Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.10.13
Sarga· CreationTemporary Does Not Mean False
“This cosmic manifestation is as it is now, it was the same in the past, and it will continue in the same way in the future.”
What the purport teaches
- The material world follows a systematic schedule of manifestation, maintenance and annihilation.
- As the world is created and destroyed now, it existed in the past and will be created, maintained and destroyed again.
- The activities of the time factor are perpetual and eternal. The material manifestation is temporary and occasional, but it is not false.
Try this today
Write this distinction once: “The material manifestation is temporary, but not false.”
Ask yourself
How can I acknowledge that something is temporary without dismissing it as unreal?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.