Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.24.11
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyDo Not Neglect Religious Duties
“This religious principle is based on sound tradition. Anyone who rejects it out of lust, enmity, fear or greed will certainly fail to achieve good fortune.”
What the purport teaches
- This religious principle is received through sound tradition, not invented according to personal desire.
- Lust, envy, fear and greed can lead a person to neglect religious duties.
- The purport warns that a life shaped by such neglect will never be brilliant or perfect.
Try this today
Choose one religious duty you have been postponing and give it a few attentive minutes today.
Ask yourself
Which of these motives most often draws me away from my religious duties?
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.