Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 2.1.20
Mukti· LiberationConnect Everything Through an Attitude of Service
“One’s mind is always agitated by the passionate mode of material nature and bewildered by the ignorant mode of nature. But one can rectify such conceptions by the relation of Viṣṇu and thus become pacified by cleansing the dirty things created by them.”
What the purport teaches
- Passion agitates the mind, and ignorance bewilders it. Excessive hankering after wealth and women expresses these influences, while goodness allows knowledge of the Supreme Truth.
- Remembering Viṣṇu and recognizing His relation with everything can rectify material leanings. This training is meant to lead toward realization of the Lord’s personal feature, not remain an impersonal conception.
- Everything created by material energy can be connected with the Absolute through an attitude of service. The pure devotee knows this art, and only devotional service perfects such a vision.
Try this today
Choose one resource you have, such as time or money, and use a small portion in the Lord’s service today.
Ask yourself
What resource am I treating only as an object of enjoyment rather than an opportunity for service?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.