Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.29.36
Āśraya· The supreme shelterThe Supreme Person’s Activities Are Transcendental
“This puruṣa whom the individual soul must approach is the eternal form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is known as Brahman and Paramātmā. He is the transcendental chief personality, and His activities are all spiritual.”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the chief among all eternal living entities and their maintainer. He is the origin of the Brahman effulgence and the Paramātmā manifestation.
- Lord Kṛṣṇa declares that He is the origin of everything. His appearance, disappearance and activities are spiritual, not material.
- One who truly understands the Lord’s transcendental nature and activities becomes liberated. After leaving the body, such a person goes to the Supreme Person rather than returning to this material world.
Try this today
Reread the translation and pause to remember that Kṛṣṇa’s form and activities are transcendental.
Ask yourself
Do I tend to think of the Lord’s activities as ordinary material activities?
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.