Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 7.10
The Supreme Lord’s Body Is Transcendental
“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is the supreme controller, the one Personality of Godhead, has ecstatically become a devotee, yet His body is transcendental and not materially tinged.”
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the supreme controller, the one Personality of Godhead. He ecstatically becomes a devotee, yet His body remains transcendental.
- The Supreme Lord and the living entities are both eternal living forces. The living entities are very minute, whereas He is the supreme living force.
- The supreme eternal never accepts a temporary material body, although living entities are prone to do so. He remains the supreme master of innumerable living entities.
Try this today
Write one sentence explaining why Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s body is not material.
Ask yourself
What distinction does this teaching help you see between the Supreme Lord and the living entities?
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.