Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.13.17
Mukti· LiberationRecognize the Bond Between Mind and Objects
“The sages headed by Sanaka said: O Lord, people’s minds are naturally attracted to material sense objects, and similarly the sense objects in the form of desire enter within the mind. Therefore, how can a person who desires liberation, who desires to cross over activities of sense gratification, destroy this mutual relationship between the sense objects and the mind? Please explain this to us.”
What the purport teaches
- The mind is naturally attracted to material sense objects, and those objects enter the mind in the form of desire.
- The sages ask how someone seeking liberation can break this mutual relationship and cross beyond sense gratification.
- For the conditioned soul, the modes of material nature constantly disturb the mind through sense objects. This disturbance deprives one of life's actual perfection.
Try this today
Notice one recurring material desire today and briefly write down how it disturbs your mind.
Ask yourself
Which sense object most often returns to your mind as a persistent desire?
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.