Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 5.34
Spiritual Light and Spiritual Variety
“It is like the homogeneous effulgence around the sun. But inside the sun are the chariots, horses and other opulences of the sun-god.”
What the purport teaches
- Outside Vaikuṇṭha, the abode of Kṛṣṇa, shines the brahmajyoti, the effulgence of Kṛṣṇa’s bodily rays.
- This spiritual region is called Siddhaloka or Brahmaloka. Impersonalists merge into its effulgence when they achieve liberation.
- The effulgence is spiritual but contains no manifestations of spiritual activities or variety. Like sunshine surrounding the sun, it is distinct from the variety within.
Try this today
Write one sentence distinguishing the brahmajyoti from the spiritual variety within Kṛṣṇa’s abode.
Ask yourself
How does the example of the sun and sunshine help you understand spiritual light and spiritual variety?
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.