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of             Samkirtan                       not   achieve          renuncia on   (yoga).   chan ng
                                     as the Supreme Personality   the  inaugurated   people do   the   them   helps   that   and  knowledge   nature   over   powers   “Simply   stated:
















                                     of appearing   Lord                            that borders on   any   libera on   of
    29  to the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna Caitanya, who is more magnanimous  than any other avatara (incarna on), even  Krishna Himself,  because  He is bestowing freely what no one else has ever given – pure love of  When Krishna appeared 5000 years ago, His purpose was to deliver  the pious devotees from demoniac forces, annihilate the miscreants,  and re-establish the principles of religion. A er His disappearance, a  gradual decline took place again in the following of religious pr






                                     Instead        God.   of   love    interested material following of religion.   embrace  their goals for self-indulgence.   impersonal   a ainment   the   Caitanya   Sri







                Krishna.”            500 years ago.   with   them                   terialis c ac vi es   and  prac ces       of   ment   or   (jnana),   Caitanya,   Lord









                                            lack   Be-       forms   hap-  this   seek   an   void   of   material   from

                                            they   knowledge of the   peacock.   disillusioned   by the falsity of   flee ng   of   they   in   kind

                                            But              material   piness   world,   merge   impersonal   some   homogenous   with   abstaining   to enjoy the imita on

                                            false.   real   ing   and      to     or               by


                                            is                                              frustrated
                                            it                                                     merely
                                            see
               more he is entrapped by material miseries.”
                                            they                                            philosophers   “Not    does not a empt
    36  5.22)   There is an indomitable law of nature as certain as the law of  gravity which says: “the more one is addicted to material pleasures, the  Material nature is like an imita on peacock that may appear to be very  beau ful from a distance, but on close scru ny one realizes that it is  only an imita on of the real peacock. Most people are chasing a er the  imita on peacock due to their imperfect senses being a racted to it.  These are the materialists addicted to sense gra

                                            of                                                     impersonalists:
                                            examina on                                      impersonalist   the







                                            careful                                         the   and   of   can one a ain perfec on.” (Bg 3.4)   bewildered classes. He


                                            by                                                     efforts
                                            cause                                           joyment   fu le        two
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