Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 5.12.10
Mukti· LiberationKṛṣṇa Is the Cause of All Causes
“Since this universe has no real ultimate existence, the things within it — shortness, differences, grossness, skinniness, smallness, bigness, result, cause, living symptoms, and materials — are all imagined. They are all pots made of the same substance, earth, but they are named differently. The differences are characterized by the substance, nature, predisposition, time and activity. You should know that all these are simply mechanical manifestations created by material nature.”
What the purport teaches
- The temporary varieties within this material world are creations of material nature under different circumstances. Like pots made of earth, they receive different names.
- Covered by illusion, the living entity takes credit for material creations. Actually, material nature works through the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- Kṛṣṇa is the ultimate cause of all causes. Everything rests on the potencies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the shelter of everyone.
Try this today
Look at one material object today and pause to remember that its existence ultimately rests on the Lord’s potencies.
Ask yourself
When do I take full credit without recognizing the Supreme Lord as the ultimate cause?
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.