CC Madhya 20.157

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Madhya-līlā 20.156 - Madhya-līlā 20.158

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 157

jñāna, yoga, bhakti,—tina sādhanera vaśe

brahma, ātmā, bhagavān—trividha prakāśe

SYNONYMS

jñāna — knowledge; yoga — mystic power; bhakti — devotional service; tina — three; sādhanera — of the processes of spiritual life; vaśe — under the control; brahma — impersonal Brahman; ātmā — localized Paramātmā; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tri-vidha prakāśe — three kinds of manifestation.

TRANSLATION

“There are three kinds of spiritual processes for understanding the Absolute Truth—the processes of speculative knowledge, mystic yoga and bhakti-yoga. According to these three processes, the Absolute Truth is manifested as Brahman, Paramātmā or Bhagavān.

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