Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.31.34
Mukti· LiberationProtect Your Progress in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness
“One should not associate with a coarse fool who is bereft of the knowledge of self-realization and who is no more than a dancing dog in the hands of a woman.”
What the purport teaches
- The restriction on association with persons bereft of self-realization is especially meant for those advancing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
- Progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness should manifest truthfulness, cleanliness, mercy, spiritual intelligence, forgiveness, and control of the mind and senses.
- Lord Caitanya warns those seeking to pass beyond material ignorance against association with women and persons interested in material enjoyment. Such association obstructs spiritual progress.
Try this today
Decline one opportunity for company centered on material enjoyment, and use that time to cultivate a quality named in the purport.
Ask yourself
Which associations help spiritual qualities grow in me, and which obstruct them?
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.