Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.25.30
Ūti· What drives us to actThe Modes Shape Material Life
“Therefore material substance, place, result of activity, time, knowledge, work, the performer of work, faith, state of consciousness, species of life and destination after death are all based on the three modes of material nature.”
What the purport teaches
- Material substance, place, the result of activity and time are all based on the three modes of nature.
- Knowledge, work and the performer of work also fall within the modes.
- Faith, state of consciousness, species of life and destination after death are likewise based on the modes.
Try this today
Write down one place, one activity and one state of consciousness from your day, noting that each is subject to the material modes.
Ask yourself
Which aspects of my life have I overlooked when considering the influence of the modes?
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.