Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 2.10.12
Āśraya· The supreme shelterEverything Depends on the Lord’s Mercy
“One should definitely know that all material ingredients, activities, time and modes, and the living entities who are meant to enjoy them all, exist by His mercy only, and as soon as He does not care for them, everything becomes nonexistent.”
What the purport teaches
- Material ingredients, activities, time, modes and living entities exist by the Lord’s mercy. Their continued existence depends entirely on His care.
- The Lord is the supreme enjoyer, and living entities are meant to assist in His enjoyment. In their pure condition, they share in His transcendental enjoyment as His associates.
- Trying to enjoy independently, and later seeking to become one with the Lord, are forms of illusion. By His mercy, the living entity returns to his original position and becomes actually liberated.
Try this today
Before one enjoyable activity today, pause and ask how you can approach it in service to the Lord rather than for yourself alone.
Ask yourself
Where am I trying to enjoy independently rather than assist in the Lord’s enjoyment?
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.