Chaitanya, The Golden Avatar
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The Lord also advised him to always sing or recite the mantra:

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.

You will thus obtain very easily the liberation, and will then be able to reach the sovereign goal of the existence, the love for God.

The Lord then recited several authoritative passages from the holy scriptures, including the Srimad-Bhagavatam, the Bhagavad-Gita and the Nrishingha-tapani. He specifically cited a verse from the Bhagavad-Gita (18.54), according to which he who attains spiritual realization, knowing himself to be a spiritual being, finds there joy and happiness. He never grieves, he never longs for anything. He sees all beings on an equal footing. He becomes a pure devotee of God, the Supreme Person. A truly liberated person can understand the spiritual and absolute entertainments of the Sovereign Lord, and thus engage in his devotional service.

Lord Chaitanya then added that all the Vedic axioms of the Upanishads (sacred book) are aimed at truth, also called Brahman. By Brahman, we mean the greatest, which immediately designates God, the Supreme Person, the source of all emanations. Unless one possesses the six excellences in their fullness, no one can be called the greatest. This title belongs to the only Supreme Lord, the Master of the six excellences, beauty, knowledge, wealth, fame, power and renunciation. In other words, the Supreme Spiritual Being is none other than God, the Supreme Person. Krishna, God, the Supreme Person, is moreover recognized as the Supreme Brahman. The notions of impersonal Brahman and localized Supreme Soul are included in the realization of the Supreme Person of God. He remains one person eternally, otherwise the six excellences cannot be present in their fullness. Therefore, when we characterize the Supreme Absolute Truth as impersonal, it is for the sole purpose of establishing that it is not a person belonging to the material universe.

In order to distinguish his spiritual body from the bodies of matter, some indeed describe it as being impersonal from a material point of view. In other words, any form of material personality is discarded in favor of a spiritual personality as far as it is concerned. The Absolute Being does not have any material hands or legs, but He nevertheless has spiritual hands enabling Him to accept whatever is offered to Him. He also does not have material eyes, but rather spiritual eyes through which He sees absolutely everything. Although devoid of material ears, He can also hear everything. His senses being perfect, He knows the past, the present and the future. In fact, He knows everything, but no one can know Him, for He escapes the material senses. Source of all emanations, He is the Supreme Person, the greatest of all beings, God. Krishna, God, the Supreme and Absolute Truth is a person who does not belong to this world of matter.

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