Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.32.28
Āśraya· The supreme shelterHear About Kṛṣṇa Beyond Imperfect Perception
“Those who are averse to the Transcendence realize the Supreme Absolute Truth differently through speculative sense perception, and therefore, because of mistaken speculation, everything appears to them to be relative.”
What the purport teaches
- The varied manifestations of creation are displays of the Supreme Lord’s energies, not false appearances. Imperfect sensory perception does not reveal their full truth.
- Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has an eternal, blissful, spiritual body. He must be understood through His own words and authorized scriptures, not material speculation.
- Purified knowledge reveals the living entity as an eternal servitor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Awakening Kṛṣṇa consciousness frees one from the entanglement of repeated birth and death.
Try this today
Reread the passage describing Kṛṣṇa’s eternal, blissful, spiritual body, and reflect on what your senses alone cannot reveal.
Ask yourself
Where might you be relying on personal impressions rather than authorized knowledge about Kṛṣṇa?
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.