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Gadhada III-31: A Method of Meditation Using the Example of a Shadow

Summary

1. The murti of Purushottam Bhagwān in Akshardhām:

1. The avatārs occur from that form.
2. Transcends both the perishable [kshar] and imperishable [akshar].
3. Is the cause of all causes.
4. Is currently manifest to liberate the jivas.
5. There is a no different between the form residing in Akshardhām and the manifest form of God on the earth; just as the form in Akshardhām is gunātit, the human form of God is also gunātit.

2. Just as the changing position of the sun causes shadows to change; similarly, meditating on God’s form from various locations of the body causes God’s form to vary.
3. When the vision of a person who meditates on the human form of God develops extreme vairāgya from the panchvishays and remains engrossed only in the charm of God, then he does not notice any difference between the manifest form of God and the form in His abode.