Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.47.33
Mukti· LiberationSpiritual Practice Leads to Self-Realization
“According to intelligent authorities, this is the ultimate conclusion of all the Vedas, as well as all practice of yoga, Sāṅkhya, renunciation, austerity, sense control and truthfulness, just as the sea is the ultimate destination of all rivers.”
What the purport teaches
- Like rivers reaching the sea, Vedic teachings and spiritual disciplines have one ultimate conclusion. They bring the soul to control the mind and senses and fix them in transcendental self-realization.
- Practices that allow unrestricted sense gratification are not actually spiritual processes. Calling them yoga or religion does not change this.
- Kṛṣṇa assures the gopīs that self-realization will reveal their spiritual oneness with Him. Thus they will no longer suffer the pangs of separation.
Try this today
Set aside one unnecessary sense indulgence today and use that moment to fix your mind on Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
Does your spiritual practice help you direct your mind and senses toward self-realization?
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.