Text 9] Rahigana Converses with Jada Bharata 41)

There is nothing in the phenomenal world that is not produced by the
supreme energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Aromas from
the earth are different scents manufactured and used for different pur-
poses, but the original cause is the earth, nothing else. A waterpot made
of earth can be used to carry water for some time, but ultimately the pot
is nothing but earth. Therefore there is no difference between the pot
and its original ingredient, earth. It is simply a different transformation
of the energy. Originally the cause or primary ingredient is the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, and the varieties are only by-products. In the
Chandogya Upanisad it is stated: yathé saumy ekena mrt-pindena sar-
vam mrnmayam vijndtam syad vacarambhatiam vikdro némadheyam
mrttikety eva satyam. If one studies the earth, he naturally understands
the by-products of the earth. The Vedas therefore enjoin, yasmin vijndate
sarvam evar vijndtam bhavati: if one simply understands the original
cause, Krsna, the cause of all causes, then naturally everything else is
understood, although it may be presented in different varieties. By un-
derstanding the original cause of different varieties, one can understand
everything. If we understand Krsna, the original cause of everything, we
do not need to separately study the subsidiary varieties. Therefore from
the very beginning it is said: satyam param dhimahi. One has to con-
centrate one’s understanding on the Supreme Truth, Krsna or Vasudeva.
The word Vasudeva indicates the Supreme Personality of Godhead. who
is the cause of all causes. Mat-sthaéni sarva-bhitdni na caham tesv
avasthitah. This is a summary of phenomenal and noumenal philosophy.
The phenomenal world depends on the noumenal existence: similarly.
everything exists by virtue of the potency of the Supreme Lord, although
due to our ignorance the Supreme Lord is not perceived in everything.

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