Guest guest Report post Posted April 18, 2001 > Dear Guru Maharaja, PAMHO AGTSP! > > Will you make us a favour to explain one matter. > What is the difference between avatara, incarnation and expansion? > > Thanks in advance, > ys MKD Avatara and incarnation have the same meanings only AVATAR is in sanskrit and incarnation is a rough english translation. AVATARA means Who Descends (from the spiritual World). AVATARA's are either expansions of Lord Sri Krishna or of His expansions or they are EMPOWERED living entities endowed with special potencies of the Lord. An EXPANSION of the Lord is called SVAMSA and means a partial or complete form of Lord Sri Krishna. Narayan is 93% complete and Lord Sri Krishna is 100% complete. Lord Sri Krishna also has identical expansions for different purposes and partial expansions that are having almost the same potency. The Lord and His expansions are all the same One absolute personality of Godhead in different forms. The Lord is described as Ananta-Rupam or as having unlimited forms. EAch seperate from is an expansion. I hope this clears things up. I hope that this finds you in good health. Your ever well wisher, Jayapataka Swami Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
