Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.10.11
Mukti· LiberationApproach the Lord Step by Step
“Therefore, by the cultivation of knowledge one should approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead situated within oneself. By understanding the Lord’s pure, transcendental existence, one should gradually give up the false vision of the material world as independent reality.”
What the purport teaches
- Spiritual understanding develops step by step. First recognize yourself as different from the gross body, and then progressively detach yourself from material mental activities.
- The material world does not exist independently of the Absolute Truth. Meditating on the Lord’s supreme presence within everything helps restore the blissful state of spiritual life.
- The real fruit of knowledge is understanding one’s eternal spiritual form. The living entity eternally exists as the Lord’s loving servitor.
Try this today
Pause before one activity today and reflect that neither you nor the things you use exist independently of the Lord.
Ask yourself
How might seeing myself as the Lord’s loving servitor change my outlook today?
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.