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identical  to  Lord  Narayana  in  the  spiritual  world
              except they are present in the material world.  All
              the Vishnu expansions like the Narayana expansions
              are  also  plenary  or complete  expansions  of Lord
              Krishna. They are also worshipped as the Supreme
              Personality of Godhead. There exists, however, some
              slight differences which can be explained as degrees
              of sweetness. For example, sugar is sweet, but, it is
              also experienced that there are degrees of sweetness
              such as sweet, sweeter and sweetest. Sugar is sugar,
              but  slight  differences  in  degrees  of  sweetness  can
              be perceived.

              Lord  Caitanya,  the  fifteenth  century  saint  who  is
              also considered an incarnation of Krishna, explained
              the transcendental principle of acintya bhedabheda
              tattva  which  means  that  the  Absolute  Truth  of
              Godhead is “inconceivably and simultaneously one
              and different.” One can say that there is no difference
              between Lords Krishna, Narayana and Vishnu from
              the point of view of potency. Yet,  there  are  slight
              differences  when  we  consider  certain  aspects  of
              their functions which include the rasas (relationships
              of different flavors of love with their devotees) that
              they enjoy and the degrees of  sweetness of  Their
              pastimes. They are one and different. This has been

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