Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 12.7.19
Āśraya· The supreme shelterThe Absolute Truth Is Our Ultimate Shelter
“The Supreme Absolute Truth is present throughout all the stages of awareness — waking consciousness, sleep and deep sleep — throughout all the phenomena manifested by the illusory energy, and within the functions of all living entities, and He also exists separate from all these. Thus situated in His own transcendence, He is the ultimate and unique shelter.”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Absolute Truth is present throughout waking consciousness, sleep and deep sleep.
- He is present throughout the phenomena of the illusory energy and within the functions of all living entities, yet also exists separately from them.
- Situated in His own transcendence, He is the ultimate and unique shelter.
Try this today
Before sleeping tonight, recall that the Supreme Absolute Truth remains present through every stage of awareness.
Ask yourself
What does it mean for me to regard the Supreme Absolute Truth as my ultimate shelter?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.