# Vaikuntha - The Spiritual World **See also:** [[artwork/themes/supersoul|The Supersoul]] | [[artwork/themes/laksmi|Goddess Lakshmi]] **32 images** --- <h3>Lord Krsna Brought Innumerable Brahmas</h3> ![[0022_TLC-9.jpg]] *“Śrī Kṛṣṇa smiled and then meditated, instantly bringing innumerable Brahmās with various numbers of heads.* <h3>The Spiritual Worlds</h3> ![[0023_SB-1-1-front.jpg]] *The original spiritual planet, which resembles the whorl of a huge lotus flower, is called Goloka Vṛndāvana. It is the abode of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the original Personality of Godhead. This original planet of Goloka throws off a spiritual effulgence called the brahmajyoti, within which are unlimited numbers of spiritual planets, or Vaikuṇṭhalokas. The conception of spiritual bliss (brahmānanda) is fully present in those planets. Each of them is eternal, indestructible, and free from all kinds of inebrieties experienced in the material world. Each of them is self-illuminating and more powerfully dazzling than (if we can imagine) the total sunshine of millions of mundane suns. The inhabitants of those planets have full knowledge of everything; they are all godly and free from all sorts of material hankerings. They have nothing to do there except to render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord Nārāyaṇa, who is the predominating Deity in every Vaikuṇṭha planet. The Lord and His eternal servitors in the transcendental kingdom all have eternal forms, which are auspicious, infallible, spiritual, and eternally youthful. In other words, they do not experience birth, death, old age, or disease. Thus that eternal land is full of transcendental enjoyment, beauty, and bliss.* <h3>The Spiritual World</h3> ![[0028_SB-1-3-f.c.jpg]] *The Lord's abode and the Vaikuṇṭha planets in the spiritual sky are far beyond these mundane universes.* <h3>Vaikuntha</h3> ![[0035_SB-3-2-7.jpg]] *The sages saw that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, had now actually become visible to their eyes.* <h3>Soul Destinations</h3> ![[0066_BG--18.jpg]] *4.11: “As all surrender unto Me, I reward them accordingly. Everyone follows My path in all respects.” Kṛṣṇa reciprocates with the living entities according to their desire to serve Him as a servant, friend, parent, or lover. He also reciprocates with those who wish to merge into the Brahman, like the /yogī/ in the illustration. Others want only the fruits of their labor – power, wealth, beauty, or other ephemera of this world, and He also reciprocates with them according to what they desire and what they deserve.* <h3>The Four Kumaras Meet Laksmi-Narayana</h3> ![[0073_SB-3-2-7.jpg]] *EN SB 3.1 1987: The four Kumāras, great sages appearing like children, directly saw the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the spiritual world, the kingdom of God. The Lord was accompanied by His associates, who were worshiping Him with a fan, an umbrella and other paraphernalia. The sages had been impersonalists, but upon seeing the Lord they became His devotees.* <h3>The Four Kumaras Reach Vaikuntha</h3> ![[0074_SB-7-1-2.jpg]] <h3>Lord Brahma Sees Vaikuntha</h3> ![[0082_SB-2-f.c.jpg]] <h3>Maha-Visnu at the Time of Creation</h3> ![[0158_QK-2.jpg]] *As Mahā-viṣṇu, a plenary expansion of Lord Kṛṣṇa, inhales and exhales, all the innumerable universes enter into Him and again come forth.