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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 7]
or spiritual worlds is also nothing but a manifestation of different energies emanating from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The  brāhmaṇas'  statement is that Lord Viṣṇu is everything—the fire, the offering, the clarified butter, the utensils, the place of sacrifice and the  kuśa . He is everything. It is confirmed herein that the performance of  saṅkīrtana-yajña  in this age is as good as all other  yajñas  in all other ages. If one performs  saṅkīrtana-yajña  by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare, there is no need to arrange elaborate paraphernalia for the prescribed sacrificial ceremonies recommended in the  Vedas . In the chant of the holy names, Hare and Kṛṣṇa,  Hare  means the energy of Kṛṣṇa, and  Kṛṣṇa  is the  viṣṇu-tattva . Combined together they are everything. In this age, persons are harassed by the influence of Kali-yuga and cannot arrange for all the requisite paraphernalia for performing sacrifice as recommended in the  Vedas . But if one simply chants Hare Kṛṣṇa, it is to be understood that he is performing all kinds of  yajña  because there is nothing within our vision except Hare, the energy of Kṛṣṇa, and Kṛṣṇa. There is no difference between Kṛṣṇa and His energies. Thus since everything is a manifestation of His energy, it is to be understood that everything is Kṛṣṇa. One simply has to accept everything in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and he is a liberated person. He should not misunderstand that because everything is Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa has no personal identity. Kṛṣṇa is so full that in spite of keeping Himself separate from everything by His energy, He is everything. This is confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā , Ninth Chapter. He is spread throughout the creation as everything, but still He is not everything. The philosophy recommended by Lord Caitanya is that He is simultaneously one and different.
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त्वं पुरा गां रसाया महासूकरो
दंष्ट्रया पत्रिनीं वारणेन्द्रो यथा ।
स्तूयमानो नदँल्लीलया योगिभि-
व्युज्जहर्थ त्रयीगात्र यज्ञक्रतुः ॥४६॥
tvam purā gām rasāyā mahā-sūkaro
damṣṭrayā padminīm vāraṇendro yathā
stūyamāno nadal līlayā yogibhir
vyujjahartha trayīgātra yajña-kratuḥ