Re: Paramatma and Lord"s Form and Pastimes in the heart

Nityaananda ! Gauraanga ! Hare Krishna !

All Glories to Shrila Gurudeva !

While reading Chaitanya Mangal I came across something similar.


"The Lord enters the heart of His pure devotee who hears about His activities, sees Him, meditates upon Him, and chants His holy names. The Lord's body is transcendental to the three modes of material nature. The body of the pure devotee is the home of the Lord. From within the heart of His devotee the Lord can easily perform His pastimes.
   "He considers worship of His devotee superior to His own worship. The Lord wants to be subservient to His devotee. Some people think this activity to be the working of maya. The materialists can't understand why the Supreme Lord gives more importance to His pure devotees than Himself.
   "The Lord's body is the embodiment of bliss. He is very beautiful, completely pure and the most treasured object. The Lord doesn't do anything else except enjoy transcendental pastimes. Therefore why do the rascals deride Him as having .no qualities? The Lord never manifests Himself to those covered by maya. But He always engages in pastimes within the heart of His pure devotees.
   "The Lord takes pleasure in seeing His devotee's eating, sleeping, and enjoying different activities. Krishna treats everyone equally, but He reciprocates differently with His devotee due to the devotee's attitude of loving surrender. After seeing the Lord's activities, a non-devotee thinks, 'What is this Krishna? He's nothing but an ordinary man.'
   "Krishna plays the role of an ordinary mortal. In reality, Krishna has a completely transcendental body. He is the all-powerful Lord of lords. Anyone who doesn't accept the fact that the Lord resides in the body of His pure devotee is the lowest among men.
   The Vedas, Puranas, and the great devotees proclaim that the body of a pure devotee is totally pure because Lord Krishna lives within his heart. Just as the Ganges or any place of pilgrimage can purify and deliver someone, so too can the dust from the feet of a pure devotee. If a rascal misunderstands this and criticizes a pure devotee, then surely he commits a grave offense."
   Thus Murari Gupta and Damodara Pandita talked happily about this intimate topic.

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