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Thus, because there are different types of men, there are eighteen Pur\u0101\u1e47as to guide them. The Vedic literatures are meant to redeem all men, not just a few. It is not that those who are meat-eaters or drunkards are rejected. A doctor accepts all patients, and he prescribes different medicines according to the disease. It is not that he gives the same medicine for all diseases or that he treats just one disease. No, he offers a specific type of medicine to whomever comes, and the patient receives gradual treatment. However, the sattvic Pur\u0101\u1e47as like the Padma Pur\u0101\u1e47a are meant for those in the mode of goodness, for those who are immediately capable of worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead.\n\nIn the Brahma-sa\u1e41hit\u0101 (5.1) it is stated, \u012b\u015bvara\u1e25 parama\u1e25 k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u1e25 sac-cid-\u0101nanda-vigraha\u1e25: \u201cThe supreme controller is K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, who has an eternal, blissful, spiritual body.\u201d This is the Vedic pronouncement, and we thus accept \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a as the Supreme Lord. Those who are in the modes of passion and ignorance attempt to imagine the form of God, and when they are confused, they say, \u201cOh, there is no personal God. God is impersonal, or void.\u201d This is just the result of frustration. Actually, God has His form. And why not? According to the Ved\u0101nta-s\u016btra, janm\u0101dy asya yata\u1e25: \u201cThe Supreme Absolute Truth is He from whom everything emanates.\u201d It is easy to see that we have different types of bodies, different types of forms. We must consider where these forms are coming from. Where have these forms originated? We have to use a little common sense. If God is not a person, how can His sons be persons? If your father is just a void, if he is not a person, how can you be a person? If your father has no form, how can you have form? This is not very difficult; it is just a common sense question. Unfortunately, because people are frustrated, they try to imagine some form, or they conclude that because this material form is temporary and troublesome, God must be formless. Indeed, because all forms in this material world must perish, God, of necessity, must be formless.\n\nThe Brahma-sa\u1e41hit\u0101 (5.1) specifically states that this conception is a mistake. | read with us: biglink.to/pathofperfection & check out our website for the catalogue of all the books we\u2019ve read so far www.sravanamdiaries.com