Bhagavat Purāṇa
Articles by Satyanarayana Dasa Philosophy

Reality & the Transcendental Body of a Vaiṣṇava – Part 3

Viśvanāth Cakravārtī Ṭhākura further elaborates on this as follows: Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself has explained how a mortal being can attain Him (SB 11.29.34):  martyo yadā tyakta-samasta-karmā    niveditātmā vicikīrṣito me tadāmṛtatvaṁ pratipadyamāno    mayātma-bhūyāya ca kalpate vai “When a mortal being has renounced all material activities and is totally surrendered to Me, then by My

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Articles by Satyanarayana Dasa

Reality & the Transcendental Body of a Vaiṣṇava – Part 2

The two words pratyak and praśāntaṁ in the verse under discussion (SB 5.12.11) refer to Paramātmā, who is an expansion of Bhagavān to control and manage the phenomenal world. Paramātmā manifests as the Immanent Being in everyone’s heart. Yogīs meditate on Him. The word pratyak (the innermost being) is used for both the jīvātmā and

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