Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.23.60
Mukti· LiberationControl the Mind by Focusing on Kṛṣṇa
“My dear Uddhava, fixing your intelligence on Me, you should thus completely control the mind. This is the essence of the science of yoga.”
What the purport teaches
- The Lord instructs Uddhava to fix his intelligence on Him. The direction of intelligence is central to controlling the mind.
- With intelligence absorbed in the Lord, one should bring the mind completely under control. The instruction calls for wholehearted attention.
- The Lord calls this the essence of the science of yoga. Mind control is joined to absorption in Him, not treated as an isolated goal.
Try this today
For one minute today, reflect on this instruction from the Lord and gently bring your attention back whenever it wanders.
Ask yourself
What changes when you approach mind control as turning toward the Lord?
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.