Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 2.12
Brahman Is the Supreme Person’s Effulgence
“What the Upaniṣads call the transcendental, impersonal Brahman is the realm of the glowing effulgence of the same Supreme Person.”
What the purport teaches
- The Upaniṣads describe transcendental, impersonal Brahman.
- This Brahman is the realm of the glowing effulgence of the same Supreme Person.
- The Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad gives information about the bodily effulgence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Try this today
Read the translation slowly and identify the source of the glowing effulgence.
Ask yourself
How does understanding Brahman as the Supreme Person’s effulgence shape your view of the Absolute?
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.