Book Title: tman_and_moksa
Author(s): G N Joshi
Publisher: Gujarat University

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________________ Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra 708 www.kobatirth.org Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir Atman and Mokṣa image is not changed; only his shape, colour, and weapons differ and so He gets a different name in each case. Kṛṣṇa possesses the Parabrahma Sakti (power) that pervades the universe and assumes a corporeal form by his wonder-creating power (Māyāsakti), though He is the soul of all. He possesses a selfmultiplying power (Vilāsas'akti) which manifests in two ways: (i) according to Prabhāvavilāsa, the four Vyuhas-Vasudeva, Samkarṣana, Pradyumna, and Aniruddha are produced by Kṛṣṇa. Thus, there are many details of the manifestation of Kṛṣṇa in a wide variety of details as found in the Bhāgavata and which was acceptable to Caitanya. It will be a digression to go into their details. Caitanya, however, preached that faith and devotion are the powerful means of attaining salvation. No other means except ardent and singular devotion to Kṛṣṇa can rid a man from the pains of the worldly life. Caitanya further practised and preached the Madhura bhakti or Madhura rasa as essential for reaching God. In the Madhura rasa is a synthesis of the other four kinds of emotions known as the s'anta rasa, dasya rasa, sakhya rasa and vatsalya rasa, and it becomes a unique fusion by the acquaintance with the true nature of God, His power, equality, frankness, and tenderness. The Madhura rasa represents an extraordinary fusion of all these attributes, and so it possesses wonderous deliciousness. When one is governed by the Madhura rasa, he is enlightened 1 Sircar Jadunath Chaitanya's Pilgrimages and Teachings, pp. 252-257. For Private And Personal

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