{"id":15443,"date":"2015-02-08T15:44:01","date_gmt":"2015-02-08T15:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=15443"},"modified":"2015-02-08T15:44:01","modified_gmt":"2015-02-08T15:44:01","slug":"even-when-krishna-is-in-the-universe-the-universe-is-still-in-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=15443","title":{"rendered":"Even when Krishna is in the universe, the universe is still in Him"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Chaitanya Charan das<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Krishna descends to the world, he appears to be just like any other person, someone who is limited to one place and needs to move for getting to another place. Those who assume that this appearance is the reality can\u2019t conceive how such a localized person can be the all-pervading Supreme.<\/p>\n

To comprehend the reality underlying this appearance, we need to understand Krishna\u2019s transcendental position and disposition. The world\u2019s theistic traditions proclaim God\u2019s transcendence, underscoring his self-existence in a realm that transcends time and space. Being the source of everything, including the fabric of time and space, he is never limited by his emanations.<\/p>\n

Gita wisdom goes beyond this universal revelation of God\u2019s transcendental position to the confidential revelation of his transcendental disposition. We are usually disposed to flaunt our power and enjoy others\u2019 submitting to us. Krishna\u2019s disposition transcends such egoistic drives \u2013 despite having the supreme power, he delights not in the display of his godhood but in the intimacy of love. He knows that his loved ones will feel inhibited in loving him intimately if they remain aware of his divinity. So, in his world of love, he conceals his supremacy and manifests in a finite-seeming humanlike form. And to invite all of us to his world, he descends to our world in that same form.<\/p>\n

During his pastimes here, he seems, like us, finite. But he can at will exhibit powers impossible for us. For example, the Bhagavad-gita (11.07) reports how he, while seeming to be a person on a battlefield within the universe, demonstrated that the whole universe was within him.<\/p>\n

By thus meditating on Krishna\u2019s transcendental position and disposition, we can realize his supreme lovability, redirect our love from the world to him and gradually relish intimate love for him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"HareBy Chaitanya Charan das<\/strong><\/p>\n

To comprehend the reality underlying this appearance, we need to understand Krishna\u2019s transcendental position and disposition. The world\u2019s theistic traditions proclaim God\u2019s transcendence, underscoring his self-existence in a realm that transcends time and space. Being the source of everything, including the fabric of time and space, he is never limited by his emanations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15443"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15445,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15443\/revisions\/15445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}