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Without pure Bhakti (love and

devotion for Krishna) one cannot see
the personal form of the Lord
Lord Krishna and His expansions are not visible
to foolish persons who deride Him. (Bg 9.11) The
Mayavadi philosophers and yogis as well as the
atheists and demonic persons continually deride
the Lord. The Mayavadi impersonalists say the Lord
is arupam which means He has no form or body
and thus no eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin. In other
words they purport that He is blind, deaf, dumb, and
without any senses. This implies He cannot accept our
offerings such as food, incense, flowers, etc. When
the Lord is referred to as arupam (without form) in
the Upanisads such as the Svetasvatara Upanisad
(3.10), it means that the Lord’s body is not material
like ours. Rather He has a transcendental body of
sat (eternity), cit (absolute knowledge) and ananda
(bliss). These are spiritual, eternal energies that
constitute His body. Material bodies are constituted
of temporarily manifest earth, water, fire, air, mucus,
bile, stool, urine, etc. These material energies are
eternal but the forms they comprise like material
bodies are not eternal. Also these material energies
disappear at one point although they continue to
exist as potential energies.

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