Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.20.22
Ūti· What drives us to actAttachment Can Obstruct Spiritual Improvement
“The cranes continued dwelling on the shores of the lakes, although the shores were agitated during the rainy season, just as materialistic persons with contaminated minds always remain at home, despite the many disturbances there.”
What the purport teaches
- Rain brings mud slides, thorny bushes, stones and other debris to lakeshores. Despite these disturbances, ducks and cranes continue dwelling there.
- Similarly, painful occurrences repeatedly disturb family life, yet a materialistic person never considers leaving family responsibilities with grown sons to pursue spiritual improvement.
- He regards such a change as shocking because he is ignorant of the Absolute Truth and his relationship to that Truth.
Try this today
Set aside five minutes today for spiritual study instead of letting household concerns occupy all your attention.
Ask yourself
Does attachment to familiar circumstances keep me from making time for spiritual improvement?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.