— Chapter Five —

Considering the Demigods
Independent of Krsna

All glories to Lord Sri Gauranga, the life of Sri Gadadhara Pandit; all glories to Lord Nityananda, the heart of Srimati Jahnavadevi; all glories to Sri Advaita Acarya, the Lord of Mother Sita; all glories to all the devotees of Lord Caitanya.

The principle of the Supreme Godhead Visnu

SRILA HARIDASA THAKURA continued speaking with fold- ed hands: "O Lord of the Universe, now I pray that You may listen to my explanation of the second offense against the holy name.

An enlightened person sees the body as a garment that he is only wearing and using temporarily.
Siddhaswarupanda

"Lord Visnu is the supreme, non-different from the Absolute Truth. He is the lord of the universe, and the possessor of a transcendental body that is always situated in pure goodness. Lord Krsna, the master of Goloka, is the essence and source of Lord Visnu. Krsna is embellished with sixty-four extraordinary excellences; He is the repository of all transcendental mellows. Lord Narayana possesses sixty of those qualities, and to a lesser degree of fullness than Him, so do Lord Visnu and the purusa- avataras.

"Lord Narayana, the Lord of Vaikuntha, is Lord Krsna's vilasa-vigraha or partial expansion. In Vaikuntha, Sankarsana expands as Maha-Visnu, who lies in the Causal Ocean. This is the first purusa expansion. The next purusa expansion is Garbhodakasayi Visnu, the source of Lord Brahma. He enters every universe as the purusa-avaiara. He further expands as Ksirodakasayi Visnu, the Supersoul within every living entity. These three Visnus are the purusa expansions. Ksirodakasayi Visnu is