36 Teachings of Lord Chaitanya

ways, and fixing it up in the Supreme Personality of Godhead. And one who
is so fixed up in the Supreme Personality of Godhead is situated on the sama
platform. On that platform the devotee understands that Krishna is the basic
principle of everything that be within our experience. The same thing is
explained in the Bhagavad Gita: after many, many births in the cultivation of
knowledge, one surrenders unto Vasudeva because he can understand that
Krishna is present in everything, that He is distributed all over the cosmic
manifestation. Everything is under the control of the Supreme Lord, and
everything, being situated in His energy, is different from Krishna in His
Personal Form. The same thing is explained in the Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu,
in which it is said that when intelligence is fixed on Krishna, that is called the
quality of sama. This is spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead:
Samo mannisthata buddhee: that without being elevated to the platform of
santa rati, nobody can be fixed in knowing the greatness of Krishna, the diffusion
of His different energies which are the cause of all manifestation. The same
thing is further explained in the Srimad Bhagwatam, Eleventh Canto, Nine-
teenth Chapter, 33rd verse: equilibrium of the mind can be achieved by one
who has fixed his conclusion on the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the
Original Source of everything, and when one can control his senses, that is
called sama. When one is ready to tolerate all kinds of suffering for controlling
the senses and to keep the mind in equilibrium, that is called titiksha, or toler-
ance. And when one can control the urges of the tongue and the genital, that
is called dhriti. From dhriti one becomes dhira, the pacified. A pacified person
is never disturbed by the urges of the tongue and genital.

If one can fix up his mind in Krishna without any deviation, such a stead-
fast position in Krishna Consciousness is called santa rasa. In santa rasa two
things are visible—unflinching faith in Krishna, and cessation from all material
desires. The specific qualities of santa rasa, unflinching faith in Krishna and
withdrawal from all kinds of desires which are not in connection with Krishna,
are common factors in all the other rasas as well. Just like sound vibration is
generally present in all other elements, namely air, fire, water, and earth:
sound vibration is produced from the sky, so this sound is present in all other
elements. Similarly, the qualities of santa rasa, unflinching faith in Krishna and
desirelessness toward anything which is not Krishna—these two qualities are
present in other transcendental relationships, such as dasya, servitorship,
sakhya, fraternity, vatsalya, paternal affection, and the madhurya rasa, con-
jugal love.

When we speak of non-Krishna it does not mean that anything exists
