Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 25.51
Atoms and Effulgence as Proposed Causes
“The followers of nyāya, the philosophy of logic, maintain that the atom is the cause of the cosmic manifestation, and the Māyāvādī philosophers maintain that the impersonal Brahman effulgence is the cause of the cosmic manifestation.
What the purport teaches
- The followers of nyāya, the philosophy of logic, maintain that the atom causes the cosmic manifestation.
- The Māyāvādī philosophers maintain that the impersonal Brahman effulgence causes the cosmic manifestation.
- These explanations differ from the conclusion presented nearby: the original cause is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Try this today
Make two short notes pairing nyāya with the atom and Māyāvādī philosophy with the impersonal Brahman effulgence.
Ask yourself
What difference do I notice between an impersonal cause and the Supreme Personality of Godhead?
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.