Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.32.6
Mukti· LiberationPurify Consciousness Through Detached Service
“By executing one’s occupational duties, acting with detachment and without a sense of proprietorship or false egoism, one is posted in one’s constitutional position by dint of complete purification of consciousness, and by thus executing so-called material duties he can easily enter into the kingdom of God.”
What the purport teaches
- Pravṛtti-dharma seeks prosperity or higher planets for sense gratification. Nivṛtti-dharma means acting for the Supreme Personality of Godhead and cultivating detachment.
- In devotional service in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one gives up claims of ownership and the false idea of being the master. One always thinks oneself the servant.
- Performing occupational duties in this spirit purifies consciousness and opens the way to the kingdom of God. Material planets, however elevated, undergo repeated dissolution.
Try this today
Before beginning one duty, remind yourself, “I am a servant, not the master,” and work without claiming the result as your own.
Ask yourself
Where do I hold tightly to the thought that I am the owner or master?
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.