* <h3>The Kingdom of God</h3> ![[0160_UP-25.jpg]] <h3>The Four Kumaras Become Devotees of Lord Narayana</h3> ![[0161_UP-41.jpg]] <h3>Material and Spiritual Worlds</h3> ![[0178_UP--129.jpg]] *EN VEDA: There is another nature beyond this material one – the world of antimatter, or the eternal kingdom of God, where trees, animals, flowers, and people all exist in intimate loving relationships with Kṛṣṇa. Each of us has a place in that spiritual world, for it is our eternal home.* <h3>Laksmi-Narayana in Vaikuntha</h3> ![[0196_UP--287.jpg]] <h3>Jaya and Vijaya Meet the Kumara at the Gates of Vaikuntha</h3> ![[0202_UP--242.jpg]] <h3>Lord Visnu, Jaya and Vijaya, and the Kumaras in Vaikuntha</h3> ![[0202_UP--243.jpg]] <h3>Laksmi-Narayana on Svetadvipa</h3> ![[Adi-1-10.jpg]] *EN CC Adi 1 1974, 1996: In Śvetadvīpa, Lord Viṣṇu can be seen sitting on a throne of Śeṣa with His consort, Lakṣmī.* <h3>Art 0044/0044/SB 6-3-7</h3> ![[0044_SB-6-3-7.jpg]] <h3>Art 0153/0153/SB cover</h3> ![[0153_SB-cover.jpg]] <h3>SB Canto 1 original cover</h3> ![[Art-0240_SB1-Original-Cover.jpg]] <h3>Gopa Kumara Waits at the Gates of Vaikuntha</h3> ![[BB-4.20-36.jpg]] <h3>Krsna and Arjuna Meet Maha-visnu and the Brahmana's Sons</h3> ![[Mad-3-5.jpg]] <h3>Lord Śiva Begs to See the Lord's Mohinī-mūrti Form</h3> ![[Sb-8_2_4.jpg]] <h3>SB 9/1/4</h3> ![[SB-9_1_4.jpg]] <h3>Goloka Vrndavana</h3> ![[0061_SB-1-2-f.c.-(NE).jpg]] <h3>Four Kinds of Pious Men</h3> ![[0072_BG-60.jpg]] *Men of small intelligence seek favors from the demigods and obtain things that are temporary and taken away at death. In actuality, all these benefits are bestowed by the Supreme Lord alone.* <h3>From Goloka to the Material Creation</h3> ![[0077_BG-36.jpg]] *15.6: The spiritual and material worlds. The lotus represents the original spiritual planet, Goloka Vṛndāvana, the abode of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. The spiritual effulgence surrounding this planet is called the /brahmajyoti/ and is the ultimate goal of impersonalists. Within the unlimited /brahmajyoti/ are innumerable spiritual planets, each a home for a plenary expansion of Lord Kṛṣṇa and inhabited by ever-liberated living beings. Sometimes a spiritual cloud overtakes a corner of the spiritual sky. That covered portion is called the /mahat-tattva,/ or material sky. There, the Lord as Mahā-Viṣṇu lies in the Causal Ocean, the water within the /mahat-tattva./ While He sleeps, innumerable universes emanate from His breathing and float in the Causal Ocean. Mahā-Viṣṇu enters each universe as Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu and lies in the Garbha Ocean on the serpentine Śeṣa incarnation. From Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu’s navel a lotus stem sprouts, and on the lotus, Brahmā is born. Brahmā creates bodies for all the souls in the material world according to their karma and desires.* <h3>0226/TS 05</h3> ![[0226_TS-05.jpg]] <h3>Navadvipa and Goloka Vrndavana</h3> ![[Adi-1-8.jpg]] *EN CC Adi 1 1974: Lord Caitanya appeared with the sentiment of Rādhā and preached the chanting of the holy name.* <h3>Art 0022/0022/SB 1-1 f.c.</h3> ![[0022_SB-1-1-f.c.jpg]] <h3>Art 0062/0062/SB 1-1 f.c. (NE)</h3> ![[0062_SB-1-1-f.c.-(NE).jpg]] <h3>Art 0067/0067/BG -79</h3> ![[0067_BG--79.jpg]] <h3>Vyasadeva Meditates on the Supreme Lord</h3> ![[SB-1_1_5.jpg]] *Vyāsadeva meditating on Lord Kṛṣṇa, the all-pervading Personality of Godhead.* --- ## Copyright Notice All artwork on this page is © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc. All rights reserved. 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