Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 25.48
Accepting the Personality of Godhead
“If one accepts the Personality of Godhead, the philosophy that maintains that God and the living entity are one cannot be established. Therefore Śaṅkarācārya argued against and refuted all kinds of revealed scriptures.
What the purport teaches
- The verse states that accepting the Personality of Godhead prevents establishing the philosophy that God and the living entity are one.
- It presents these two positions as incompatible.
- To maintain his philosophy, Śaṅkarācārya therefore argued against and refuted all kinds of revealed scriptures.
Try this today
Write one sentence explaining the conflict this verse identifies between accepting the Personality of Godhead and maintaining that God and the living entity are one.
Ask yourself
Am I willing to reconsider a theory when it conflicts with revealed scripture?
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.