Gavin Swinden quotes His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada;
"This another theory, that voidism, that before our this manifested life there was void, and after this manifestation is over, still there will be void. Because according to voidism, everything is manifested originally void.
So Kṛṣṇa puts forward this argument that before this manifested form of life there was void, and after this manifested life, there will be void, according to the void philosophy. Then where is the cause of lamentation? There is no cause of lamentation. It was void, and it is going to be void. So where is the cause of lamentation?
But actually, that is . . . originally, it was not void. That is a Bhagavad-gītā and Vaiṣṇava theory. Just like Kṛṣṇa said that "There was no such time when we did not exist."
Prabhupada " The whole Western world is full of voidism and impersonalism, and we are presenting Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Person. They want to make God void or without any form, but we are presenting form: here is Kṛṣṇa, here is God, kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān (SB 1.3.28). It is revolutionary, but still they are accepting. Because there is substance; it is not voidism, everything zero. The philosophy is also zero, the ultimate goal is also zero, and the result is also zero. The result is also zero: no understanding what is God."
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