158 Teachings of Lord Chaitanya

As there is no difference between the energy and the energetic, so it is in
the Lord’s appearance as Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and His four Associates,
Nityananda Prabhu, Adwaita Prabhu, Gadadhara, and Srivas. Among these
five diverse manifestations of the Supreme Lord as incarnation, expansion and
energies there is no spiritual difference. They are five in One Absolute Truth.
For relishing transcendental flavors in the Absolute Truth they are five
diverse manifestations, and they are called the Form of a devotee, the identity
of a devotee, and pure devotional service personified.

Out of these five diversities of the Absolute Truth, the Form of Lord
Chaitanya is the Original Personality of Godhead, Krishna. The identity of
Krishna as Lord Nityananda is as the manifestation of the first expansion of the
Supreme Lord. And, similarly, Adwaita Prabhu is an incarnation of the
Supreme Lord. All these three belong to the category of Vishnu Tattwa, or
the Supreme Absolute Truth. Srivas is the representation of a pure devotee,
and Gadadhara is the representation of the internal energy of the Lord for
advancement in the cause of pure devotion. Therefore Gadadhara and Srivas,
although within the category of Vishnu, are diverse energies of the Supreme
Lord. In other words, they are not different from the energetic, but, still,
fer relishing transcendental relationships, they are manifested diversely. The
whole process of devotional service is transcendental reciprocation of the
flavors of relationship between the worshipped and the worshipper. Without
such a diverse exchange of transcendental flavors, devotional service has no
meaning.

In the Vedic literature (Katho Upanishad) there is a verse which says that
the Supreme Lord is the Supreme Living Entity amongst all living entities.
There are innumerable living entities, but there is One Living Entity Who
is the Supreme Absolute Godhead. The difference between that Singular Living
Entity and the plural number of living entities is that the Singular Living
Entity is the Lord of all. Lord Chaitanya is that Supreme Living Entity, Who
descended Himself for claiming the fallen innumerable living entities. In other
words, the specific purpose of Lord Chaitanya’s advent in recent ages was to
establish the Vedic fact that there is One Supreme Personality of Godhead
predominating over, or maintaining, the numerous personalities of living
entities. The Mayavadi, impersonalist, philosophers cannot understand this,
and therefore Lord Chaitanya advented Himself, to convince the people in
general about the real nature of the relationship between the Supreme and the
many entities.

In the Bhagavad Gita, the last instruction of Lord Krishna is that everyone
