Devotees realize Krishna in the aspect of Bhagavan prior to Paramatma

Haribol Bhakta Yuri, good then I will start to send to you. Here is my first answer on the first question:

(Below is the first question from user Rajakumari dasi, 38 years old, from Samara, posted yesterday, Feb-26:)

"During one of your darshan I asked you how it was possible that devotees realize Krishna in the aspect of Bhagavan prior to realizing Him as Paramatma. You answered that for devotees of Krishna this was normal. But because I was trying to hear you and your translator I was not able to understand all of your explanation. May I ask you to explain again?"

RSP:
Ok I try, but I maybe will not exactly tell that what I told you in Samara, Rajakumari.

This is Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhus great mercy for people in this fallen age. Once Advaita Acarya wanted to trick Sri Caitanya - because, Sri Caitanya always respected him as superior to Him - and Advaita didn't liked that. So, he figured out a trick, "what can I do, that the Mahaprabhu is treating me as His servant and subordinate?" Thus he concluded, "I have to trick Him." Since that time he started do teach his followers about Yoga-vashistha, a mechanical process of yoga-exercises. When Sri Caitanya heard about it, He approached Advaita and asked him what he is teaching? Advaita told Him, "I teach Yoga-yashistha, Mahaprabhu." "What, Yoga-vashistha! Why do you teach this process," Mahaprabhu asked, in an angry mood. "The people are to fallen in this age to practice Bhakti-yoga directly, therefore I thought to teach them the yoga process, were they gradually will come to the Bhagavan aspect of the Supreme Lord, through realizing the Brahman and Paramatma feature of the Absolute truth first." When Mahaprabhu heard Brahman, Paramatma, He got even more in rage and slapped Advaita with His hand, saying, "There is no need for this empiric mechanical process, then one can approach Bhagavan Sri Krishna directly through the Bhakti process of hearing, chanting and remembering the Lord and chant His holy name. Everything else is not needed in this age. That's why I came, to give love to Krishna." When Advaita heard this instructions and chasticment, he became very happy and jumped up and down, calling out, "he accepted me as His servant, He accepted me as His servant!" When Mahaprabhu realized that it was only a trick, He felt ashamed. But still He made the point, "Advaita, please never teach anything else then pure Bhakti."

Advaita Acarya is Himself not different from the Lord; therefore His name is Advaita - none-different. He is an incarnation (avatar) of Hari-Hara, Maha-Vishnu and Sada-Shiva. He called the Lord down, to spread pure bhakti. And therefore He is the supreme guru, Acarya, teacher of bhakti. By His mercy the Lord, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared in this world. So, there is not need to follow any other process then bhakti-yoga - it is the emperor of all Yogas. When the emperor is present all other rulers follow him and are subordinated. If you realize the Bhagavan aspelt of the Supreme Lord, Sri Krishna, then Brahman and Paramatma is already included. That's why our Acaryas never gave us another process then direct bhakti. We have to follow the school (sampradaya) and be chaste. There are many other processes and schools who teach it. It's not good to mix and make your on cocktail. Open your Self and surrender, then the mercy can flow. If you taste Krishna-consciousness eternal happiness and transcendental knowledge will be there- brahma saukhyam tvanantam.

Of course if you don't want to surrender to the bhakti-process, you can follow so many other ones. But that doesn’t mean that you achieve success, because this other processes are very difficult to practice. So why to take to the difficult one, if the easy and more sublime one is available?

Srila Prabhupada writes: The brahmanah pathi is the path of transcendental realization through knowing oneself to be spiritual in essence, part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, who is manifested as Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan. Lord Sri Krishna is the fullest manifestation of the Supreme Absolute Truth, and therefore one who is surrendered to the Supreme Person is a successful transcendentalist. To reach this goal of life through Brahman and Paramatma realization takes many, many births (bahunam janmanam ante [Bg. 7.19]). Therefore the supermost path of transcendental realization is bhakti-yoga, or Krishna consciousness, the direct method. (Purport in Bhagavat Gita 6.38)

Hare Krishna
Yours in the service of Srila Prabhupada
Rohinisuta Das