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the goal of all yoga practice. First the yogi sees
Paramatma in his own heart and then he is also able
to see Paramatma in the heart of every living entity.
This inconceivable potency of the Lord is affirmed in
the Gopala-tapani Upanisad, “Although the Lord is
one, He is present in inummerable hearts as many.”
(GTU 1.21)

All the activities of the material world are directed
by the three Vishnu expansions of Lord Krishna. One
can say that the purusa avatars of Lord Krishna are
the causes, controllers and enjoyers of the material
energy. Persons who are not conversant with Vedic
knowledge assume wrongly that this material world
is meant for the enjoyment of the living entities.
With this wrong idea, they engage in all sorts of
activities for selfish sense gratification. They become
hopelessly entangled by the good and bad reactions
to their work according to the laws of karma (action
and reaction). This atheistic conclusion about man’s
purpose in creation is false and the real cause of
suffering. If one mistakes a poisonous snake for
a rope and grabs it, he will suffer a snake bite and
possibly die.
Balaji is the third Vishnu avatar who resides on the
island of Svetadvipa in the ocean of milk in the material

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