Krishna, same qualities as

If you want to enjoy with Krsna, that is your natural propensity, and if you en..., want to enjoy life without Krsna, that is maya. That is maya. So we are trying to enjoy. Enjoyment is our business. Anandamayo 'bhyasat [Vedanta-sūtra 1.1.12]. Ananda. Krsna is anandamaya, and we are part and parcel of Krsna. We are also anandamaya. But we are seeking ananda in different atmosphere. Just like any man can become very honest citizen, do business honestly, earn money and live very honorably. But no, somebody has learned how to steal. The government does not say that you becomes thief and go to the prison house. The government does not say. But you have selected to become a thief. That is it, because we have got little independence, part and parcel of Krsna. Krsna is fully independent; therefore we have got the quality of independence. But because we are very small, minute particle, we have got minute particle of independence. Minute...    (More...)

So these virya, these living entities, seed-giving father is Krsna. Therefore we are in quality as good as Krsna. As good as Krsna. Mamaivamsa. The living entities, they are, Krsna claims, aham bija-pradaḥ pita [Bg 14.4]: "And they are My part and parcel." So why we should be other than Krsna? We are exactly of the same quality. If Krsna is spirit, then we are spirit. He is complete spirit; we are partial spirit. Nityo nityanam cetanas cetananam [Katha Upanisad 2.2.13].    (More...)