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11 Krishna Conscious Capsules

• Lord Krishna has a transcendental form.
• When he descends in this material world he does not accept a material body.
• Krishna’s mind, body & soul are one and the same.
• In Sri Isopanisad Krishna is described by the word akayam meaning unembodied i.e. Krishna does not have to accept a material body as a living entity.
• A living entity has to accept a material body in this material world.
• A living entity has to accept a body as per the laws of nature.
• In Brahma – samhita Lord is described as sac-cid-ananda – vigraha i.e. he is eternal, blissful & full of knowledge.
• Krishna is not bound by the laws of the material world because he is the architect of these laws.
• Srila Prabhupada in his commentary explains that Krishna is also described as formless.
• Srila Prabhupada further explains that this does not mean that he does not have a form but it implies that he has a form which we cannot conceive with our material senses.
• Lord Krishna can perform any activity with any parts of his body i.e. he can eat with his eyes, see with his hands etc. 

11 Krishna Conscious Capsules

•  Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is situated in his internal potency which is called as svarupa – sakti or atma – sakti.
• Lord Krishna expands himself in multiple forms. His expansions are of 2 types: Personal expansion & separated expansion.
• Through these expansions he dwells simultaneously in the entire spiritual world & the entire material world.
• The living entities (human beings, animals, plants, trees etc.) are his separated expansions.
• These living entities are of 2 types: eternally liberated & eternally conditioned.
• Those who are eternally liberated are the personal associates of the Lord & they are always Krishna Conscious.
• These eternally liberated souls assist the Lord in his pastimes which take place in different universes.
• Eternally conditioned living entities have a desire to enjoy separately from the Lord.
• Thus these conditioned living entities are provided gross & subtle bodies & they fall down to the material world.
• These conditioned souls or living entities thus transmigrates though the cycle of repeated birth & death in different species in different universes.
• These conditioned souls continuously suffer in the material world. However the moment the conditioned souls realizes the fallacy of the material world & takes up to Krishna Consciousness he becomes eligible to go back home, Back to Godhead.

11 Krishna Conscious Capsules

As per the Vedic literature the duration of this material universe is limited. The creation of the material universe and its annihilation occurs in cycles of Kalpas.

The details are provided below: 

•  What is a kalpa :- One day of Brahma is called a Kalpa.
•  Duration of Satya-yuga :- 1,728,000 years. 
• Satya – yuga is characterized by virtue, wisdom & religion
• Duration of Treta – yuga :- 1,296,000 years
• In Treta-yuga the characteristics of Satya -Yuga starts declining.
• Duration of Dvapara – yuga:- 864,000 years.
• In Dvapara-yuga there is further decline in virtue, religion & wisdom
• Duration of Kali – yuga:- 432,000 years.
• In Kali- yuga decline in the religious principles reaches its pinnacle.
• These 4 yugas rotating a thousand times makes 1 day of Brahma. Similarly these 4 yugas rotating a thousand times makes 1 night of Brahma.
• Brahma lives for 100 years. So, by our calculation Brahma’s total life is 311 trillion and 40 billion earth years.

At the end of Brahma’s life annihilation takes place.