Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 1.6.34
Mukti· LiberationChange the Subject to the Lord
“It is personally experienced by me that those who are always full of cares and anxieties due to desiring contact of the senses with their objects can cross the ocean of nescience on a most suitable boat — the constant chanting of the transcendental activities of the Personality of Godhead.”
What the purport teaches
- Thinking and talking about sense enjoyment do not bring lasting satisfaction. Under the influence of māyā, people accept what cannot satisfy them as a source of satisfaction.
- We need not stop thinking, feeling or working; we need to change their subject matter. Nārada recommends constantly recounting the Lord’s activities.
- The Lord mercifully manifests His activities so conditioned souls can turn their attention to transcendence. Recounting them is a suitable boat for crossing the ocean of ignorance and misery.
Try this today
Replace a few minutes of talk about sense enjoyment with reading aloud about the Lord’s activities.
Ask yourself
Which subject that occupies my thoughts leaves me anxious rather than satisfied?
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.