Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 12.7.21
Mukti· LiberationDevotional Service Leads to Pure Consciousness
“Either automatically or because of one’s regulated spiritual practice, one’s mind may stop functioning on the material platform of waking consciousness, sleep and deep sleep. Then one understands the Supreme Soul and withdraws from material endeavor.”
What the purport teaches
- When the mind ceases functioning on the material platform, either automatically or through regulated spiritual practice, one understands the Supreme Soul and withdraws from material endeavor.
- Bhakti, devotional service, dissolves the subtle body without separate endeavor, just as digestive fire digests food.
- Loving service to the Lord dissolves the stubborn false ego and lifts one beyond the impulse to exploit nature. Pure, blissful Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the sublime perfection of existence.
Try this today
Set aside a few minutes today for loving service to the Lord, consciously putting aside the desire for personal gain.
Ask yourself
How can I make loving service to the Lord, rather than material exploitation, my goal?
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.