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spiritual body and His pastimes. They go so far as to
say that to achieve liberation in the Brahman one
must reject the individuality of Krishna, Narayana
or Rama. They purport that the Brahman effulgence
is the ultimate spiritual realization and destination.
This is in direct contradiction to Lord Krishna’s
statement, “And I am the basis of the impersonal
Brahman, which is immortal. Imperishable and
eternal and is the constitutional position of ultimate
happiness.” (BG 14.27) Krishna is the source of the
Brahman effulgence. Above Brahman realization
is the Paramatma stage of spiritual understanding
or seeing the presence of Krishna in the heart. And
above Paramatma realization is Bhagavan of Lord
Krishna and the entire spiritual world full of infinite
variety including Vaikuntha where Lord Narayana is
present, Lord Rama and Goloka Vrindaban where
Lord Krishna is present. In the Brahman effulgence
there is no perception of individuality. Therefore,
there is no manifest devotional service to the Lord by
which the devotee can experience the sweet mellows
of interpersonal loving relationships. Eventually
individual souls will fall down from the Brahman
unless they progress to the stage of devotional service
because the nature of the soul is to be active with
desires and aspirations. The Mayavadis will all fall

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