Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.15.13
Mukti· LiberationMystic Perfection Depends on Absorption in God
“Fixing his mind completely in Me within the element of false ego generated from the mode of goodness, the yogī obtains the power of mystic acquisition, by which he becomes the proprietor of the senses of all living entities. He obtains such perfection because his mind is absorbed in Me.”
What the purport teaches
- By fixing the mind completely on the Lord within false ego generated from goodness, the yogī obtains mystic acquisition and proprietorship of all living entities’ senses.
- To acquire each mystic perfection, one must fix the mind on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Without this, one gains only a gross and inferior reflection of the potency.
- Those who are not conscious of the Lord cannot perfectly synchronize their minds with universal functions. Therefore they cannot raise their mystic opulences to the universal platform.
Try this today
Spend one quiet minute directing your attention to the Supreme Personality of Godhead rather than to an ability you wish to gain.
Ask yourself
Is my attention on the Supreme Lord Himself or mainly on what I hope to obtain?
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.