KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM HH HARIVILAS MAHARAJ’S MORNING BHAGAVATAM CLASS ON SB 2.9.33:
- The kingdom of Godhead is not void as conceived by the impersonalists.
- The Personality of Godhead exists before the creation, and He exists with all transcendental variegatedness in the Vaikuṇṭhalokas.
- The Vaikuṇṭhalokas, also accepted in the Bhagavad-gītā as being of the sanātana nature, are not annihilated even after the annihilation of the manifested cosmos. [BG 8.20]
- Those transcendental planets are of a different nature altogether, and that nature is not subjected to the rules and regulations of material creation, maintenance or annihilation.
- The existence of the Personality of Godhead implies the existence of the Vaikuṇṭhalokas, as the existence of a king implies the existence of a kingdom.
- ŚB(2.8.10) – “How does the Personality of Godhead, the cause of creation, maintenance and annihilation, who is always freed from the influence of the illusory energy and is the controller of the same, lie in everyone’s heart?”
- In the Skanda Purana it is said – Even the devotees of the Personality of Godhead are not annihilated during the period of the entire annihilation of the material world, not to speak of the Lord Himself. The Lord is ever-existent in all three stages of material change.
- The activities of Brahmā and other demigods during the maintenance of the creation are to be understood as the activities of the Lord
- The Personality of Godhead is never formless. In the material world He may not be visible in His personal form to the less intelligent class of men, and therefore He may sometimes be called formless.
- But actually He is always in His eternal form in His Vaikuṇṭha planets as well as in other planets of the universes as different incarnations.
- Arianism – an influential heresy denying the divinity of Christ, originating with the Alexandrian priest Arius ( c. 250– c. 336). Arianism maintained that the Son of God was created by the Father and was therefore neither coeternal with the Father, nor consubstantial.
- Heresy – belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious (especially Christian) doctrine.
- Pejoritive – express contempt or disapproval
- Adduces – cite as evidence
- Anathema – something or someone that one vehemently dislikes
- Flaccid – soft and hanging loosely or limply, especially so as to look or feel unpleasant.
- Cosubstantial – Participation of the same nature; coexistence in the same substance
- Analogy – An analogy is something that shows how two things are alike,
- Metaphor – a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
SB 2.9.33 – Part 2 – 1/2/22
The other feature of the statement is that the supreme truth is Bhagavān, or the Personality of Godhead. The Personality of Godhead and His kingdom have already been explained. The kingdom of Godhead is not void as conceived by the impersonalists. The Vaikuṇṭha planets are full of transcendental variegatedness, including the four-handed residents of those planets, with great opulence of wealth and prosperity, and there are even airplanes and other amenities required for high-grade personalities. Therefore the Personality of Godhead exists before the creation, and He exists with all transcendental variegatedness in the Vaikuṇṭhalokas. The Vaikuṇṭhalokas, also accepted in the Bhagavad-gītā as being of the sanātana nature, are not annihilated even after the annihilation of the manifested cosmos. [BG 8.20] . Those transcendental planets are of a different nature altogether, and that nature is not subjected to the rules and regulations of material creation, maintenance or annihilation. The existence of the Personality of Godhead implies the existence of the Vaikuṇṭhalokas, as the existence of a king implies the existence of a kingdom.
96 percent of all gurus in India are all mayavadis. They are teaching something that is misleading. These 4 nutshell verses of SB teach us that the Supreme personality of Godhead is a person and the Vaikuntha planets exist.
BG 8.20
Yet there is another unmanifest nature, which is eternal and is transcendental to this manifested and unmanifested matter. It is supreme and is never annihilated. When all in this world is annihilated, that part remains as it is.
In various places in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and in other revealed scriptures the existence of the Personality of Godhead is mentioned. [Om namo bhagavate vaasudevaya…]
For example, in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.8.10), Mahārāja Parīkṣit asks:
sa cāpi yatra puruṣo
viśva-sthity-udbhavāpyayaḥ
muktvātma-māyāṁ māyeśaḥ
śete sarva-guhāśayaḥ
“How does the Personality of Godhead, the cause of creation, maintenance and annihilation, who is always freed from the influence of the illusory energy and is the controller of the same, lie in everyone’s heart?” Similar also is a question of Vidura’s:
tattvānāṁ bhagavaṁs teṣāṁ
katidhā pratisaṅkramaḥ
tatremaṁ ka upāsīran
ka u svid anuśerate
(Bhāg. 3.7.37)
Śrīdhara Svāmī explains this in his notes: “During the annihilation of the creation, who serves the Lord lying on the Śeṣa, etc.” This means that the transcendental Lord with all His name, fame, quality and paraphernalia exists eternally. The same confirmation is also in the Kāśī-khaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa in connection with dhruva-carita. It is said there:
na cyavante ’pi yad-bhaktā
mahatyāṁ pralayāpadi
ato ’cyuto ’khile loke
sa ekaḥ sarvago ’vyayaḥ
Even the devotees of the Personality of Godhead are not annihilated during the period of the entire annihilation of the material world, not to speak of the Lord Himself. The Lord is ever-existent in all three stages of material change.
The impersonalist adduces no activity in the Supreme, but in this discussion between Brahmā and the Supreme Personality of Godhead the Lord is said to have activities also, as He has His form and quality. The activities of Brahmā and other demigods during the maintenance of the creation are to be understood as the activities of the Lord. The king, or the head executive of a state, may not be seen in the government offices, for he may be engaged in royal comforts. Yet it should be understood that everything is being done under his direction and everything is at his command. The Personality of Godhead is never formless. In the material world He may not be visible in His personal form to the less intelligent class of men, and therefore He may sometimes be called formless.
Arianism – an influential heresy denying the divinity of Christ, originating with the Alexandrian priest Arius ( c. 250– c. 336). Arianism maintained that the Son of God was created by the Father and was therefore neither coeternal with the Father, nor consubstantial.
Heresy – belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious (especially Christian) doctrine.
Pejoritive – express contempt or disapproval
Adduces – cite as evidence
Anathema – something or someone that one vehemently dislikes.
Flaccid – soft and hanging loosely or limply, especially so as to look or feel unpleasant.
16th chapel body of christ painting – flaccid old guy with wrinkles and gray hair
Flaccid – soft and hanging loosely or limply, especially so as to look or feel unpleasant.
Cosubstantial – Participation of the same nature; coexistence in the same substance
But actually He is always in His eternal form in His Vaikuṇṭha planets as well as in other planets of the universes as different incarnations.
Nithya and Naimittic –
Nithya – eternal..
Naimittic – Incarnation of the Lord that appears for a purpose. They do not have a planet in the spiritual world.
Analogy – An analogy is something that shows how two things are alike,
Metaphor – a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
The example of the sun is very appropriate in this connection. The sun in the night may not be visible to the eyes of men in the darkness, but the sun is visible wherever it has risen. That the sun is not visible to the eyes of the inhabitants of a particular part of the earth does not mean that the sun has no form.
Why did Krsna give handshake to Brahmaji –
Because He congratulated Brahmaji for following His instructions.
Faith precedes Knowledge
SP has faith in his guru
People believe in Krsna but they have no faith in following the instructions of Krsna.