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present as the Paramatmé in the core of everyone’s heart, He is nonethe-
less one, either as an individual or as the all-pervading Brahman.

The supreme cause is Krsna, and devotees who have surrendered to
the Supreme Personality of Godhead can realize Him and His presence
within the universe and within the atom (andantara-stha-paramanu-
cayGntara-stham). This realization is possible only for devotees who
have fully surrendered unto the lotus feet of the Lord; for others it is not
possible. This is confirmed by the Lord Himself in Bhagavad-gita (7.14):

daivi hy esa gunamayi
mama maya duratyaya
mam eva ye prapadyante
mayam etam taranti te
The process of surrender in a devotional attitude is accepted by a fortu-
nate living being. After wandering through many varieties of life on
many planetary systems, when one comes to the real understanding of
the Absolute Truth by the grace of a devotee, one surrenders to the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, as confirmed in Bhagavad-gita
(bahiinam janmanam ante jnanavan mam prapadyate).

Prahlada Mahardaja’s class friends, who were born of Daitya families,
thought that realizing the Absolute was extremely difficult. Indeed, we
have experience that many, many people say this very thing. Actually,
however, this is not so. The Absolute, the Supreme Personality of God-
head, is most intimately related to all living entities. Therefore if one
understands the Vaisnava philosophy, which explains how He is present
everywhere and how He acts everywhere, to worship the Supreme Lord
or to realize Him is not at all difficult. Realization of the Lord, however,
is possible only in the association of devotees. Therefore Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu, in His teachings to Ripa Gosvami said (Cc.
Madhya 19.151):

brahmanda bhramite kona bhagyavan jiva
guru-krsna-prasade paya bhakti-lata-bija
The living entity in the material condition wanders through many
varieties of life and many varieties of circumstances, but if he comes in
