08 Jul 2022
[Smt. Chhanda Chandra asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, in a spiritual discussion, few doubts on different incarnations were raised. Two main points of them are mentioned in the following form of points: Please clarify them though there is no spiritual gain there but for discussion, they give more clarity. 1) Whose incarnation Swami Vivekananda actually is? Arjuna or rishi Vashishtha or someone else? Because Ramakrishna Paramhansa identified him as the incarnation of Nara of Nara - Narayana and another of his devotee Jogen as the incarnation of Arjuna. In some other books of Ramkrishna Mission, he is considered to be the Guru of Ramakrishna Himself in their previous births and also considered as Amsha (incarnation of a part) of Rishi Vashishtha. 2) Is Lord Krishna a direct incarnation of Lord Datta or is He an incarnation of Lord Vishnu? In many places, it is written that He is the origin i.e. Lord Datta or somewhere else He is considered as one of the dashavataras of Lord Vishnu. By, Chhanda Chandra]
Swami Replied:- There is only one God called Parabrahman, who is unmediated and unimaginable. He made a permanent residence called God Datta, the first energetic incarnation. There is no difference between Parabrahman and God Datta because Parabrahman is in God Datta forever. The only difference is that Parabrahman can’t be even imagined whereas God Datta is imaginable and visible to souls in the upper world. For the sake of souls on the earth, God Datta appears as human incarnations. The details of the composition of any incarnation are unnecessary for any soul because in every incarnation, God Datta or Parabrahman exists. All incarnations possess the same unimaginable power of Parabrahman. Only in the expressed power, does the difference appear. As per the need of the program, the power is expressed. Therefore, all incarnations including God Datta are one and the same since Parabrahman or God Datta exists equally in all the incarnations. The details of the composition of an incarnation are simply given based on the point that as per the requirement of the program, the composition of the external medium is arranged. There is no difference in the power possessed by the incarnation and the difference is only in the composition of the external medium to suit the required qualities of the program.
For example, I give a simile to preach that the possessed power by the incarnation is one and the same in all incarnations, but, the expressed power differs from one incarnation to the other incarnation based on the difference among the requirements of various divine programs. For this concept, I give an example:- A Professor is teaching an LKG class as well as a PG class. The Professor in both classes possesses the same knowledge in his brain. The level of knowledge expressed in the LKG class is very little compared to the knowledge expressed in PG class. This means the possessed knowledge is one and the same, but, the expressed knowledge is different from class to class. This example is given as a general example. Now, you will ask Me about the specialization of the Professor, whether the Professor is specialized in Mathematics or Physics or Chemistry or Engineering or Medicine or Languages etc. If I say that the Professor belongs to the faculty of Physics, I would give all the details of his career related to the subject Physics. Here, Physics is the specialization in the composition of the educational career of the Professor that suits the subject of preaching. Hence, the composition of the incarnation suits the required specialization of the program. In a program, Sattvam may be more needed because propagation of spiritual knowledge is the main aspect. In some other program, Rajas and Tamas may be more needed as in the case of killing a demon. Like this, the requirement of a program decides the composition of the three qualities of the external medium of the incarnation. The innermost power of Parabrahman is one and the same. Imagine that there is a powerful electric bulb, which can be covered by white or red or blue colored covers. The expressed lights differ in colors, but the brightness of the color coming from the inner electric bulb is one and the same. Thus, there is unity as far as the unimaginable power of Parabrahman is considered. The difference is only in the specialization of the program which is like a specific color. When we discuss about these colors independently, and also in mixed compositions, the composition of an incarnation being primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary is discussed. When we discuss about the intensity of the miraculous power existing in the incarnation, we must refer to Parabrahman or God Datta present in the incarnation.
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