Teachings of Lord Kapila, The Son of Devahuti (Dēvahūtiyiṉ kumāraṉ kapilāviṉ pōtaṉaikaḷ)

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Lord Kapila is a renowned sage and the author of the philosophical system known as Sankhya, which forms an important part of India’s ancient philosophical heritage. Kapila Muni, a renowned sage of antiquity, is the author of the philosophical system known as S??khya, which forms an important part of India?s ancient philosophical heritage. S??khya is both a system of metaphysics, dealing with the elemental principles of the physical universe, and a system of spiritual knowledge, with its own methodology, culminating in full consciousness of the Supreme Absolute. Kapila, however, is not an ordinary philosopher or sage. According to Vedic tradition, the tradition of India?s ancient scriptural literature, He Himself is an avatar (incarnation) of the Supreme Absolute Truth.
Kapila?s teachings are originally inscribed in the ?r?mad-Bh?gavatam, or Bh?gavata Pur??a, one of the most important scriptural documents of Vedic theism. Within the Bh?gavatam, Kapila?s teachings comprise Chapters Twenty-five through Thirty-three of the Third Canto. This book, Teachings of Lord Kapila, the Son of Devah?ti, is based on a unique series of lectures presented in Bombay, India, in the spring of this series, ?r?la Prabhup?da spoke from the Twenty-fifth Chapter, which contains the beginning of Lord Kapila?s teachings. ?r?la Prabhup?da is the author of a celebrated multivolume translation and commentary on the entire text of the Bh?gavatam, and at the time of the Kapila lectures he had already completed his written commentary on the section of the Bh?gavatam dealing with Kapiladeva?s teachings.