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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 20.269

Material Energy Cannot Enter the Spiritual Sky

“The Virajā, or Causal Ocean, is the border between the spiritual and the material world. The material energy is situated on one shore of that ocean, and it cannot enter onto the other shore, which is the spiritual sky.

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 20.269, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The Virajā, also called the Causal Ocean, is the border between the spiritual and the material world.
  • The material energy is situated on one shore of that ocean.
  • The other shore is the spiritual sky. The material energy cannot enter there.

Try this today

Draw a simple diagram of the Causal Ocean with two shores, labeling the material energy on one and the spiritual sky on the other.

Ask yourself

What distinction between the material world and the spiritual sky stands out to you here?

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.

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