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Impersonal Descriptions Exclude Mundane Characteristics

“Wherever there is an impersonal description in the Vedas, the Vedas mean to establish that everything belonging to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is transcendental and free of mundane characteristics.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 6.141, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The Vedas contain impersonal descriptions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
  • These descriptions establish that everything belonging to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is transcendental.
  • They show that He is free of mundane characteristics, rather than denying His personal nature.

Try this today

Write this reminder beside the verse: “Everything belonging to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is transcendental.”

Ask yourself

Do I confuse being free of material characteristics with being without personality?

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.

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