Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.29.22
Mukti· LiberationReal Intelligence Is Surrender to Kṛṣṇa
“This process is the supreme intelligence of the intelligent and the cleverness of the most clever, for by following it one can in this very life make use of the temporary and unreal to achieve Me, the eternal reality.”
What the purport teaches
- The most intelligent person offers the temporary material body and possessions to Lord Kṛṣṇa with love and without personal motivation.
- Seeking prestige in service, philosophical sophistication or skill in accumulating money is not the highest intelligence.
- Real intelligence is surrender to Lord Kṛṣṇa without personal desire or duplicity. Through this surrender, one uses the temporary to attain the eternal Absolute Truth.
Try this today
Use one possession in service to Kṛṣṇa today without seeking praise.
Ask yourself
Where am I seeking personal recognition rather than simply serving Kṛṣṇa?
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.