Understanding Material Nature
« SANKHYA, The Philosophy of Lord Kapila
Chapter 03: Understanding Material Nature
What is our original nature? Why and how did we come to this material world? How exactly does our consciousness manifest here? Why is it so difficult to go back, and, even if we go back, how can we be sure we will not fall again? How exactly is Krsna present here with us if He is transcendental, and how exactly are we ourselves present here, since we are also transcendental?
Questions like that may appear in the mind of a spiritual seeker at some point. Unfortunately, the answer to them is very difficult, because it deals with the intrinsic differences between our conditioned reality, existing under the purview of past, present, and future, and the eternal, permanent spiritual reality. However, when properly understood, the Sankhya philosophy offers quite precise answers, which Srila Prabhupada uses as a basis for his explanations. The reason we sometimes study the whole Srimad Bhagavatam without finding answers to these questions is often that we don’t properly study these passages.
