Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.14.44
Mukti· LiberationMeditation Matures into Loving Service
“Being established in meditation on the Lord’s face, one should then withdraw the consciousness and fix it in the sky. Then giving up such meditation, one should become established in Me and give up the process of meditation altogether.”
What the purport teaches
- The verse directs one from established meditation on the Lord’s face to meditation on the sky, and then beyond that process to being established in Him. The purport explains that fixing the mind on His face brings full liberation.
- In pure consciousness, the duality of “I am meditating and this is the object of my meditation” vanishes. One revives the forgotten eternal relationship with the Personality of Godhead.
- Beyond liberation, one renders service to the original Personality of Godhead. The goal is eternal bliss and knowledge in a direct loving relationship with the Lord, not merely remaining a meditator.
Try this today
Pause today to reflect on this teaching: “I am part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, and my eternal relationship with Him is one of loving service.”
Ask yourself
Am I thinking of meditation only as a technique, or as a way toward loving relationship and service?
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.