Re: Who Disappears into the deity?

Nityaananda! Gauraanga! Hare Krishna! Dear Srinath, This is a good question. Ishvara Sayujya or merging into the transcendental body of the Lord at the time of death can lead to two destinations, not just one. One is sayujya itself which is to remain merged in the body of the Lord or to remain merged with Him in the brahmajyoti or His divine bodily effulgence. This is the worst scenario for devotional service.

But if the Lord so desires, especially in the case of His pure devotees like Shrila Rasikananda, Shrila Jaya and Vijaya etc., He will reinstate them in their original constitutional position in Goloka or Vaikuntha etc. (their respective spiritual planet) when they enter into His body. For the pure devotees entering into the divine body of the Lord is not permanent. It is only a gateway. The Lord instructs them to use His divine body as a path (gateway) to enter into their respective spiritual planets, because all the spiritual world is fully present within His body. By instructing them in this way, the Lord wants to increase the glories of the disappearance of His pure devotes from this world. Lord Gaura Krishna absolutely cannot award His pure devotees with oneness with Him since this is a heavy punishment which He gives to demons etc.

Daaso'smi, BR Sadhu Swami Gaurangapada.

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