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The Three Aspects of the Absolute Truth "Kṛṣṇa proclaims that the Absolute Truth is known in three aspects—
Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān—impersonal Brahman effulgence, localized Supersoul, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus there are three angles from which one may envision the Absolute Truth.
One may view a mountain from a great distance and thus perceive it from one angle of vision. As he comes closer, he may see the trees and foliage of the mountain, and if he begins to climb the mountain, he will find so much variegatedness in trees, plants and animals. The objective is the same, but due to different angles of vision, sages have different conceptions of the Absolute Truth.
Another example: there is the sunshine, the sun disc and the sun god. One who is in the sunshine cannot claim that he is on the sun itself, and one who is situated in the sun is, from the point of view of vision, better situated. The sunshine may be compared to the all-pervasive
brahma-jyoti effulgence, the localized sun-disc may be compared to the localized aspect of the
Supersoul, and the sun god who resides within the sun may be compared to the
Personality of Godhead.
As on this earth planet we have a multivariety of living entities, we can understand from Vedic literatures that in the sun also there is a variety of living entities, but their bodies are made of fire, just as ours are made of earth."
— Srila Prabhupada
On The Way To Krishna
Chapter 5: Steering Toward the Supreme
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