Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.15.5
Mukti· LiberationTemporary Does Not Mean False
“O King, both you and we — your advisers, wives and ministers — as well as everything moving and not moving throughout the entire cosmos at this time, are in a temporary situation. Before our birth this situation did not exist, and after our death it will exist no longer. Therefore our situation now is temporary, although it is not false.”
What the purport teaches
- Vaiṣṇava philosophy teaches that our present material situation is not false but temporary.
- It resembles a dream, which exists only between falling asleep and awakening. The entire material creation is similarly impermanent.
- Real knowledge means recognizing this dreamlike situation without treating it as an enduring reality and becoming absorbed in lamentation.
Try this today
Write down one current worry and add: “This situation is temporary, not permanent.”
Ask yourself
What present circumstance am I treating as though it will last forever?
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.