Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.28.1
Mukti· LiberationSee Everything in Relation to the Lord
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: One should neither praise nor criticize the conditioned nature and activities of other persons. Rather, one should see this world as simply the combination of material nature and the enjoying souls, all based on the one Absolute Truth.”
What the purport teaches
- One should neither praise nor criticize others’ conditioned nature and activities. The world consists of material nature and enjoying souls, all based on the one Absolute Truth.
- Material nature is the Lord’s potency and is essentially real. Its temporary forms are illusory, like clay shaped into figures that are not actual tigers, people or houses.
- A devotee remains aloof from these temporary manifestations while recognizing their relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Try this today
Pause before one judgment about someone’s material position, and remember that temporary forms rest on the Lord’s potency.
Ask yourself
How might seeing material nature as the Lord’s potency change my judgments of others?
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.