Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.26.15
Sarga· CreationTime Completes the Twenty-Five Material Elements
“All these are considered the qualified Brahman. The mixing element, which is known as time, is counted as the twenty-fifth element.”
What the purport teaches
- Everything we see is an expansion of the energy of the Supreme Absolute Truth, Brahman. There is no existence beyond Brahman.
- The material expansion associated with goodness, passion and ignorance is called saguṇa Brahman. Its twenty-five elements include time, the mixing element, with past, present and future.
- In nirguṇa Brahman, or the spiritual world, the three material modes are absent. There, simple unalloyed goodness prevails.
Try this today
Look at one object today and reflect that it is an expansion of the Supreme Absolute Truth’s energy, not something independently existing.
Ask yourself
How does recognizing everything as the Supreme Absolute Truth’s energy change the way I see my surroundings?
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.