Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 24.135
Liberation Means Our Eternal, Original Form
“ ‘The living entities and other potencies merge into Mahā-Viṣṇu as the Lord lies down and winds up [destroys] the cosmic manifestation. Liberation means being situated in one’s eternal, original form after giving up the changeable gross and subtle bodies.’
What the purport teaches
- When the Lord lies down and winds up the cosmic manifestation, the living entities and other potencies merge into Mahā-Viṣṇu.
- The gross and subtle bodies are changeable and are given up in liberation.
- Liberation means being situated in one’s eternal, original form.
Try this today
Write down the verse’s definition of liberation and reflect on the words “eternal, original form.”
Ask yourself
How does this definition of liberation differ from identifying yourself with a changeable body?
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.