Srila Jiva Goswami indicates in his paramatma sandarbha that the paramatma guides the jiva to Bhagavan the original Supreme Personality of Godhead and allows remembrances of Krishna’s eternal pastimes
Edited Ai from Vaisnavism
Yes, in the Paramātmā Sandarbha (the third of the six Ṣaṭ-sandarbhas), Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī establishes that Paramātmā (the Supersoul) serves as the internal guide who awakens the conditioned jīva to its relationship with Bhagavān, the original Supreme Personality of Godhead. Rather than being an independent goal, Paramātmā functions as an expansion of Bhagavān that helps the soul transcend material illusion (māyā) and turn toward Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī explains that the individual soul (jīva) belongs to the Lord’s marginal potency (taṭasthā-śakti), which is overseen directly by Paramātmā. Because the jīva is prone to bewilderment by māyā, it relies entirely on Paramātmā for spiritual direction and awakening , and also the living beings are inspired and instructed how to enjoy independently from God and become entangled in illusions. Residing within the heart of every living entity, Paramātmā acts as the neutral witness (sākṣī) and sanctioner (anumantā) of the soul’s desires. When a soul develops a sincere inclination toward the Supreme (bhagavad-unmukha), Paramātmā provides internal inspiration and intelligence to navigate out of material conditioning , and also inspires him or her to take help from specific siksa or Diksa Gurus . Jīva Gosvāmī clarifies that Paramātmā manifests the material cosmos not for His own enjoyment, as He is already self-satisfied, but to give conditioned souls (sādhakas) an opportunity to fulfil independent desires and rectify their forgetfulness of Divinity and perfect their spiritual consciousness. In the concluding sections of the Paramātmā Sandarbha, Jīva Gosvāmī analyzes the opening verse of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam alongside the Brahma-sūtra and the Gāyatrī mantra. He demonstrates through six traditional Vedāntic criteria that Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa—not merely the localized Supersoul—is the ultimate subject of the Bhāgavatam and the highest object of meditation. By establishing that Paramātmā is a partial expansion of Bhagavān , and our guide , Jīva Gosvāmī bridges the philosophical gap between the material universe , which is Krishna’s maya Sakti ,and the transcendental realm of Goloka Vrindavan. These conclusions directly prepares the reader for the next volume, the Kṛṣṇa Sandarbha, which elaborates on Śrī Kṛṣṇa as Svayam Bhagavān (the original Personality of Godhead) and Jiva Goswami unveils His eternal abode (Goloka-Vṛndāvana) and intimate pastimes (līlās) and Remembrances of them .This is consistent with Bhagavad-gītā 15.15 (mattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanaṁ ca—”From Me come remembrance, knowledge, and forgetfulness”), Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava theology holds that Paramātmā governs the jīva’s faculty of memory of the spiritual kingdoms. While māyā induces forgetfulness of the soul’s eternal identity .By the Paramātmā’s grace and Sri Gurus grace , channeled through bhakti— this covering of Maya is removed. This allows the purified heart to remember (smaraṇa) Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental Name, form, qualities, and eternal pastimes, which Jīva Gosvāmī further develops in his Bhakti Sandarbha and Prīti Sandarbha.
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