Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 7.120
The Living Entity Is Not the Supreme
“The Māyāvāda philosophy is so degraded that it has taken the insignificant living entities to be the Lord, the Supreme Truth, thus covering the glory and supremacy of the Absolute Truth with monism.
What the purport teaches
- The living entities are one of the Lord’s energies. Each is a minute, infinitesimal spark of the Supreme, not the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- The purport explains that equating the living entity with the Supreme is a misunderstanding. Such monism covers the glory and supremacy of the Absolute Truth.
- The mission of human life is to surrender unto the Supreme Lord and become His devotee. Claiming to be the Supreme Lord misdirects that mission.
Try this today
Offer a brief prayer expressing your wish to surrender to the Supreme Lord and become His devotee.
Ask yourself
How does seeing myself as a minute spark of the Supreme encourage surrender?
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.