May Everyone Now Awaken

Hearing my spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada, singing the prayers to the six Goswamis I am carried away into another dimension of existence far, far beyond the crazy, confused sufferings of the modern so-called advanced civilization. I am reminded that right now the eternal pastimes of Lord Sri Krishna and His pure devotees are going on in the Spiritual Sky. Anyone and everyone can taste this sweet bliss of Krishna consciousness right now, if they will simply submissively hear from Krishna's pure devotee.

Why does the general world population have to continually dragged on and on deep in the sleep of maya? There is so much unnecessary ignorance and suffering going on at every minute all over the world. May everyone now awaken from their deep slumber of illusion and realize the eternal truth of the self and the Supreme Self.

Answers According to the Vedic Version

Question: Isn't Lord Vishnu the Ultimate Godhead?...

I read all your daily thoughts for the day. I am a bit confused about Vishnu and Krishna. If Krishna is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, isn't Lord Vishnu then the ultimate godhead?

Please enlighten me....

Hare Krishna

Primrose

Trinidad

Answer: Yes, But...

Yes, Lord Vishnu is certainly the ultimate Godhead, but we have to understand exactly Who is Lord Vishnu and how He is the ultimate Godhead. He is the ultimate Godhead because He is the source of all that exists. Everything emanates from Him. All material universes, all living beings, and all forms of Vishnu emanate from Him. There are millions and millions of Vishnu forms emanating from the original Vishnu form. That original Vishnu form is known as Krishna.

Just as one candle can be used to light another candle, which can then light another candle, which can then light yet another candle millions and millions of times--Krishna is the original form of Godhead and multi-millions of Vishnus are His expansions. Everything that exists is an emanation from Krishna. He is the original source of everything as confirmed by Lord Sri Krishna Himself in the Bhagavad-gita:

aham sarvasya prabhavo
mattah sarvam pravartate

"I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me."
Bhagavad-gita 10.8

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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