Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 7.15.61
Mukti· LiberationThe Spiritual World Is Eternally Real
“When a substance and its parts are separated, the acceptance of similarity between one and the other is called illusion. While dreaming, one creates a separation between the existences called wakefulness and sleep. It is in such a state of mind that the regulative principles of the scriptures, consisting of injunctions and prohibitions, are recommended.”
What the purport teaches
- The temporary nature of our material body does not mean that the Supreme Lord's body is temporary. Similarity between material and spiritual forms does not make them the same.
- A mirage contains no real water, but water exists elsewhere. Similarly, the material world is a temporary reflection of the real spiritual world.
- The Lord's form and His abode, Goloka Vṛndāvana in the Vaikuṇṭha planets, are eternal realities. His supreme abode remains when the material world is annihilated, and those who reach it do not return.
Try this today
Write one sentence distinguishing your temporary body from the Lord's eternal form.
Ask yourself
Do I sometimes apply the limitations of my material body to the Lord's eternal form?
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.