Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 25.153
Understand Vedānta Through Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, “Study Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam very scrutinizingly. Then you will understand the actual meaning of the Brahma-sūtra.””
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī to study Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam very scrutinizingly. Through such study, he would understand the actual meaning of the Brahma-sūtra.
- Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura states that without studying Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, one cannot understand the purport of the Brahma-sūtra or the Upaniṣads.
- Trying to understand these teachings without Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam leads to bewilderment and a different interpretation. The purport warns that one may gradually become an atheist or an impersonalist.
Try this today
Review one Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam quotation in this batch and write its main teaching in one sentence.
Ask yourself
How can I make my study of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam more careful rather than hurried?
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.