Prakrti means nature
Expressions researched:
"Prakrti means energy, nature, nature"
|"Prakrti means this material nature"
|"nature, prakrti"
|"prakrti means "nature"
|"prakrti means material nature"
|"prakrti means nature"
|"prakrti, material nature"
|"prakrti, material nature"
|"prakrti, nature"
|"prakrti," means nature"
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 3
Sāṅkhya philosophy, as is well known, deals with prakṛti and puruṣa. Puruṣa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead or anyone who imitates the Supreme Personality of Godhead as an enjoyer, and prakṛti means "nature." In this material world, material nature is being exploited by the puruṣas, or the living entities. The intricacies in the material world of the relationship of the prakṛti and puruṣa, or the enjoyed and the enjoyer, is called saṁsāra, or material entanglement. Devahūti wanted to cut the tree of material entanglement, and she found the suitable weapon in Kapila Muni. The tree of material existence is explained in the Fifteenth Chapter of Bhagavad-gītā as an aśvattha tree whose root is upwards and whose branches are downwards. It is recommended there that one has to cut the root of this material existential tree with the ax of detachment. What is the attachment? The attachment involves prakṛti and puruṣa. The living entities are trying to lord it over material nature. Since the conditioned soul takes material nature to be the object of his enjoyment and he takes the position of the enjoyer, he is therefore called puruṣa.
Page Title: | Prakrti means nature |
Compiler: | Labangalatika, MadhuGopaldas |
Created: | 21 of Aug, 2009 |
Totals by Section: | BG=1, SB=2, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=19, Con=1, Let=1 |
No. of Quotes: | 24 |