Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.18.15
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutySimple Possessions Protect Worship
“If the sannyāsī desires to wear something besides a mere kaupīna, he may use another cloth around his waist and hips to cover the kaupīna. Otherwise, if there is no emergency, he should not accept anything besides his daṇḍa and waterpot.”
What the purport teaches
- A sannyāsī may wear an additional cloth around his waist and hips to cover his kaupīna.
- Except in an emergency, he should not accept other possessions beyond his daṇḍa and waterpot.
- The purport warns that attraction to material possessions will spoil a sannyāsī's worship of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Try this today
Pause before one unnecessary purchase today and consider whether it would distract you from worship.
Ask yourself
Is attraction to possessions taking attention away from my worship of Lord 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.