Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 18.190
One God, Full of Opulence
“The Koran accepts the fact that ultimately there is only one God. He is full of opulence, and His bodily complexion is blackish.
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says that the Koran accepts one God, full of opulence, whose bodily complexion is blackish.
- The purport identifies the Koran as the revealed scripture of the Muslims. It describes the Sufis as a Muslim sampradāya accepting impersonalism and the oneness of the living entity with the Absolute Truth.
- The purport gives the Sufis’ supreme slogan as “analahak.” It states that the Sufi sampradāya was derived from Śaṅkarācārya’s impersonalists.
Try this today
Write down the three features of God stated in the translation: He is one, full of opulence, and blackish in complexion.
Ask yourself
How does the description of God’s opulence and bodily complexion differ from an impersonal conception?
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.