Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.25.18
Mukti· LiberationDevotional Service Brings Clear Spiritual Vision
“In that position of self-realization, by practice of knowledge and renunciation in devotional service, one sees everything in the right perspective; he becomes indifferent to material existence, and the material influence acts less powerfully upon him.”
What the purport teaches
- Knowledge reveals that the soul is an infinitesimal part and parcel of the Supreme Spirit. This realization brings detachment from material, conditional life.
- With knowledge and renunciation, one can engage in pure devotional service as a loving servant of the Lord. Purified senses are fit for His service.
- Through this self-realization, one sees everything in its right perspective, and material influence becomes almost nil. One becomes happy and free from lamentation and hankering.
Try this today
Identify one thing you are hankering for, then pause to remember your position as a minute part and loving servant of the Lord.
Ask yourself
How might remembering my spiritual position weaken one material attraction?
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.