The Spiritual World
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According to their different bodily characteristics, men are spread across the different planetary systems. The vast universal form of the Supreme Lord is the first divine manifestation and plenary portion of the Supreme Soul. The Lord is done so the soul of an unlimited number of living things, and in Him rests the whole of creation which can then flourish.

There on the Vaikuntha planets, the reign of Godhead, the original person. In him everything is pure virtue.

In the spiritual world, there is no trace of passion or ignorance. There are only virtue, and pure, without the slightest trace of passion or ignorance. In the material world, even if someone lies completely in virtue, it is sometimes subject to defilement of ignorance and passion, so small it is. But in the kingdom Vaikuntha, the spiritual world, there is the pure virtue. On the Vaikuntha planets the Lord as His devotees participate in this transcendent nature, called suddha-sattva, or pure virtue. There extend many forests conducive to character. The trees are trees to wishes, and in all seasons, we see them loaded with flowers and fruits, because of the Vaikuntha planets, everything is spiritual and personal. The inhabitants of these planets flying in aircraft, together with their sweethearts, and their songs, forever praise the qualities and deeds of the Lord, which never assume a fatal character. Singing the glories of the Lord, they do not even give interest to madhavis blooming, fragrant flowers and those responsible for nectar. The inhabitants of Vaikuntha travel in their aircraft made of lapis lazuli (gem blue) emeralds and gold, where their companions crowded the wide hips and beautifully smiling faces.

The ladies of Vaikuntha planets are as beautiful as the goddess of fortune. We sometimes see these transcendent beauties playing with lotus and wear bracelets tinkling on their ankles, clean the marble walls inlaid intervals with gold borders, to draw on them the grace of the Supreme Lord.

These myriads of goddesses of fortune living in the Vaikuntha planets are not exactly the companions of the Supreme Lord, but the wives of His devotees. They also absorb in the service of God, the Supreme Person. Our verse specifies that Vaikuntha, the houses are made of marble, and the floor of the Vaikuntha planets is made of Philosopher Stones. There is therefore no need to clean the stone in Vaikuntha since there is really no dust, but still, eager to meet the Lord, the ladies hold it constantly dusting the marble walls . Why? For the simple reason that they want all their heart they draw on the grace of the Lord. In their own gardens on the edge of ponds divine whose banks are paved with coral, the goddesses of fortune worship the Lord in him by offering tulasi leaves.

When King bumblebees sang a tone pitched the glories of the Lord, doves, cuckoos, cranes, cakravakas, swans, parrots, peacocks and quails cease their din. And if all these divine birds and conceal their own singing is for the sole purpose of hearing the glories of the Lord.

In the absolute nature of Vaikuntha, there is no difference between birds and humans. The spiritual world is full of variety, and everything is spiritual. Spiritual variety shows that everything is animated. Nothing in the spiritual world is inanimate. Even the trees, earth, plants, flowers, birds and animals are Krsna conscious. The peculiarity of Vaikunthaloka is that there is no question of seeking any personal satisfaction. In the material world, even the donkey likes to hear himself bray, but the Vaikuntha planets, as wonderful birds peacock, cakravaka and the cuckoo prefer to hear the bees singing the glories of the Lord listening to their own chants. Thus, the principles of devotional service, beginning with hearing and chanting, are they very marked in the Vaikuntha world.

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