Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 2.8.14
Ūti· What drives us to actUnmixed Devotion Leads Beyond Material Promotion
“Then again, kindly describe how the proportionate accumulation of the reactions resulting from the different modes of material nature act upon the desiring living being, promoting or degrading him among the different species of life, beginning from the demigods down to the most insignificant creatures.”
What the purport teaches
- Actions and reactions within the modes of material nature accumulate. Their proportionate results promote or degrade the desiring living being among different species.
- Life in the higher planets requires qualification through works in the mode of goodness. It cannot be attained merely by spacecraft or electronic mechanisms.
- Unmixed devotional service is transcendental and is called parā bhakti. It alone can promote a person to the transcendental kingdom of God.
Try this today
Set aside a few minutes for devotional service today without asking for material advancement.
Ask yourself
Am I seeking only better material conditions, or the goal of unmixed devotional 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.