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In the spiritual world, which is tamasah para, which is beyond this darkness of this material world, there is jyoti

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"in the spiritual world, which is tamasaḥ para, which is beyond this darkness of this material world, there is jyoti"

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

There is no need of sunshine, there is no need of moonshine, as here in this darkness, material world, there is arrangement by God to illuminate the darkness of this world. There is sun; there is moon; there is electricity; there is fire. But in the spiritual world, which is tamasaḥ para, which is beyond this darkness of this material world, there is jyoti. Therefore here it is said, jyotiṣām api taj jyotiḥ, param. There are different kinds of illumination—sunshine, moonshine, electricity, fire—but that jyoti which is directly emanating from Kṛṣṇa's body, that is the real jyoti.

So sunshine is the source of all light. In the material world we have got experience that sunshine, jyoti, prakāśa. But wherefrom the sunshine comes? Sunshine is also reflection of another jyoti, or illumination. That illumination is called brahma-jyotir. And where from that brahma-jyotir emanates? That emanates from Kṛṣṇa. Just like the sunshine is emanation from the sun globe, and the sun globe is fiery, illuminated, on account of the persons within the sun globe. They have got some bodily rays. That rays is emanating from their body. Therefore the whole sun planet looks like fiery planet. And from there the illumination comes, and it is reflecting on the moon, and the moon is illuminating the whole dark night. This is called pūrṇimā. So one is borrowing the illumination from the other. But there is the supreme source of illumination. That is Kṛṣṇa.

That is confirmed in the Brahma-saṁhitā: yasya prabhā prabhavato jagad-aṇḍa-koṭi (Bs. 5.40). Yasya prabhā, the bodily rays of Kṛṣṇa, being illuminated . . . in that illumination, which is called brahma-jyotir, there are innumerable Vaikuṇṭha planets. The Vaikuṇṭha planets are self-illuminating. Therefore in the spiritual world there is no darkness. Tamasaḥ para. Therefore is said here that taj jyotis tamasaḥ param ucyate: "That spiritual world is beyond this material world." This material world is called tamaḥ. Tamaḥ means darkness. Just like this night, it is darkness. Why it is darkness? By nature it is dark. Simply by the sunshine, moonshine, electricity, we keep it brightened for some time. Otherwise, by nature it is darkness.

Similarly, there is another world, paras tasmāt tu bhāvaḥ anyaḥ (BG 8.20), another cosmic manifestation, spiritual cosmic manifestation, where there is no need of sunshine. Na tad bhāsayate sūryo na śaśāṅko na pāvakaḥ (BG 15.6). There is no need of sunshine, there is no need of moonshine, as here in this darkness, material world, there is arrangement by God to illuminate the darkness of this world. There is sun; there is moon; there is electricity; there is fire. But in the spiritual world, which is tamasaḥ para, which is beyond this darkness of this material world, there is jyoti. Therefore here it is said, jyotiṣām api taj jyotiḥ, param. There are different kinds of illumination—sunshine, moonshine, electricity, fire—but that jyoti which is directly emanating from Kṛṣṇa's body, that is the real jyoti.

So on account of Kṛṣṇa's bodily rays, the whole creation is coming out. That is Kṛṣṇa's inconceivable power, brahma-jyotir. Janmādy asya yataḥ (SB 1.1.1). Athāto brahma jijñāsā. In the Vedānta-sūtra, you have to inquire about that paraṁ jyoti, brahma-jyotir. And from that paraṁ jyoti, everything is coming out. Just like from the sunshine. What is this material world? This material world is resting on the sunshine. Because the sunshine is there, therefore all the planets are rotating. There is a small machine, you'll find it. As soon as it is heated, within that machine the balls begin to rotate. Similarly, the certain temperature of the sunshine, the whole planetary system is rotating on the orbit, on account of the sunshine. This is scientifically true. And because there is sunshine, there is vegetation, there is water, there is rainfall, and from the rainfall, there is agricultural products.

Page Title:In the spiritual world, which is tamasah para, which is beyond this darkness of this material world, there is jyoti
Compiler:Nabakumar
Created:2023-01-20, 03:21:08
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1