Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.32.24
Mukti· LiberationAn Equipoised Mind Seeks the Lord’s Satisfaction
“The exalted devotee’s mind becomes equipoised in sensory activities, and he is transcendental to that which is agreeable and not agreeable.”
What the purport teaches
- An advanced devotee does not act for personal sense gratification. Whatever he does or thinks is for the satisfaction of the Personality of Godhead.
- Because he accepts everything in spiritual vision, his mind remains equipoised amid agreeable and disagreeable experiences.
- Detachment and transcendental knowledge develop naturally in an advanced devotee. He shares the Lord’s transcendental qualities and in that sense becomes qualitatively one with Him.
Try this today
Before one task today, pause and choose to do it for the Lord’s satisfaction rather than your own enjoyment.
Ask yourself
How might seeking the Lord’s satisfaction change your response to something disagreeable?
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.