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head of everything is described in the  Upaniṣads  as the complete whole. Although many emanations of the fountainhead are also complete in themselves, the  sanātana  head does not diminish in quality or quantity.* That is because the nature of  sanātana  is unchangeable. Anything that changes under the influence of time and circumstances is not  sanātana . Therefore anything that changes whatsoever in form or quality cannot be accepted as  sanātana . That which is never created cannot change in formation and quality, even though He is the seedling source of everything.
The Lord claims to be the  father of all species of life . He claims that all living beings—regardless of what they are—are part and parcel of Him. Consequently, the  Bhagavad-gītā  is meant for all of them. In the  Gītā  there is information of this  sanātana  nature of the Supreme Lord. There is also information of His abode, which is far beyond the material sky, and of the  sanātana  nature of the living beings.
Lord Kṛṣṇa, in the  Gītā , also informs us that this material world is full of miseries in the shape of birth, old age, disease and death. Even in the topmost planet of the material universe, Brahmaloka, these miseries are present. Only in His own abode is there a total absence of misery. In that abode there is no need of light from sun, moon or fire. The planets are self-luminous. Life there is perpetual and full of knowledge and bliss. That is what is known as  sanātana-dhama . It is therefore natural to conclude that the living entities must return home, back to Godhead, to enjoy life in the  sanātana-dhama  with
*See  Śrī Īśopaniṣad , Invocation
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the  sanātana-puruṣa  or the  puruṣottama , Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. They must not remain to rot in this miserable land of material existence. There is little happiness in the material sphere—even in Brahmaloka—so plans and activities for elevation to higher planets within the material universe are carried out by less intelligent beings who take shelter of demigods and only derive benefits which endure for a limited period. Thus their religious principles and the benefits derived therefrom are only temporary. The intelligent man, however, abandons all engagements in the name of religion and takes shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and thus receives absolute protection from the Almighty Father.  Sanātana-dharma  is therefore the process of  bhakti-yoga  by which one can come to know the  sanātana  Lord and His  sanātana  abode. By this process only one can return to the spiritual universe to take part in the  sanātana  enjoyment prevailing there.
Those who are followers of  sanātana-dharma  may henceforward take up those principles in the spirit of the  Bhagavad-gītā . There are no barriers for one who adopts the eternal principles. Even persons who are less enlightened can return to Godhead. This is the version taught by the Supreme Lord Himself in the  Bhagavad-gītā . Mankind should be given a chance to take advantage of this opportunity. Especially at the present moment, misguided men are suffering in the darkness of materialism, and their so-called learning has enabled them to discover the atomic bomb. They are consequently on the verge of annihilation. Man's refuge is in  sanātana-dharma ,