Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.28.4
Mukti· LiberationTrue Good Means Following Kṛṣṇa’s Orders
“That which is expressed by material words or meditated upon by the material mind is not ultimate truth. What, therefore, is actually good or bad within this insubstantial world of duality, and how can the extent of such good and bad be measured?”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the actual truth: everything comes from Him, is maintained by Him and rests in Him. Material varieties only appear to be separate, independent truths.
- Good and bad conceived as separate from the Lord resemble good and bad dreams. Neither has a permanent existence independent of Him.
- The Lord is everyone’s well-wisher, so following His orders is good and disobeying them is bad. Lord Kṛṣṇa gives guidance through varṇāśrama-dharma, Bhagavad-gītā and other literatures.
Try this today
Read one instruction from Bhagavad-gītā and choose one concrete way to follow it today.
Ask yourself
Am I seeking what seems good to me independently of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s guidance?
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.