60 Teachings of Lord Chaitanya

the life and activities of Krishna are described because Krishna is the Shelter
of all other manifestations. Therefore Sukadeva Goswami worshipped and
offered his obeisances unto Krishna, the Shelter of everything.

This purport maintains that in this world there are two different principles:
the one principle is the origin, or the shelter of everything, and the other
principle is the deduction from the original principle. The Supreme Truth
is the shelter of all manifestations. That Supreme Truth is called Asraya. All
other principles, which remain under the control of the Asraya-tattwa, or the
Absolute Truth, are called Asrita, or subordinate corollaries and reactions.
The purpose of the material manifestation is to give the conditioned soul
a chance to become liberated and return to the Asraya-tattwa, or the Absolute
Truth.

So everything that is in the cosmic Creation is dependent on the Asraya-
tattwa, the Supreme Absolute Truth. As such, the creative manifestation, or
Vishnu manifestation, the different types of demigods and manifestations of
energy, the living entities, the material elements—everything is dependent
on Krishna, the Supreme Truth. Srimad Bhagwatam indicates that everything,
directly and indirectly, has Krishna as the Supreme Shelter. Therefore the
analytical study of Krishna is the perfect knowledge, as is confirmed in the
Bhagavad Gita.

Lord Chaitanya described the different features of Lord Krishna in the
following manner, and asked Sanatan Goswami to hear attentively: He said
that Krishna originally is the Son of Nanda Maharaj, and He is the Absolute
Supreme Truth. He is the Cause of all causes, and He is the Origin of all
emanations and all incarnations, yet there in Vraja or Goloka Vrindaban He is
just like a young boy. His Form is eternal, full of bliss and full of knowledge
absolute. He is the Shelter of everything, and He is the Proprietor or Master
of everything.

In this connection Lord Chaitanya gives evidence from Brahma Samhita,
Fifth Chapter, 1st verse, which states that Krishna is the Supreme Personality
of Godhead and His Body is full of knowledge, eternal and blissful. He is the
Original Person, known as Govinda, and He is the Cause of all causes. There-
fore, Krishna is the Original Personality of Godhead; He is full of all six
opulences, and His Abode is known as Goloka Vrindaban, the highest planetary
system in the Spiritual Sky.

Lord Chaitanya also quotes a verse from the Srimad Bhagwatam, First
Canto, Third Chapter, in which it is stated clearly that all the incarnations
described in that particular verse are either direct expansions of Krishna, or
