring effulgence as well. Sri Ishopanishad points toward this direction, praying for the

removal of the hiranmaya-pätra, the dazzling covering of the Lord. Unless this covering is removed so one can perceive the real face of the Personality of Godhead, factual realization of the Absolute Truth can never be achieved. Hope you enjoyed this edition of the Hémãkśaram. For any correspondence, you are invited to write to vedicvisions. Do allow a couple of days for a reply. Haribol!Humbly yours,Friends of Lord Krishna.

 

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