Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.23.27
Mukti· LiberationKṛṣṇa Consciousness Enriches Our Whole Life
“It is only by contact with the self that one’s vital breath, intelligence, mind, friends, body, wife, children, wealth and so on are dear. Therefore what object can possibly be more dear than one’s own self?”
What the purport teaches
- Our mind, body, family, wealth, and other possessions are dear through their contact with the self. Ultimately, this connection reaches the Supreme Self, the Lord, who is our origin.
- By developing Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one automatically becomes self-realized. One’s strength, intelligence, mind, family, and wealth become enhanced by its central influence.
- Kṛṣṇa consciousness joins the individual self, who is pure consciousness, with Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Self and supreme consciousness.
Try this today
Choose one thing dear to you and reflect briefly on its connection with the self and ultimately with Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
How might remembering Kṛṣṇa change the way I value what is dear to me?
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.