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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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in his turn, has created the Vedas and the Purāņas to remind His suffering creatures of Himself. The Vedas treat that the goal is the attaining of Kṛṣṇa, faith is the means of this attainment, the epithets are his names; love is the (supreme) need, the most precious treasure and the highest achievement of humanity. Madhura service is the means of joining Kṛṣṇa; by serving Him we can enjoy the relish of him.' The teaching of Caitanya was based upon the Bhāgavata, according to which, the nature of Krsna is infinite, His powers are infinite, heaven and universes are the works of his powers and that He is the repository of essence, power, and work. By means of the three Sadhanas, viz., knowledge, abstraction (Yoga), and faith, Kṛṣṇa manifests Himself in the three forms of Brahma, Atmā, and Bhagavan.
The perception of God is full through bhakti and the one God assumes countless forms, of which the three are: (i) the swayam form, (ii) the tadekātma form, and (iii) the āves'a form. In the first form He appeared as Kṛṣṇa, the cowboy of Vṛndāvan and as such He was perceived in two ways: (i) prabhāva, and (i) vaibhava. In the tormer of these, His one body multiplies itself into many identical ones, as during the rāsa dalliance and the marriages with his queens. The variety of the multitude of His body and shape, under the influence of various passions, is called Vaibhava. Kṛṣṇa's
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1 Sircar Jadunath: Chaitanya's Pilgrimages and Teachings, pp. 252-253.
