Where does He reside? The Bible is saying, the kingdom of God is within you. The
Gita is saying this - "Arjun, I am seated in the heart of all living beings."
In the bhagavad-gita Shri Krishna gives his address if anybody wishes to note
and write a letter to Him. He says, ...sanskrit verse...
Arjun I am seated in the heart of all living beings. The Gita is
saying this. The Bible is saying, the kingdom of God is within you.
The Sufi Saints are saying, this kaaba of your
heart was made by Allah and Allah meeya Himself is sitting there.
The Ramayan says, ...hindi verse...
It's describing where does God reside, in a city called UraPur.
You see like in America cities are named ville; Asheville, Monroeville, Greenville,
Louisville. Wherever I go I find villes. In India if you go you will find "Purs",
Kanpur, Nagpur, Rampur. So "Pur" means nagar/city. In this case the Ramayan is
saying, God resides in UraPur, the city of Pur, your heart. In other words that
is the residence of the Lord within us. However Sri Krishna tells, Arjuna I have
a second address as well. What? dual citizenship my Lord!
Illegal! What is the second address? ...sanskrit verse...
Arjun, Shri Krishna says, where
this sun and this moon light cannot reach, which is beyond the realm of Maya,
and where having once gone a person does not return, o Arjun that divine
eternal abode of mine, which somebody calls Golok
somebody refers to as Saket Lok, somebody refers to as Vaikunth Lok, that
is my residence. Arjun says, Maharaj You were saying You are in everybody's
heart. That's also right Arjun! And now you say you are in Golok? That's also
right Arjun! "And I am also in front of you."
Third place. But Arjun, I have a fourth place as well.
Ohh my God! four four residences! What is this fourth place?
...sanskrit verse...
Oh Arjun, I pervade this entire creation.
There is no place where I do not exist.
...sanskrit verse... this one
mantra has come in the Svetasvataropanishad, the Kathopanishad, and the mundokapanishad.
That Supreme Lord is all-pervading in the world. Now how will
you describe such a Lord? Is He close to us or is He far from us? The Vedas say,
...sanskrit verse...He is so far
you keep running towards Him all your life, you will neither see His hands nor
His feet. And yet He is so close, there is not a hair's breadth of difference
between Him and you. He is sitting inside.