Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.28.32
Mukti· LiberationDistinguish Illusion from Reality
“Although a self-realized soul may sometimes see an impure object or activity, he does not accept it as real. By logically understanding impure sense objects to be based on illusory material duality, the intelligent person sees them to be contrary to and distinct from reality, in the same way that a man awakening from sleep views his fading dream.”
What the purport teaches
- A self-realized soul may see an impure object or activity without accepting it as factual reality.
- An intelligent person recognizes polluted material sense objects as creations of the Lord’s illusory energy, based on material duality.
- Just as someone awake distinguishes a fading dream from real life, realized intelligence distinguishes illusion from reality.
Try this today
When one distracting sense attraction arises today, pause and reflect on the verse’s image of a fading dream.
Ask yourself
When a sense object attracts me, do I pause to consider its illusory nature?
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.