Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 6.165
The Living Being Is Spiritual Energy
“ ‘Besides these inferior energies, which are material, there is another energy, a spiritual energy, and this is the living being, O mighty-armed one. The entire material world is sustained by the living entities.’
What the purport teaches
- The material energies are described as inferior energies.
- Besides these material energies, there is spiritual energy: the living being.
- The entire material world is sustained by the living entities.
Try this today
Write down the verse’s distinction between material energy and the spiritual energy that is the living being.
Ask yourself
What does identifying the living being as spiritual energy help you understand about yourself?
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.