24 Teachings of Lord Chaitanya

follows: (This is a speech given by one of the four Kumaras, known as Sananda,
on the occasion of performing a great sacrifice;) He said, O Supreme Truth!
if the living entities were not infinitesimal living sparks of the Supreme Spirit,
then each minute spark would have been all-pervading, and there would be
no necessity of its being controlled by superior power. But if the constitution
of the living entity is accepted as being the minute part and parcel of the
Supreme Lord, then automatically he becomes a controlled living entity
under supreme energy or power. This is his constitutional position. Therefore,
if he remains as he is created in that natural position, he can attain full freedom.
As such, if somebody by mistake calculates that his constitutional position is
equal to the constitutional position of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
then he becomes contaminated by the doctrine of non-duality and his efforts
in transcendental life are without any effect.

The Lord continues His teaching, saying that there are two kinds of living
entities: one is called eternally liberated, and the other is called eternally
conditioned. Out of the eternally conditioned living entities, again they are
divided into two classes, namely, the moving and the non-moving entities.
Those who cannot move, who, like trees, for example, are standing in one
place, are called non-moving entities. And those who are moving, such as
birds and beasts, are called Jangam, or moving entities. These moving entities
are also divided into three: there are the tiryak, or the birds: some of them can
fly in the sky, and swim on the water, as well as walk on the land. Besides
this tiryak, there are aquatics; and there are animals and human beings, who
are moving on the land. Out of the many millions and trillions of living
entities on the land, the species of human beings are very few. Out of that
small quantity of human beings there are many who are actually without any
advancement in spiritual science, and are without cleanliness in their habits,
without any faith in the existence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
and are simply like animals. They may be deducted from the human society
or from the civilized society of human beings.

We shall hardly find a few human beings who believe in the Scriptures
or in the existence of God, or in good behavior for the human being. Such
believers are known as Aryans, or those who believe in advancing in spiritual
life. Out of such persons believing in the Scriptures and in the advancement of
human civilization, there are two classes of men, who are known as the right-
eous and the unrighteous. Of those who are righteous, most execute fruitive
activities. That means they prefer to perform righteous activities in order to
derive some good result from them for sense gratification. Out of many,
