Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 2.5
Lord Caitanya Is Kṛṣṇa Himself
“What the Upaniṣads describe as the impersonal Brahman is but the effulgence of His body, and the Lord known as the Supersoul is but His localized plenary portion. Lord Caitanya is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa Himself, full with six opulences. He is the Absolute Truth, and no other truth is greater than or equal to Him.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Caitanya is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa Himself, full with six opulences. Impersonal Brahman is His bodily effulgence, and the Supersoul is His localized plenary portion; no truth is greater than or equal to Him.
- The Upaniṣads teach that knowledge of the Absolute Truth must be received from a bona fide spiritual master. One who has faith in the spiritual master receives transcendental instruction.
- As attachment to material life decreases, one advances on the spiritual path. The transcendental knowledge of the Upaniṣads can free one from material entanglement and lead to the spiritual kingdom.
Try this today
Reread the translation and put into one sentence its teaching about Lord Caitanya’s identity.
Ask yourself
How willing am I to receive spiritual instruction that challenges my attachment to material life?
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.