Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 7.15.57
Āśraya· The supreme shelterKṛṣṇa Is the Cause of Everything
“He who exists internally and externally, at the beginning and end of everything and of all living beings, as that which is enjoyable and as the enjoyer of everything, superior and inferior, is the Supreme Truth. He always exists as knowledge and the object of knowledge, as expression and the object of understanding, as darkness and as light. Thus He, the Supreme Lord, is everything.”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Lord exists at the beginning, maintains everything after creation, and remains after destruction. Everything ultimately merges in Him.
- In the conditioned state, our understanding is bewildered. In the perfect stage of liberation, we understand that Kṛṣṇa is the cause of everything.
- Kṛṣṇa, known as Govinda, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and supreme controller, with an eternal, blissful, spiritual body. He has no origin and is the cause of all causes; understanding this is the perfection of knowledge.
Try this today
Pause once today to acknowledge Kṛṣṇa as the source and maintainer of everything around you.
Ask yourself
How would remembering Kṛṣṇa as the cause of everything change my outlook today?
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.