Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 19.140
Living Entities Are Particles of Spirit
“ ‘If we divide the tip of a hair into a hundred parts and then take one of these parts and divide it again into a hundred parts, that very fine division is the size of but one of the numberless living entities. They are all cit-kaṇa, particles of spirit, not matter.’
What the purport teaches
- Dividing the tip of a hair into a hundred parts, and one of those into another hundred, illustrates the size of one living entity.
- The numberless living entities are cit-kaṇa, particles of spirit, not matter.
- Lord Kṛṣṇa confirms that the living entities in this conditioned world are His eternal fragmental parts.
Try this today
Write down and reflect on this statement today: “The living entities are particles of spirit, not matter.”
Ask yourself
How does understanding myself as an eternal fragmental part of Lord Kṛṣṇa affect my sense of identity?
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.