Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 1.13.54
Mukti· LiberationEngage the Senses in Loving Service
“One who has controlled the sitting postures [the yogic āsanas] and the breathing process can turn the senses toward the Absolute Personality of Godhead and thus become immune to the contaminations of the modes of material nature, namely mundane goodness, passion and ignorance.”
What the purport teaches
- Dhṛtarāṣṭra's yogic practices were successful because he concentrated on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari. All his senses were being engaged in the Lord's service.
- Passion and ignorance increase the desire for enjoyment, wealth and power. Even material goodness, with its knowledge and morality, remains a cause of bondage.
- Bhakti-yoga directly engages the senses in loving service to the Lord and frees one from the material modes. Its culmination is absorption in pleasing the Supreme Lord Hari.
Try this today
Use your voice and ears to read aloud and hear one passage about Lord Hari, with the intention of pleasing Him.
Ask yourself
How can I turn one of my senses from material attachment toward pleasing the Lord?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.