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Description Helps Us Visualize the Supreme Truth

“In the third verse I indicate the Absolute Truth, who is the ultimate substance. With such a description, one can visualize the Supreme Truth.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Ādi 1.24, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The author indicates the Absolute Truth in the verse he describes.
  • The Absolute Truth is the ultimate substance.
  • Through such a description, one can visualize the Supreme Truth.

Try this today

Read the translation slowly, pausing over the words “the Absolute Truth, who is the ultimate substance.”

Ask yourself

How does this teaching encourage you to attend carefully to descriptions of the Absolute Truth?

Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.

The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.

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