The Glory of God : A Summary of the Srimad Bhagavata Mahapuranam : 8. Swami Krishnananda
======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/11/2019. Chapter -1. King Parikshit’s Question to Suka Maharishi -8. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Though the rise from one level to another level is usually gradual, as is described to us in the Srimad Bhagavata and the Puranas, it is also said that a sudden rise is possible. It is something like this. Suppose one thousand rose petals are kept one over the other and a needle is passed through them, we may say that the needle pierced all these petals at one stroke; whereas, in fact, the needle passed gradually through one petal to the other in spite of the impression that it was an instantaneous action. Similarly, by the force of the power of yoga and meditation, we may compress the total p