136 Teachings of Lord Chaitanya

In the Vishnu Purana the meaning of Brahman is given: He is the greatest
and there is no limit to His expanding as the greatest. One may conceive of
Brahman’s greatness, yet it is growing in such a way that nobody can estimate
how far or how great He actually is.

That Supreme Personality of Godhead is realized in three aspects, but they
are all one and the same. The Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality, Krishna,
is everlasting. In the Srimad Bhagwatam it is said that He exists before the mani-
festation of this cosmic world, and He exists during its continuance, and He
will continue to exist after the annihilation of this cosmic manifestation. There-
fore, He is the Soul of everything great. He is All-pervading, He is All-witness-
ing, and He is the Supreme Form of everything.

To understand and achieve that Supreme perfection of the Absolute Truth,
there are three different kinds of transcendental processes mentioned in the
Vedic literature. They are called: the process of knowledge, the process of
mystic Yoga, and the process of devotional service. The followers of different
processes realize the Supreme Truth in different aspects; namely, those who
are following the process of knowledge realize Him as impersonal Brahman;
those who are following the process of Yoga realize Him as the localized Su-
persoul; and those who are following the process of devotional service realize
Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna. In other words,
although Brahman means Krishna and nothing else, still, according to the pro-
cess followed by different transcendentalists, He is realized in three different
aspects.

So far as devotional service is concerned, it is divided into two processes.
In the beginning, it is called Bidhibhakti, or devotional service with regulated
principles. And in the highest stage it is called Raga bhakti, or devotional ser-
vice in pure love.

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the Absolute Truth, but He
is manifested by expansions of different energies also. Those who are following
the principles of devotional service in regulative forms ultimately achieve
the Vaikunthas in the Spiritual World. Whereas one who is following the
principles of love in devotional service reaches to the Supreme Abode, Krishna
Loka or Goloka.

The transcendentalists can also be divided into three: namely the Akama,
or one who does not have any material desires; the Moksa kama, or persons
who seek liberation from the material miseries; and Sarva kama, or persons who
have material desires to enjoy. The most intelligent transcendentalist gives
up all other processes and engages himself in the devotional service of the Lord,
