Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.27.16
Mukti· LiberationLiberation Preserves Our Individuality
“When, by mature understanding, one can realize his individuality, then the situation he accepts under false ego becomes manifest to him.”
What the purport teaches
- Individuality continues in both material and spiritual existence. Even someone who thinks that knower, knowledge and knowable have merged remains an individual perceiving that knowledge.
- False ego makes us see things differently from what they actually are. When false ego is purified, we see things in their right perspective; this is liberation.
- Everything belongs to the Supreme Lord and exists on His energy. Thinking “I am the enjoyer” or “I am the Lord” keeps us conditioned.
Try this today
Choose one possession and pause to remember that it belongs to the Supreme Lord, not ultimately to you.
Ask yourself
What do I treat as belonging to me rather than to the Supreme Lord?
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.