926 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 22

Personality of Godhead are svarmsa expansions. Thus there are different
potencies of the Supreme Lord, and there are different expansions of
the different potencies. In this way, for different reasons there are differ-
ent expansions of the same one principle, the Supreme Personality
of Godhead. This understanding is real knowledge, but when the
living entity is covered by the upadhi or designated body, he sees
differences, exactly as one sees differences in reflections of oneself
on water, oil or in a mirror. When something is reflected on the water, it
appears to be moving. When it is reflected on ice, it appears fixed. When
it isreflected on oil,it appears hazy. The subject is one, but under different
conditions it appears differently. When the qualifying factor is taken away,
the whole appears to be one. In other words, when one comes to the
paramahamsa or perfectional stage of life by practicing bhakti-yoga, he
sees only Krsna everywhere. For him there is no other objective.

In conclusion, due to different causes, the living entity is visible in
different forms as an animal, human being, demigod, tree, etc. Actually
every living entity is the marginal potency of the Supreme Lord. In
Bhagavad-gitd, therefore, it is explained that one who actually sees the
spirit soul does not distinguish between a learned brahmana and a dog, an
elephant or a cow. Panditah sama-darsinah (Bg. 5.18). One who is actually
learned sees only the living entity, not the outward covering. Differentia-
tion is therefore the result of different karma or fruitive activities, and
when we stop fruitive activities, turning them into acts of devotion, we can
understand that we are not different from anyone else, regardless of the
form. This is only possible in Krsna consciousness. In this movement
there are many different races of men from all parts of the world partici-
pating, but because they think of themselves as servants of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, they do not differentiate between black and
white, yellow and red. The Krsna consciousness movement is therefore
the only means to make the living entities transcend all designations.

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cetanam harate buddheh
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