Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 1.92
Loving Service, Not Merging Into the Supreme
“The foremost process of cheating is to desire to achieve liberation by merging into the Supreme, for this causes the permanent disappearance of loving service to Kṛṣṇa.”
What the purport teaches
- Desiring liberation by merging into the Supreme is called the foremost process of cheating.
- The purport describes the desire to merge into impersonal Brahman as the subtlest type of atheism, disguised as liberation.
- Encouraging this desire makes one unable to follow the path of devotional service. It causes the permanent disappearance of loving service to Kṛṣṇa.
Try this today
Take one minute to express your wish for loving service to Kṛṣṇa rather than liberation through merging.
Ask yourself
Why is preserving loving service to Kṛṣṇa more important than seeking to merge into the Supreme?
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.