{"id":100734,"date":"2022-07-21T14:51:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T12:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=100734"},"modified":"2022-07-21T14:51:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T12:51:26","slug":"of-lights-i-am-the-radiant-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=100734","title":{"rendered":"Of Lights I Am the Radiant Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Godhead is Light, Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no Nescience.”<\/p>\n

(Srila Prabhupada’s original Back to Godhead logo)<\/p>\n

“K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is compared to sunshine, and m\u0101y\u0101 is compared to darkness. Wherever there is sunshine, there cannot be darkness. As soon as one takes to K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness, the darkness of illusion (the influence of the external energy) will immediately vanish.”<\/p>\n

(Caitanya-carit\u0101m\u1e5bta Madhya 22.31)<\/p>\n

“K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is like the sun, and m\u0101y\u0101, or the illusory energy of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, is like darkness. Darkness means absence of light; similarly, m\u0101y\u0101 means absence of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness. K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness and m\u0101y\u0101 are always there, side by side. As soon as there is awakening of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness, all the illusory pains and pleasures of material existence are vanquished. M\u0101y\u0101m et\u0101\u1e41 taranti te: (BG 7.14) constant chanting of the mah\u0101-mantra will keep us always aloof from the illusory energy of m\u0101y\u0101.”<\/p>\n

(\u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam 4.11.2, Purport)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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