186 Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

especially inclined to the devotees. Hearing their inquiries, Krsna imme-
diately thought that His devotees in Vrndavana should be informed of the
spiritual sky and the Vaikuntha planets therein. Within the material world,
every conditioned soul is in the darkness of ignorance. This means that all
conditioned souls are under the concept of this bodily existence.

Everyone is under the impression that he is of this material world, and
with this concept of life, everyone is working in ignorance in different
forms of life. The activities of the particular type of body are called karma,
or fruitive action. All conditioned souls under the impression of the bodily
concept are working according to their particular types of body. These
activities are creating their future conditional life. Because they have very
little information of the spiritual world, they do not generally take to
spiritual activities, which are called bhakti-yoga. Those who successfully
practice bhakti-yoga, after giving up this present body, go directly to the
spiritual world and become situated in one of the Vaikuntha planets. The
inhabitants of Vrndavana are all pure devotees. Their destination after
quitting the body is Krsnaloka. They even surpass the Vaikunthalokas. The
fact is, those who are always engaged in Krsna consciousness and mature,
pure devotional service are given the chance, after death, to gain Krsna’s
association in the universes within the material world. Krsna’s pastimes are
continually going on, either in this universe or in another universe. Just as
the sun globe is passing through many places across this earthly planet, so
Krsne-lila, or the transcendental advent and pastimes of Krsna, are also
going on continually, either in this or another universe. The mature
devotees, who have completely executed Krsna consciousness, are imme-
diately transferred to the universe where Krsna is appearing. In that uni-
verse the devotees get their first opportunity to associate with Krsna
personally and directly. The training goes on, as we see in the Vrndavana
lila of Krsna within this planet. Krsna therefore revealed the actual feature
of the Vaikuntha planets so that the inhabitants of Vrndavana could know
their destination.

Thus Krsna showed them the eternal ever-existing spiritual sky which is
unlimited and full of knowledge. Within this material world there are
different gradations of forms, and according to the gradations, knowledge
is proportionately manifested. For example, the knowledge in the body of
a child is not as perfect as the knowledge in the body of an adult man.
Everywhere there are different gradations of living entities, in aquatic
animals, in the plants and trees, in the reptiles and insects, in birds and
beasts and in the civilized and uncivilized human forms of life. Above the
human form of life there are demigods, Caranas and Siddhas on up to
