Getting To Know God
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but it means that He again let his plenary emanations depart in their respective spiritual homes, just as He left His universal form in this universe.

The Supreme Lord, Sri Visnu, the plenary manifestation of Krishna, is present in every universe (galaxy) in two forms: those of Garbhodakasayi Visnu and Ksirodakasayi Visnu. The latter has his own planet at the north end of the universe. Beyond the universe and the seven layers of matter that cover it, quite beyond our vision, is the Causal Ocean, in which all the universes float, like ovoid balloons, because they are binary, composed of material and spiritual elements. Then, beyond the Causal Ocean, lies the limitless expanse of the spiritual world, generally known as the radiance of the Supreme Spiritual Being. But in this light are bathed innumerable spiritual planets, known as Vaikunthalokas, each of which exceeds in dimension, and by far, the greatest of the material universes. On each live countless beings in the exact image of Sri Visnu, who are the direct servants of the Lord. They live happily on these planets, far from all suffering, and in a perpetual youth, enjoying an existence of bliss and perfect knowledge, without fear of birth, sickness, old age and death, nor any influence of eternal time.

Because Kṛiṣhṇa is the supreme Lord of infinite perfection, his sublime entertainment with his pure devotees knows no lack, and this, whatever role he plays with them, friend, son or son. 'lover. In truth, the Lord savored more the reproaches of his friends, his parents, and his sweet companions than the official offering of Vedic hymns made to him by learned scholars or pseudo-spiritualists.

The purpose which the Lord pursues in descending into this mortal universe and then leaving it rests entirely on his supreme will. He may appear whenever He sees fit, wherever He may be, and without disturbing His appearance or disappearance in any other place. That is why the Lord Himself explains that concerning his appearance and his disappearance, whoever perceives its true nature, spiritual and absolute, and who knows them to be the effect of his inconceivable power, sees himself freed from the laws which govern birth and death. It then reaches the spiritual world, inhabited by the eternal Vaikuṇṭhas, spiritual planets, where the liberated souls live forever, far from the clutches of birth, sickness, old age and death. There, the Lord and all those eternally absorbed by the service of absolute love offered to his Person, enjoy eternal youth, for there is no old age, no sickness, no death. And because death is absent, so is birth. The simple fact of understanding in their truth the appearance and the disappearance of the Lord makes it possible to reach the perfection of eternal life.

The sunset does not mean that it is annihilated; it only indicates that it is no longer visible to us. Likewise, when the Lord's mission ends on a given planet or universe, it does not mean that it is interrupted, but simply that it has stopped unfolding before our eyes.

When Lord Krishna comes down from his kingdom, He comes with all around. The Lord and his eternal companions appear on Earth to assist the heavenly beings

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