Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.26.23
Mukti· LiberationWithout Fuel, Material Desire Subsides
“Because the mind is not disturbed by that which is neither seen nor heard, the mind of a person who restricts the material senses will automatically be checked in its material activities and become pacified.”
What the purport teaches
- The mind is not disturbed by what is neither seen nor heard. Restricting the material senses helps the mind become pacified.
- Memories of sense gratification can arise even in solitude or with closed eyes. They come from what one previously saw and heard repeatedly.
- Restricting the senses from their objects, especially intimate contact with women, weakens the mind's material propensity. Like a fire without fuel, it eventually dies.
Try this today
Set aside one source of sense-gratifying images or sounds today rather than feeding the same desire again.
Ask yourself
What am I repeatedly seeing or hearing that keeps material desire active?
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.