Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 24.203
Living Entities Include Every Form of Life
“Living entities include great personalities like the four Kumāras, and also low-class foolish people, trees, plants, birds and beasts.
What the purport teaches
- The living entities include great personalities such as the four Kumāras.
- They also include people described here as low-class and foolish. The teaching is not limited to the learned or exalted.
- Trees, plants, birds and beasts are also living entities. In context, they too are included among those who can receive Kṛṣṇa’s mercy and serve Him.
Try this today
Notice one plant, bird or animal today and remember that it too is a living entity related to Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
Which forms of life do you tend to overlook when thinking about a living entity’s relationship with Kṛṣṇa?
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.