In Gaudiya Vaishnavism, the svarupa-sakti (the internal, spiritual potency of Lord Krishna) is considered non-different from Krishna Himself. It manifests directly in this world through the transcendental sound of the Holy Names (Harinama), the literary incarnation of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and the revealed writings and pastimes (līlā) of the Six Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana, who were directly empowered and taught by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu . Krishna and His name form and pastimes are eternally manifest, one who contacts Krishna though his Svarupa Sakti, his manifested forms contacts the eternal planes , this is only possible through Bhakti we must love Krishna, Srila Gour Govinda Swami would say that Mahāprabhu through the chanting of the Holy Name is distributing love of God .The Holy names are the means, and the end , Sadhana Bhakti, and Ragganuga Bhakti processes are on offer one the perfection one the tool to perfection
AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada says ..
“You can not render service to anyone in the void or something impersonal. You can not love something… You do not love Sky. Sky is very big, but you love a small child. Why? Why not the sky? Why don’t you render your service and love to sky? It is very big. But why are you rendering service to a child? The child is passing stool; immediately you take care of it and do the work of sweeper, and he is crying, you taking care of. Why? Why not serve the big? No. You can not have affection without a person. That is the main point. You can not love the sky, but you can love a small child because it is a person.
Similarly, if you want to love God, you cannot love God in His impersonal feature. Neither you can love God in His other features. You have to love God as He is. In the Bhagavad-gītā it is said that,”
mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ
…avyakta-mūrtinā
[Bg. 9.4]
“I am spread everywhere, avyakta, impersonal nonmanifested form.”
Here we see everyone has form and energies, Krishna has supreme energies , and He also has unlimited forms , He has both form and energies in unlimited capacities . The tiny ant has his energies, as does the human. One human becomes a king with extensive energies and one human takes care of a small house and garden . All are individually situated and have the capacity to love and do love , even if it’s to love a dog , love is everywhere . Love is the essential element in the whole of the material and spiritual worlds , and to love God is the perfection of life . Such love is the catalyst of universal love
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