Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 20.157
Three Processes for Understanding the Absolute Truth
“There are three kinds of spiritual processes for understanding the Absolute Truth — the processes of speculative knowledge, mystic yoga and bhakti-yoga. According to these three processes, the Absolute Truth is manifested as Brahman, Paramātmā or Bhagavān.
What the purport teaches
- There are three spiritual processes for understanding the Absolute Truth: speculative knowledge, mystic yoga and bhakti-yoga.
- Through speculative knowledge, the Absolute Truth is manifested as Brahman; through mystic yoga, as Paramātmā.
- Through bhakti-yoga, the Absolute Truth is manifested as Bhagavān.
Try this today
Write the three processes, placing Brahman, Paramātmā or Bhagavān beside the corresponding process.
Ask yourself
How does this verse connect each spiritual process with an understanding of the Absolute Truth?
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.