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Accepted by the acaryas.
So there is information in the sastra, accepted by the acaryas. Just like krsnas tu bhagavan svayam, that is accepted by the acaryas. Acaryopasanam. The Sankaracarya even, although he is impersonalist, he has accepted Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and what to speak of others? Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya and Visnu Svami, Nimbarka and, latest, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His followers -- all accept Krsna the Supreme Personality of..., following the same principle as Arjuna said, "Krsna, You are param brahma param dhama pavitram paramam bhavan [Bg. 10.12]." So this is simple thing. There is no need of speculation, "What is God?" "Where is God?" Here is God, sir. Here is God. You see. Why you foolish, you are searching? Here is God. He is not... Although Krsna has come in a form which you can see... Krsna has appeared before you just like stone statue. But He is not stone statue. Of course, stone is also God because stone is another energy of God, just like fire is also heat and light. And the heat is also fire, and light is also fire. Without fire, there cannot be light. Without fire, there cannot be heat So this material world is just like the heat and light of the supreme light, of the supreme fire. Parasya brahmanah saktis tathedam akhilam jagat. Eka-desa-sthitasyagner jyotsna vistarini yatha, tathedam akhilam jagat. Just like fire is in one place... Just like sun. It is a, mean, a practical example. The sun is in one place. You have seen. It is light and heat, so expanding the light and heat throughout the whole universe, and as soon as you perceive light and heat, you can understand there is sun. So light and heat can be perceived by anyone. Therefore Krsna says in the Bhagavad-gita, prabhasmi sasi-suryayoh: "I am the light and heat of the sun." Of course, moon, there is no heat. There is cooling effect. Two things are there. So all these are energies of Krsna. Prabhasmi sasi-suryayoh. So why people say, "Can you show me God?" You are seeing daily, every moment. But because you are fool, you have no sense of understanding. As soon as there is some heat, any man can understand there is fire. As soon as there is smoke, anyone can understand there is fire. Similarly, if you can feel the energy of the Lord, then you can feel the presence of the Lord immediately.
Ref: Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.25.1 -- Bombay, November 1, 1974