"so 'ham"

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Koti karmi madhye eka jnani srestha. Caitanya Mahaprabhu has said that "Out of many, many karmis, one who is jnani..." Jnani means one who knows that "I am not this body. I am spirit." But still, there is some mistake. They think that "I am the Supreme Spirit." So 'ham. Maya is so strong. Even after so much austerities, coming practically on the verge of perfection, they are misled by maya, this so 'ham. So 'ham means "I am the same." But "I am the same" does not mean "I am the same Supreme." "I am the same in quality." So 'ham does not mean that "I am as good as the Supreme Brahman." It does not mean. Part is never equal to the whole. We are part of the Supreme Brahman, mamaivamsaḥ. So in quality, just like a small particle of gold is also gold-quality is the same. A small drop of seawater is the same quality-salty. But that does not mean the drop of seawater becomes the sea. The maya is so strong. Therefore Bhagavata says, "The impersonalist, Mayavadis, although they think that they have become one with the Supreme, but their intelligence is not yet complete." Ye 'nye..., ye 'nye 'ravindaksa vimukta-maninaḥ [SB 10.2.32]. (More...)

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