Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.14.46
Mukti· LiberationPerfect Yoga in Prideless Loving Service
“When the yogī thus controls his mind by intensely concentrated meditation, his illusory identification with material objects, knowledge and activities is very quickly extinguished.”
What the purport teaches
- Intensely concentrated meditation quickly extinguishes false identification with material objects, knowledge and activities. Even powerful demigods are humble servants of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, not ultimate realities.
- The other yoga processes are part and parcel of bhakti-yoga and do not exist separately. Lord Kṛṣṇa is life’s goal, and perfection in meditation requires pure devotion.
- Mature devotion naturally expresses itself in hearing about and glorifying the Lord out of love. One must give up egoistic ambition and come to the prideless stage of loving service.
Try this today
Read one passage about Kṛṣṇa today with the intention of pleasing Him rather than gaining recognition for your knowledge.
Ask yourself
Where can I replace the wish to appear spiritually accomplished with the wish to please Kṛṣṇa?
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.