The Transcendence is compared to milk, and the emanations
are compared to curd. Curd is nothing but milk, but at the same
time it is different from milk. Curd is a milk preparation, but it
cannot be used in place of milk. The Lord is also sometimes
compared to a tree. The root of the tree is the cause of the trunk,
branches, twigs, leaves, and fruits, yet the trunk is not the fruit,
the fruit is not the leaf, nor is the leaf the root. When water is
needed it has to be poured on the root, not on the leaves. Pouring
water on the leaves serves no purpose, but pouring water on the
root serves all purposes. This is the essence of the philosophy of
spiritual culture.

Krsnaloka is also called Goloka Vrndavana. Beneath this Goloka
are Haridhama, Mahesadhama, and Devidhama. Hari (Visnu,
Narayana) is the formal expansion of the Lord, Mahega (Siva) is
the formal-energetic expansion of the Lord, and Devris the Lord’s
energetic expansion. The living entities are also energetic expan-
sions of the Lord. There are two different kinds of living entities,
called the liberated souls and the conditioned souls.

The planets within the glowing effulgence are called Haridhama.
On these planets the predominating deity is Hari, and the pre-
dominated deities are the liberated souls. The features of the
liberated souls and those of Hari are almost the same, yet Hari is
predominator and the liberated souls are predominated. The in-
numerable planets in Haridhama are predominated by different
formal expansions of the Lord, and all of them have different
names.

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