Post by krsnaraja on May 18, 2016 23:58:36 GMT
Prabhupada: Back to Godhead means God is a person, a person like you and me. Just like your father is a person. That is a practical knowledge. Your father’s father is also a person. His father is also a person. His father is also a person…Therefore the supreme father must be a person. .. God is called supreme father…But because here we are in this material world, material world means where God is forgotten. That is called material world. In this temple we are not in the material world. We are not in New York. We are in Vaikuntha. Because we have not forgotten Krishna. Yes. That is the definition given by the Vedic literature. Transcendental. Anyone who’s living within this temple… I’ll give you one example. Just like if a ship comes from foreign country, that ship may be within the border of your country, or within your country—that ship is not within the law of your country. The ambassadors, the embassies, they are not within the law of USA. I give you some practical example. Similarly, anyone who is engaged in Krishna’s service, anyplace it may be, that spot is not within the material world. That is transcendentally situated. So for practical going back to Godhead, you come to our temple. That’s all. You’ll never forget Krishna. You’ll be engaged in the service of Krishna. Therefore you’ll live in Vaikuntha or Vrindavana. This is the easiest process of going back to Godhead. And then, after death, surely you’re going to Vaikuntha or Krishnaloka. Hare Krishna. (Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.1.11, New York, July 25, 1971)
