Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.1.40
Mukti· LiberationThe Soul Continues Beyond the Body
“Just as a person traveling on the road rests one foot on the ground and then lifts the other, or as a worm on a vegetable transfers itself to one leaf and then gives up the previous one, the conditioned soul takes shelter of another body and then gives up the one he had before.”
What the purport teaches
- The conditioned soul takes shelter of another body and then gives up the previous one, just as a traveler places one foot down before lifting the other.
- At death, the subtle body—mind, intelligence and ego—carries the living being to another gross body according to his mental condition. Higher authorities determine which body he must enter.
- The end of the gross body is not the end of life. The Hare Kṛṣṇa movement enlightens our intelligence so that we can use human life for God consciousness rather than continue changing bodies.
Try this today
Take one minute today to reflect on how you can use your human life to develop God consciousness.
Ask yourself
How might understanding that life continues beyond this body change how you use your time?
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.