Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 6.140
The Supreme Absolute Truth Is a Person
“Actually, the Supreme Absolute Truth is a person, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, full with all opulences. You are trying to explain Him as impersonal and formless.
What the purport teaches
- Brahman means the greatest of all, and the greatest is Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He possesses all potencies and opulence in full.
- Kṛṣṇa possesses all riches, strength, reputation, knowledge, beauty and renunciation. He is eternally a person and eternally supreme.
- Although living entities and material nature are sometimes called Brahman, Kṛṣṇa remains Parabrahman, the Supreme. Explaining Him impersonally distorts the real meaning of Brahman.
Try this today
List the six opulences named here and pause to reflect that Kṛṣṇa possesses each in full.
Ask yourself
How does Kṛṣṇa’s possession of all opulences help me understand His personal nature?
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.